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from Brewster McCracken    May 11, 2009

To paraphrase W.C. Fields, all in all, I’d rather be in St. Louis. While I am honored to have received sufficient votes to make it to a runoff, Saturday’s results clearly weren’t what I had hoped for. I believe my campaign could have made a runoff election a robust competition, but I have concluded that going forward would not be in the best interests of Austin. (Read More »)

How to grow Austin’s economy during this economic downturn

By Brewster McCracken    May 6, 2009

We must start with a vision: to create opportunities for Austinites of all skill levels in the job sectors of the 21st Century Economy. The sectors that Austin should pursue leadership in are biotech and healthcare, clean energy (particularly solar and energy storage) and the creative economy sectors, including film, music and digital media. (Read More »)