Westbank Community Library Supporters of Westbank Community Library gathered this past weekend to break ground on the new library to be named in honor of our current First Lady. When complete, "Laura's Library" will offer stunning views of the surrounding hill country, a fancy courtyard with stone seating carved to resemble books, and, most appropriately, a drive-up book window. More photos are available at the official website. After the jump, we've reposted a quick clip......

Doug Hall, spokesman for Pride Surveys, has stated that there appears to be “a pretty serious marijuana problem in the area.” But, like Austinist, he isn’t surprised. In a neighborhood where the average home price is $606,216, Hall believes the association between the wealthier community and higher teenage drug use is clear. ...

Photo by smellyknee on flickr Kucinich left off Texas primary ballot for not signing Dem loyalty oath, sues. No Republican is running for Travis County DA. How's the City Manager search going? Norman Mailer archive at Ransom Center opens to the public today. We've been told that it is nigh impossible to find a Nintendo DS in town. NYTimes says the DS is as big a hit for Nintendo as the Wii. West Lake Hills......

Eanes was concerned because the teacher had led their physics program to be one of the best in the nation and had quit less than 45 days before the start of the school year. Therefore, they refused to accept his resignation and filed a complaint with the state. Yesterday, however, Eanes school district superintendent Nola Wellman announced that if Harper turns in his resignation again (by the end of this week), she will recommend that it be accepted and the complaint to the state be dropped....

Operation Interdependence is one of thirteen shipping stations in the nation that package what in Iraq becomes luxuries (soap, toothpaste, peanuts), and it's right here in Austin. Each month, they send out fifteen boxes with 50 baggies full of sample sized goodness, and every now and then, a super luxury, like a CD-R. They work out of Slaughter Creek Self Storage, which is in South Austin, twice per week. They package the baggies into......