Andy Hogue
Now entering Year 4 of our fight for Pecan Park
Today we wrap up our third year of working to stop the Candlewood hotel on Pecan Park Boulevard in Austin from becoming a homeless...
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Andy Hogue
- Nov 30, 2023
- 2 min
ANALYSIS: Candlewood cost jumps to $17 million
They still don't measure the potential impact or talk to the neighbors -- the ones really affected. What is wrong with this process?
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Andy Hogue
- Oct 19, 2023
- 3 min
What abandoned shopping carts say about our city
They may look like stray carts to the causal observer and not be given another thought. But every time you see one these carts around town,
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Andy Hogue
- Oct 4, 2023
- 1 min
Austin Fire: Pecan Park area shed fire intentionally set
While Austin's very capable fire departments responded to a recent blaze and quickly got it all under control, it was too close for...
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Andy Hogue
- Sep 7, 2023
- 1 min
Homelessness Inc.'s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week in Austin
As the popular children's book title goes, it was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the homelessness-industrial complex ...
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Andy Hogue
- Jun 24, 2023
- 6 min
Police Cuts and ‘the PSH Push:’ The Near-Forgotten Story of Candlewood and the Texas Bungalows
the near-forgotten story is how the city came about finding the money to sustain the conversion of the Candlewood and the Bungalows into PSH
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Andy Hogue
- Jan 24, 2023
- 2 min
Year-end review: 2022
This Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, marks the second anniversary of the day Pecan Park neighborhood residents and business owners began...
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Andy Hogue
- Jan 24, 2023
- 2 min
RELEASE: Pecan Park neighbors calling for equal treatment 2 years after Candlewood purchase
AUSTIN (Jan. 24, 2023) — This Wednesday (Jan. 25) marks the second anniversary of Pecan Park neighborhood residents and business owners...
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Andy Hogue
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
Candlewood named in Texas Monthly 'Bum Steer' awards
The infamous Texas Monthly Bum Steer Awards are in, and the Candlewood earns a dishonorable mention, among numerous other questionable...
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Andy Hogue
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min
Yes, there are solutions
The approaches used to solve homelessness in our major cities — including Austin — are obviously failing. National headlines of growing...
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Andy Hogue
- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
RELEASE: Lawsuit amended to reflect 'unanimously vague' Council vote for homeless shelter use
Lawsuit amended to reflect 'unanimously vague' Council vote for homeless shelter use
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Andy Hogue
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
Year-end review: 2021
It all started when Sanjay and Rupal Chaudhari opened the morning paper delivered to their hotel's front desk on Jan. 25 and saw the...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Tom Wolf to tell the truth about Austin's compassion crisis
We look forward to hosting Tom Wolf on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Come hear from this former incarcerated, homeless, addict who is now a...
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Andy Hogue
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
RELEASE: Mayor, Council demonstrate Candlewood purchase for women's shelter was bait-and-switch
Despite nearly eight months of public protests, forums, and engagement with leaders at all levels to prevent the purchase of the Candlewood
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Andy Hogue
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
RELEASE: WillCo lawsuit still on if City of Austin goes through with hotel purchase agreement
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Aug. 10, 2021 -- Stop Candlewood stands with Williamson County officials and their commitment to fight a disastrous...
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Andy Hogue
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
RELEASE: Austinites given handful of days to learn about Candlewood buy, communicate with Council
AUSTIN (Aug. 9, 2021) -- While Stop Candlewood supporters were successful in stalling the the city's plan to buy the 83-room Candlewood...
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Stop Candlewood
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
RELEASE: Austin homeless camp pushback was 'entirely preventable'
AUSTIN (July 28, 2021) – After swift and vigorous pushback against the city’s proposed encampment plans on Convict Hill Road and Mason...
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Stop Candlewood
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
Elected officials stand up against Candlewood 'bamboozle'
At a Feb. 10 press conference adjacent to the Candlewood Suites, Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell and Commissioner Cynthia Long...
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