Daily Archives: 04/05/2012

(Community Matters) An insightful, plausible and speculative perspective on current Supreme Court decision making

like others, I’m floored by the strip search decision

(Community Matters) We’re one of the fastest growing, most desirable markets in the country, we shouldn’t be making deals as if we’re Detroit.

I remain a fan of strategic incentives to attract the most desirable employers (only because that’s how the market works today). Kudos to Travis County for requiring Apple to hire local unemployed & economically disadvantaged. As well, the Green Water Treatment Plant is a unique and extraordinarily valuable site. The City of Austin shouldn’t buy poor boy arguments. If Trammel Crow can’t at least deliver on its original affordable housing promises, we should let them out of their letter of intent and reopen bids for the development. I’m not sure we shouldn’t reopen the project for new competitive bids, anyhow. It’s a new time in the market.

AAS, this morning “Austin-area Growth Rate 2nd in Nation,” “Affordable Housing Plans for Green Redevelopment,” and “Travis County Was Wise to Seek Share of Jobs for Locals.”