Monthly Archives: June 2011

(Community Matters) proud of you guys

On Thursday, June 2, Beth Nobles and Texas Mountain Trail celebrated the launch of the Far West Texas Wildlife Trail at Davis Mountains State Park, and honored two “Hospitality Heros” in a ceremony at the Davis Mountain State Park. Barrett Durst and the staff of Big Bend Ranch State Park were recognized for their care of park visitors during record cold temperatures this winter – and Marfa Public Radio staff and volunteers at 93.5 FM were recognized “for their life-saving coverage of recent wildfires.”

(Community Matters) yikes, Rep Weiner who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens admits he wasn’t hacked and he did send several inappropriate photos to women.

the below the belt pic below the fold

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(Community Matters) We should probably pay attention to this gentleman – NYTimes article

(Community Matters) Exactly what the doctor ordered.

Regret that we’ve missed the Huggins’ family reunion in northeast Oklahoma, and very glad we’ve enjoyed 3 days at home, mostly r&r, cooking and hanging.

Quiet dinner in last night with Jill & Stephen. Simple garden fresh herb pasta, a nice salad with grilled artichoke and lots of stories – Steven even performed his People’s Community Clinic piece for us.

(Community Matters) Deficit reduction is critical – and increasing some taxes is just as critical as cutting spending. Until both sides of the Congressional aisle get serious about righting the economy, American workers will suffer

The Economist

(Community Matters) Saw The Tree of Life last night. I am constitutionally incapable of processing poetry; I’m not so into metaphors and symbols. So, one would say the movie is not up my alley. Nevertheless, it’s probably to enter the film making canon, so don’t regret having seen. especially didn’t get Sean Penn’s character

light dinner after at Fonda San Miguel. Their al pastor so beats Frontera Grill. Kerry & Dawn joined us.

(Community Matters) this is such great news – Jeff Garvey & MariBen Ramsey make for an unbeatable team

Thursday, June 2, 2011 — Austin, Texas — The Austin Community Foundation (ACF) announced today that Jeffery C. Garvey has been selected by the Foundation’s Board of Governors to serve as president and chief executive officer.  Garvey will lead ACF’s mission to promote local philanthropy and make enduring investments aimed at improving the quality of life for Central Texans.  Garvey will begin work at the Foundation on July 5.

Garvey has been an admired business and philanthropy leader in the Austin community for more than 30 years.  He is a founder of Austin Ventures, one of the largest venture and growth equity firms in Texas.  Garvey has also served on the boards of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, KLRU, Center for Childhood Protection, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and St. Edward’s University.  Garvey is the Vice Chairman and Founding Chair of the LIVESTRONG Board of Directors and served as the executive director of LIVESTRONG from 2001 to 2003.

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still in my head

(Community Matters) when you 1) have Kathie Tovo kitchen cabinet members on city council video saying they’d rather unemployment increase than welcome new companies & jobs to Austin, and 2) have Kathie Tovo kitchen cabinet members imposing historical zoning on their neighbor’s homes against owners wishes to satisfy an elite group of city hall insiders’ . . . .  yeah, you’re gonna have business owners & their employees doing what they can to help elect Randi Shade. Randi – a successful entrepreneur, UT student body president, Harvard Business School graduate, mother of two and neighborhood activist – brings balance to the council. She’ll help Austin prepare for the future, not blow up plans and contracts in a quxiote quest to prevent growth (which even if we could would result in too few jobs, decreased standard of living and more traffic congestion).

AAS article

Many small independent businesses are scared of Kathie on council. Certainly anyone worried about jobs, economic growth and the ability of small businesses to fairly negotiate with surrounding neighbors are supporting Randi. Austin’s live music industry could be wrecked by Kathie’s election to council because of her strident support for the most radical of neighborhood activists complaining about music & traffic

(Community Matters) Dinner last night at Rick Bayless’ Frontera Grill with Wally Brewster, Bob Satawake and Paul Horning – after drinks and hors d’ouevres hosted by Andy Tobias at Table 52. A nice gaggle of friends and colleagues at the latter; good al pastor on excellent tortillas at the former.