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Roger Baker : Austin’s New Transportation Plan Throws a Few Curves
Bumpy road ahead?Austin’s new long-range transportation plan By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2010 The background The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) recently unveiled its new 2035 long-range draft transportation plan; “People, Planning and Preparing … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, CAMPO, Central Texas, Roger Baker, Transportation, Urban Planning
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Texas State University : Escalate the Peace!
Bobby Whittenberg, Iraq Vet, at Escalate the Peace! rally, Texas State University in San Marcos, Wednesday, February 10. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Escalate the Peace! San Marcos demonstrators rally in the sleet By Alice Embree / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Alice Embree, Central Texas, Peace Movement, San Marcos, Texas State Unviersity
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Alice Embree : Here’s to the Soldiers of Fort Hood
Jackie Thomas at Under the Hood Coffeehouse near Ft. Hood. Photo by Cynthia Thomas / The Rag Blog. Thoughts of Charles Whitman on the tower,And the soldiers who come back broken from war Bring the troops home and take care … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Central Texas, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement
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New Urbanism : Transportation Fantasia in Central Texas
Cloning the evil broom:Kirk Watson and the New Urbanists By Glenn Gaven / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2009 In the movie Fantasia, Mickey chops the evil broom into bits only to have them transform into a whole army … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Central Texas, Glenn Gaven, Kirk Watson, Transit, Transportation, Urban Planning
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Austin : Billionaires for Wealthcare!
Healthcare Not Warfare demonstration in Austin. Above: “Billionaires for Wealthcare.” Below, demonstrators stage a “die-in” for peace. Photos by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Austin rally calls for healthcare reform,An end to the Afghanistan War By Alice Embree / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Austin, Central Texas, CodePink, Health Care Reform, Social Action
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Central Texas Roads : Not Enough Money or (Soon) Water
This graphic from the Austin American-Statesman presents an optimistic funding projection.Road Planners face huge budget shortfalls, try to ignore looming water shortages By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / September 20, 2009 Consider the emerging factors affecting most transportation … Continue reading
Anti-War Memorial Day at Texas’ Fort Hood
Memorial Day at Under the Hood. GI’s gather at coffee house before marching for peace. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. War may seem to be a million miles away to much of the population, but it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Central Texas, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement
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