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Chet Steadman

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  1. 1 hour ago, Hate said:

    The latest from the WPC.

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    Man, what a difference 25-50 miles can make.  This model results in likely minimal movement for the Highlands.  

    Even the slightest movement north and Travis could easily go up 15-20’

  2. I assumed Wells would unload that site entirely, not ground lease.  All their West Austin stores are a beating.  35th, Far West, even Tarrytown is getting old and rundown.  

    What’s the rumor-of-the-month on what Randall’s will become?

  3. 3 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    Lol. The green on the long-term forecasts for the past few day evidently meant a 20% chance of rain on Friday. Now it's back to "normal" and the precip forecast...

    That mountain range or whatever in Mexico must be seeing landslides or flooding or something. It's been red for two straight weeks. Also, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada are getting more rain than we are.

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    Is any of the four corners rain going into Lake Mead?  It sure would be cool to see Vegas, AZ and Cali not run out of water in the not-so-distant future

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  4. KVUE showing a nice, steady string of 105°s for their 7-day.  Fantastic.  

    Anyone know what we’re up to on the 100° mark for the year?  I can’t imagine we’re not going to wreck the 2011 record.  

    Also, did the tropics just decide to take the year off?

  5. Y Mas closes every 4th for nearly two weeks.  Been doing it for at least a decade.  
    They'll be open again on Tuesday

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  6. La Mancha gets docked several points because their drinks are weak AF.  The food is slightly above average but their drinks single handily keep the majority of our neighborhood social circle from going there

     

  7. 10 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

    I think when all is said and done this summer in Texas will make 2011 look reasonable. 

    Yep.  We’ve had this all wrong.  2011 is going to look like a cakewalk by time all of this is over.  Our previous 100° mark for June is 17 days.  If we have five more days this month above 100° we tie the record.  The “coolest” day in the 7-day shows 102°.  The long ranges show nothing below 101° at least 14 days out.  
     

    Buckle up boys and girls.  It’s gonna be a doozy/NedRyerson
     

  8. 9 hours ago, Mittens said:

    ABIA attempts 'unusual' use of eminent domain to force out South Terminal operator

    Ask anyone stuck on an airplane waiting for a gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) if the Barbara Jordan Terminal is big enough, and you'll hear something like this:

    "It's mind-boggling to me that Bergstrom has not grown as it's needed to. It's embarrassing," said Jon Lamb, a Florida resident who last month was stuck on an American Airlines plane after landing because no gates were available. "I was angry that now I'm going to miss an important customer call."

    Officials who run the city-owned airport want to fix this problem by building more gates. A big plan in the works would add a new concourse by 2028 with at least 10 gates and the ability to expand to 40. The concourse would be connected to the Barbara Jordan Terminal by an underground pedestrian tunnel.

    But there's one big obstacle: The South Terminal where ultra-low-cost airlines Allegiant and Frontier operate would have to be demolished.

    The South Terminal is run by a private company, Lonestar Airport Holdings. In 2015, the Austin City Council approved a 30-year lease with Lonestar's parent company plus two optional five-year extensions.

    Lonestar says it has invested close to $20 million in the South Terminal, including about $1 million to accommodate a $75 million Allegiant base of operations that opened in November.

    So now the City of Austin is attempting a novel use of the state's eminent domain law to terminate Lonestar's lease. ABIA wants the company gone by July 2023.

    As part of the condemnation process — legal steps under eminent domain law to seize a property — the city sent an initial offer in late March to buy out Lonestar's lease for nearly $2 million.

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    Lonestar rejected the offer as "objectively offensive." In a blistering response, the company's lawyers accused the city of trying to "wrongfully condemn its way out of binding contractual obligations." They said the city's attempts to force out Lonestar would fail in court.

    Jacqueline Yaft, the airport's executive director, signaled confidence that the eminent domain process would proceed as planned.

    "The city's next steps will be to send a final offer letter to the tenant as required by the Texas eminent domain statute," she told commissioners overseeing the airport.

    If that offer is rejected, the city would then file a condemnation lawsuit to force out Lonestar.

    Attorneys who work in eminent domain law said this is far from an open-and-shut case.

    "I think this is kind of an unusual one," David Todd, an eminent domain attorney based in Austin, said. "We may even develop some new case law based on the result of what the result is here."

    "There is some precedent to say [the government] can't use eminent domain simply to take over a business that it had already contracted to allow someone else to do," Todd said.

    Usually, eminent domain is used to seize property for a public use. In this case, the city is trying to terminate a lease on its own property.

    "That's a very atypical scenario," said Luke Ellis, an eminent domain attorney who teaches at UT Austin. "Usually the condemning entity is not the owner."

    Ellis says even if the city can use eminent domain to force out the South Terminal operator, it may have unintended consequences.

    "If the city could simply condemn its way out of any contract that they no longer believe is suitable or advantageous to the city, the net effect of that is private enterprise is going to have zero interest in doing any business with the city," he said.

    Airport officials have been reluctant to comment publicly on a case that could wind up in court. ABIA issued a statement that reads in part: "The Department of Aviation will continue to work with all business stakeholders and tenants throughout the duration of this program and looks forward to delivering an improved passenger experience to all AUS customers."

     

    negotiating a 30yr lease with options when the airport was already exploring short-mid term terminal expansion is borderline negligent 

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