Council Sides with Pro-Developer Ordinance

1991 Councilmembers Bob Larson, Charles Urdy, Ronney Reynolds, and Louise Epstein (The Austin Chronicle, October 11,1991)

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.  

...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

Stewards

Supporting Documents

Related Events

A History of Environmental Threats

Related Events

A Chronology of Ordinances