Best of Austin®

Critics: Politics


Brigid Shea (6)

Best Outside Agitator (1992)

Best Rumor: Brigid Shea Is a Witch (1993)

Best Dressed Person on the Dais (1993)

Best City Accomplishments (tie with Gus Garcia) (1994)

Best Civic Shrine We'll Never See: The Bruce Todd, Charles Urdy, Max Nofziger, Gus Garcia, Ronney Reynolds, Jackie Goodman, Brigid Shea Sculpture Garden (1994)

Best Score by a Former City Council Member: Brigid Shea's $45 per Square Foot Lot in the Rainey Street neighborhood (1999)


Ronney Reynolds (5)

Best Excuse by a Loser (1992)

Best Political Symbolism: Reynolds as a Caddy (1992)

Best Civic Shrine We'll Never See: The Bruce Todd, Charles Urdy, Max Nofziger, Gus Garcia, Ronney Reynolds, Jackie Goodman, Brigid Shea Sculpture Garden (1994)

Best Short-Circuit of an EUD Sale by a Councilmember (1996)

Best Political Exit (1997)


Kirk Watson (4)

Best Media Omnipresence (1998)

Most Eye-Popping Public Performance: Kirk Watson, Daryl Slusher, Jesus Garza (1998)

Raddest Mayoral Performance: Watson at the MTV Sports Festival (1998)

Best Display of Mayoral Athleticism: Watson's Race Against Hollywood Henderson (1999)


Bruce Todd, Bob Larson, Gus Garcia, APD, SOS, Austin American-Statesman (3 each)