Council Cuts Rebates to Developers

Councilmember Bob Binder's voting recording consistently sides with pro-environmental policy. (Austin American-Statesman, May 18, 1973)

Councilmember Bob Binder's voting recording consistently sides with pro-environmental policy.
Austin American-Statesman, May 18, 1973

September 1975

City Council begins a phase-out of utility rebates to developers, citing abuses and the lack of need for building incentives in the midst of robust growth.

If the city were run on a business-like basis, the rebate contract would be the first thing to go. It is time we bury it along with our sewer lines.

— Sandra Du Puy, Acting Director of the Austin Environmental Council, 1971

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