The future of Austin's top city executive plunged into jeopardy Monday as frustration boiled over power outages that have left thousands of people without electricity in the Texas capital for nearly a week and could drag on for days longer.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, called a meeting for this week that will put City Manager Spencer Cronk's job on the line. The move reflected the growing discontent in America's 11th-largest city over slow repairs to power lines following a deadly ice storm that left residents with no sense about when their electricity might finally return.
