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Mildly eccentric (colorful?) lawyer and erstwhile City Council candidate Robin Cravey, like me, worries about the flight of children from central Austin.

 He's a bit more acerbic than I am; he calls it a suicide pact:

Former city council candidate Robin Cravey posted a bit of a rant about Central City Suicide, complaining that Austin's central neighborhoods have become fundamentally unsustainable because opposition to apartments, condominiums, larger houses and smaller houses being built in those neighborhoods has driven up the price of housing and driven out young f

The North Central Austin Candidate Forum, sponsored by the Allandale, Brentwood, Crestview, Highland, North Shoal Creek, and Wooten neighborhood associations, is the day after Easter, Monday April 13, from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wozniak Hall, St Louis Catholic Church, 7601 Burnet Rd.

The neighborhoods identified city planning as a unifying theme of the forum.

Candidates will be asked detailed questions on how to plan for and fund the land use and transportation changes in North Central Austin required to support tens of thousands of new residents in the coming years.

Last night's city council candidate forum held at the Ben Shrine Hur Temple across from Sun Harvest brought out a crowd of about 100 people.

Read coverage of the event in today's Austin American-Statesman, "Candidate forum brings lots of promises...

Start: Apr 8 2008 - 7:00pm End: Apr 8 2008 - 9:00pm Start: Apr 8 2008 - 7:00pm End: Apr 8 2008 - 9:00pm Location: Ben Hur Shrine Temple 7811 Rockwood Lane Corner of Rockwood / Foster