Council Sides with Pro-Developer Ordinance
1991 Councilmembers Bob Larson, Charles Urdy, Ronney Reynolds, and Louise Epstein
The Austin Chronicle, October 11,1991
1991
This block of city council members nicknamed RULE utitlize numerous tactics to block a non-degradation ordinance, responding to backlash from the development community.
The new Composite Ordinance was weaker than the one written by the City's own staff, watered down by a developer-heavy task force appointed by the council.
...To say this is a major stride forward is a joke. It's a major stride backward and denying the existence of the stronger interim ordinance currently in place.
— Helen Ballew, Save our Springs Coalition, 1991
