Amy Babich  Candidate for Austin City Council, Place 5

Human Power Party

P.O. Box 49084, Austin, TX 78765 * (512) 453-0438 * info {at} EasyStreetRecumbents.com

Amy would like to thank the thousands of Austinites who voted for her in the election. While Amy didn't win, her supporters feel she succeeded in increasing the visibility of transportation issues -- issues which affect all of us profoundly.

Who is Amy Babich? Amy Babich is well-known for her frequent letters on transportation issues appearing in local newspapers, primarily the Austin Chronicle. And if reader response is any indication, the citizens of Austin are indeed concerned about these issues and interested in what Amy has to say about them. The Austin American-Statesman even ran a feature story on Amy last year.

Last Year's Election. Amy tried to run for City Council last year, but the City threw out her filing petition because some of her supporters failed to include the word "Austin" when writing their address (even though the petition was for an Austin election, and even though the supporters included their street address and zip code).

The other candidates for Place 5 are:

• Chip Howe, 48, psychologist, clinical coordinator for a rehabilitation center
• Clare Barry, 48, neighborhood activist, architectural intern for Texas Dept. of Transportation
• Linda Curtis, activist for political accountability
• Will Wynn, real estate investor, former chairman of Downtown Austin Alliance
• (The incumbent, Bill Spelman, is not seeking another term.)

Biography. Amy, 47, has a Ph.D in mathematics and a Masters Degree in classics, and has taught math at the University of Texas at Austin and Austin Community College. She has lived car-free in Austin since 1976, and has also lived car-free in Philadelphia, PA, Santa Barbara, CA, Riverside, CA, and Zagreb, Croatia. She is the author of two novels, After Math and The Age of the Bicycle (published under the pseudonym Miriam Webster). She currently works for the Texas State Library and runs a home-based business selling recumbent bicycles with her husband, Mike Librik. (See the Easy Street Recumbents website.)