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Downtown growth strains police By Julia Brouillette @juliakbrou
Austin Police Department is 11 officers short of the 80 officers it needs to police the downtown area, which consistently has the highest crime rate in the city, according to APD Assistant Chief Stephen Deaton. Deaton addressed some of the challenges the department faces in policing downtown, including understaffing and an
expanded entertainment district, at a Public Safety Commission meeting in early April. Deaton cited the long training process as a reason for the shortage of officers. “It involves the hiring practices as well as the length of time it takes to get somebody from citizen to an officer out on his own,” Deaton said. APD Assistant Chief Raul Munguia said Austin City Council authorized 47 new officer positions last
year, 22 of which will be assigned to the downtown area, but it takes more than a year of training before they begin patrolling. “Whenever we get the new positions, it can be up to two or two and a half years before you actually see them on the street on their own,” Munguia said. “We used to have one cadet class per year, now we have three, so we’re trying to shorten that time frame. It has
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Committee to determine Regent Hall’s fate in May By Madlin Mekelburg @madlinbmek
The Texas House committee investigating UT System Regent Wallace Hall will meet May 12 to vote on whether there are grounds to recommend Hall’s impeachment. State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston and co-chair of the committee, said they will meet on May 13 as well, if more discussion is needed. Hall is under investigation for potentially overstepping his bounds as a regent and has been accused by some lawmakers of conducting a “witch hunt” to oust President William Powers Jr. The House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations has been investigating Hall since July 2013 and has heard testimony from various UT and UT System officials, but not from Hall himself. The committee members met in executive session at their hearing Thursday and discussed the report, produced by special counsel to the committee Rusty Hardin and which indicates Hall likely committed impeachable offenses. Before going into executive session, state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, asked Barry McBee, UT System vice chancellor for government relations, to determine the availability of Paul Foster, charmain of the UT System Board of Regents, UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and Pedro Reyes, the System’s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, to speak with the committee as a whole or to speak with him privately.
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APD Officer Robert Richman walks down Sixth Street on Thursday evening. APD is currently understaffed because of the time it takes to train from civilian to police officer.
CITY
New rules mean new look for breweries By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM
Some local breweries are planning to make major renovations to take advantage of a recent change in the city code that allows Austin breweries to sell beer for onsite consumption. Austin City Council passed an ordinance at its April 17 meeting aimed at helping local breweries sell and distribute their products while implementing a new set of laws passed by the Texas Legislature in 2013. Jordan Weeks, owner and brewmaster of South Austin Brewing Company, said he will spend approximately $50,000 to expand the brewery to include a beer garden and event space for music, which he hopes will increase the
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Dylan Vicknair, a brewer at Live Oak Brewing Company, removes hops as part of the beer brewing process. Austin City Council unanimously passed a city code amendment allowing Austin breweries to sell beer for on-site consumption on April 17.
BASEBALL
For Garrido, ‘baseball is a metaphor for life’ Coach drops ‘Augie-isms’ while making history By Evan Berkowitz @Evan_Berkowitz
Texas baseball head coach Augie Garrido is a rarity for a manager — he likes to entertain. Couple that with his constant ability to produce winners, and it puts him in the conversation as one of the top college baseball coaches of all time. Perhaps the most endearing, or notable, aspect of Garrido is his quick wit and matching personality. Garrido delivers one-liners with the best of them. Here are five quotes, or “Augieisms,” from Garrido this season that best define him. AGE “I used to have the body of a Greek God. Now, I’ve got the body of a goddamn Greek.” Garrido isn’t a youngster
anymore. He turned 75 on Feb. 6 and is in his 46th season as a head coach. That’s 48 years removed from his playing days at Fresno State and in the Cleveland Indians minor league system. Time may melt, but it has been kind to Garrido. He owns the college baseball wins record, five National Championships and six National Coach of the Year honors. “The only thing 1,894 wins proves is that you’re old,” Garrido said after setting the mark in a win against Texas State on March 25. Garrido knows he’s old, but he isn’t ready to give up the game. “I like what I do,” Garrido said. “I look forward to doing it. That’s where the reward lies.” WIT Reporter
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press conference: “How are you doing?” Garrido: “I’m not telling you anything.” Most of the time, Garrido enjoys speaking with the media. It is often tough to get coaches to open up, but not Garrido. He talks. And talks. And talks. But ask questions carefully. He’s always ready to deliver a clever retort. “Tell me about Lubbock,” a reporter asked before the Texas Tech series. Garrido responded: “I hear they have a lot of good restaurants.” When asked at the first practice how the team looks, he said, “Good so far, unscored upon.”
Texas baseball head coach Augie Garrido became college baseball’s all-time winningest coach when Texas topped Texas State 5-1 on March 25, clinching his 1,895th win.
AUGIE BALL “There are three parts to our game: get on base, advance runner, score runners.” That defines “Augie Ball.” He developed the philosophy
early in his coaching career at Sierra High School, a team that struggled to hit. “I had to find some way to get the ball in play,” Garrido said. “You can bunt for a base
hit to advance runners and to score runners.” He references 2013 national champion UCLA and World Series champion Boston Red Sox as models for
his team this year. Both won it all with low batting averages but took advantage of their opportunities.
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