Archive for October 23rd, 2011

Two short items.

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Here’s a longer and more detailed second day story from the HouChron about l’affair BATVan and the grand jury probe.

“A lot of people move here for the runs, the concerts, the things that make Austin different from Oklahoma City,” said French Smith, who organizes several events and has had his fair share of disagreements with city officials over the years. “But when they keep increasing the costs, and the rules keep changing, and they tell organizers, ‘You need to be the ones to coordinate things with each other,’ it gets more and more difficult to work with the city.”

By the way, there are eight different events going on in and around downtown Austin this weekend (according to the article).