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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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In Austin, Texas, Antonio Díaz has used toxics release inventory information to prepare a list of problematic facilities for city officials.
In response to Austin's announced interest in developing a city-initiated telecommunications network, the 1995 Texas Legislature was intensely lobbied by Southwestern Bell and other private interests.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Austin is the capital of the great state of Texas and the 23rd largest city in the United States, with a population of over one million for the combined Austin-San Marcos metropolitan area.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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AUSTIN — A group of Texas businessmen and auto racing experts are scouting Texas cities to secure sites for eight Nascar-quality racetracks in a project valued at as much as $120 million.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Austin Coca Cola and Coca Cola provided soft drinks Gatorade provided drinks and cups Brown distributing provided beverages Texas Market provided food service supplies Austin Sale and Scaffold provided the stage Alamo Productions provided the use of the public address systems Art for your Head provided materials and supplies The Igloo Group provided gift certificates to the City Grill, Iguana Grill, and Waterloo Ice House.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Austin's population increased significantly from 345,496 in 1980 to 465,622 in 1990, largely because of the city's economic diversification, especially into high-technology fields.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Inspired by Austin, Texas' burgeoning live music scene in the early '70, Austin City Limits has featured more than 500 different regional and internationally acclaimed artists on its stage over the years.
Austin City Limits, the popular PBS music show, picked London Homesick Blues (Home with the Armadillo) as their theme song.
In Austin we will tour the Austin City Limits studio (tentative) where Stevie performed.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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NON-DISCRIMINATION FOR STATE EMPLOYEES Today the Austin City Council voted to instruct its lobbyists to work for the passage of a bill that would prohibit the State of Texas from discriminating against its employees on the basis of sexual orientation.
State lawmakers have taken a skeptical look at Austin's plan to regulate hazardous pipelines, and the city is scrambling in private to answer their concerns before deciding the issue publicly.
Some other cities in the tech belt, notably Austin, Texas, have tried to fashion a political coalition to address these negative impacts and to get the politics-averse new economy engaged in constructive social change.
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