Brewster McCracken for Austin Mayor

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Moving Forward

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 »)

Letter to the Editor: Backin’ McCracken

I have not publicly supported a candidate in a past elections but now I find the difference between the candidates huge. This past year I have seen Brewster McCracken at work pulling together a great consortium in the Pecan Street Project. Having seen this behind the scenes, it was a fantastic accomplishment. (Read More »)

EDITORIAL McCracken has vision that Austin needs

(orig. published on 4.19.09)
McCracken has a broad view of what Austin needs and how City Hall should manage in a budget crunch. He can build alliances and should be a visible, active mayor…We urge voters to elect McCracken on May 9. (Read Endorsement)

The Crow's Nest

How to grow Austin’s economy during this economic downturn

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 »)

What Keeps Cities Vital and Relevant

These two important articles describe how the economies of cities around the nation are changing… and why cities that fail to pursue a vision for the future could fall behind in the 21st Century Economy. Here’s what every Austinite concerned about our economic future can learn from each article. (Read More »)

Improving Lives, Creating Jobs

Changes in the nature of medical research have created an opportunity for Austin to lead in biotech. If we have the vision to build a world-class biotech sector, we can protect existing semiconductor jobs and create new manufacturing and healthcare jobs throughout the region.

Success in biotech isn’t guaranteed – but it is achievable if we decide to lead. Here’s how we can do it. (Read More »)