Upcoming December Election Runoff For Mayor and Austin City Council
Both candidates that the Hyde Parker Magazine endorsed in the general election, Celia Israel for mayor and Zo Qadri for Austin City Council, made it to the runoff election. Julie Oliver, Mike Siegel, and many leading organizations have also endorsed them. Both progressive candidates, Celia Israel and Zo Qadri, will face off against their conservative opponents to determine who will be mayor and who will win the Austin City Council seat that covers much of central Austin and Hyde Park.
Mueller is Proof that Hyde Park Could Take on More Housing Without Sacrificing its Character
When the question of increased density is brought up, a lot of Hyde Park residents tend to wonder whether those kinds of changes would make the neighborhood less livable. To answer that question, let’s take the Mueller neighborhood as a case study. The planned unit development allows for missing middle housing the likes of which is not seen in Hyde Park. But pretty much everyone who lives or visits Mueller is taken with the diversity of uses found there.
Hyde Parker Magazine Endorses Celia Israel for Mayor
Austin is at a pivotal moment in its history. Amidst a nationwide housing crisis, the city is making the incomprehensible decision to double down on its history of exclusionary zoning. Instead of embracing the fact that reversing our city-imposed development bottleneck and greenlighting the building of housing in all its forms, we’re still producing a trickle of units when we need a flood. A drastic increase in our housing supply is the only logical, and more importantly equitable, way forward.
Hyde Parker Magazine Endorses Zo Qadri for Austin City Council District 9
Austin’s housing crisis demands swift and drastic action. And tackling it going forward won’t be easy. The city is fighting an uphill battle against powerful interests who find the status quo convenient and are terrified of opening up more of the city to people who might not look like, earn like, or think like they do. It's with that sentiment in mind that the Hyde Parker Magazine endorses progressive Democrat Zohaib "Zo" Qadri to represent Austin City Council District 9. We believe Qadri not only understands the urgency of this moment in our housing crisis, but as a longtime progressive activist and renter, Qadri will bring perspective sorely missing from the current dais.