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Last week the Austin City Council voted for the sound walls that had been approved by neighbors that live adjacent to where the walls will be constructed.

The vote was 6-0 with council member Mike Martinez off the dais. The...

The City Council rejected a possible settlement deal with the family of Nathaniel Sanders II in June 2010.

However, this morning, Austin City Council voted 5-2 to a $750,000 settlement.

Councilmember Mike Martinez has proposed a compromise on the extended downtown parking meter hours, which were originally set to kick in this month but had been delayed until September 6.

• Very busy with new position at day job. Unlike most of the people who write or advocate on transportation, I have a non-transportation, non-government, job in the private sector; and it's now consuming all my possible time and then some.
  
  Turns out you get a lot more time to write in between builds than you do when writing planning documents. Who knew?
• Not much to report on anyways. Ridership is back down, despite anectdotal reports to the contrary.

We are very sorry to report that to Wednesday's Animal Advisory Commission meeting did not go well.

  At Monday's Public Health and Human Services Meeting Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and Council Members Laura Morrison and Randi Shade directed the city staff to add several critical components to the city staff's Implementation Plan.

(please see original email below)   At Wednesday night's Animal Advisory Commission...

This time in an attempt to make excuses for the Red Line being such an unmitigated failure of execution.

First off, News 8 is the second media outlet to be completely fooled by this talking point being spread around to many media outlets as a talking point lately.

I am also even more disappointed to see Mike Martinez fall for this load of crap.

FixAustin.org Animal Welfare Voter Information Guide Mike Martinez, Bill Spelman, Chris Riley, & Perla Cavazos – 5 Paws For the last several years, Mike Martinez has been the City Council’s preeminent voice for protecting our community’s companion animals.

 Martinez voted against the City’s ill-planned effort to move Austin’s animal shelter from Town Lake, co-sponsored a res...

Will Austin’s first woman mayor try to become Austin’s second woman mayor? Speculation on next year’s candidates has centered on current council members Brewster McCracken, Lee Leffingwell, and, increasingly, Mike Martinez.

Some are suggesting the longtime Austin fixture who calls herself Grandma may also be eyeing a bid.

Whether for re-election to his current post or Mayor next year isn’t entirely clear, but Austin City Councilman Mike Martinez has endorsed his dais mate Lee Leffingwell in a new YouTube spot.

Joined by a wide range of community leaders — from Shudde Fath and Joenne Grissom to Dwayne Lofton and Ora Houston — Martinez vouches for Uncle Lee’s character, saying “he’s straightforward, he’s honest, he’s somebody that I know I can trust.”

As the local newspaper editorializes against what it calls the “secretive search” for a replacement for soon-to-retire Austin City Manager Toby Futrell, new details are leaking out about how the choice came down to the current candidates — which don’t include longtime Futrell deputy Laura Huffman.