TWO VERY SOBERING FACTS ABOUT THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF AUSTIN OF TODAY:

--THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF AUSTIN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL OF TEXAS HAS BEEN WITHOUT A PERMANENT OFFICIAL ON-DUTY CITY MANAGER HERE AT ANY TIME SINCE OCTOBER 1, 2016---NEARLY ONE FULL YEAR AGO.

---THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS STATE CAPITAL OF TEXAS HAS BEEN WITHOUT A PERMANENT OFFICIAL CHIEF OF POLICE AT ANY TIME SINCE NOVEMBER 30, 2016---MORE THAN NINE MONTHS AGO.

THE INEVITABLE QUESTION BEING RAISED THAT POINTS TO THE DIRE NEED FOR FIRST-RATE AND FACTUALLY ACCURATE 
IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING FOCUSED ON THE CITY GOVERNMENT HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA:

WHAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE DELAY BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF AUSTIN IN FINDING AND APPOINTING A PERMANENT NEW CITY MANAGER AND A PERMANENT NEW POLICE CHIEF HERE?