This week in godlessness brings us to Rowlett, where Mayor Todd Gottel is feeling pretty good. He’ll be running unopposed soon for his second term as mayor and third term on the City Council. The rest of the time, he owns a “sales and marketing” company, per the city of…
Titus County is a little spot on the far northeastern part of the map, comprising some 32,000 people total. Belle is a infirm, chocolate-colored, 16-year-old dachshund. She also lives in Titus, and it appears that she’s made an enemy. Belle’s person is named John Mark Cobern; he also happens to…
The Dallas County District Attorney’s office has dismissed its case against John David Mahaffey, the SMU student arrested in September and accused of forcing another male student to perform oral sex. Prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case on March 14. The one-page request says, simply: “Upon review of…
They called him crazy. And “crazy-pants,” and “unhinged,” and, at times, a “gay-hating conspiracy theorist.” But when you call freshman Tea Party-darling Senator Ted Cruz any of those names, just understand that whilst you are merely boring, petty glue, he is rubber. Proudly crazy rubber. At a speech last night…
Late last month, 27-year-old Sondra Scarber and her girlfriend Hillary Causey headed to a Mesquite elementary school’s playground, to take Causey’s 4-year-old son Jaxon to play. The couple later told police that soon after they arrived, some much bigger boys started pushing Jaxon around. “Can you please keep your hands…
Over the past couple months, we’ve brought you periodic updates on Texas Right to Life’s quest to help pass a bill banning all abortions after 20 weeks. They’ve finally found a sponsor to carry that bill: State Representative Jodie Laubenberg filed the “Preborn Pain Act” this time last week. Texas…
Tyrone and Patrick Weatherall had a number of bad habits. Besides the obvious one, their fondness for selling crack, the brothers had lavish, attention-getting taste, which is probably ill-advised when you’re in the drug-selling business. According to street lore, when the Weatheralls first united some Crips and Bloods to form…
Last month, we told you that the Arlington Police Department submitted an application to the Federal Aviation Administration in 2012, asking to please be allowed to use the two small remote control drones they bought. The drones were purchased for a little over $200,000 from Leptron Industrial Robotic Technologies, with…
Update, 3:52 p.m.: The Dallas Morning News’ Jennifer Emily tweets that the case against Hill has been dismissed. Judge Levario cited Watkins’ refusal to testify as part of her basis for dismissal. Original post: Craig Watkins wasn’t sick today, and contrary to the inexplicably wrong tweets from one TV news…
Yesterday, Collin County state Representative Jodie Laubenberg filed a bill that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, calling it the “Preborn Pain Act.” The bill is premised on deeply questionable science which claims that fetuses can feel pain at that point in a pregnancy, and ignores a heap of…
Back in December, Governor Rick Perry announced with much pomp and circumstance that he would support the passage of a “fetal pain” bill this session in the Legislature. “Fetal pain” is one of the pet legislative projects of pro-life group Texas Right to Life this year; it’s a total ban…
If you’re tired of seeing the Reverend Robert Jeffress’ elfin little face at every turn, it might be best to avoid the highway for awhile. The pastor, along with one of his most charming quotes — “What they [homosexuals] do is filthy” — will be appearing on a billboard along…
On Wednesday, we watched together as the Dallas City Council sort of, kind of, attempted to ask City Manager Mary Suhm and City Attorney Tom Perkins a couple of questions. Namely: Why did Suhm quietly sign a side deal with energy company Trinity East, pledging to help it drill on…
Yesterday, we told you about an unfortunate area man whose plans for a Craigslist threesome resulted in zero threesomes and one potential watch theft. I indicated that I believed it was unlikely that a threesome would ever arise from a Craigslist-type situation, as finding even one woman who, A) doesn’t…
Gentlemen. Let’s get really real for a moment, shall we? It’s very unlikely that a woman on Craigslist wants to have sex with you. Or rather, it’s very unlikely that a woman on Craigslist wants to have sex with you for free. And when two women from Craigslist are proposing…
On Friday, we told you about a memo Mary Suhm sent to the City Council, in which she insisted that she had “had the authority to sign a non-binding letter with Trinity East,” the company which has been trying so very hard to drill in city-owned park land and floodplains…
Pro wrestling and Glenn Beck are in a fight. Apparently this has been news for a few weeks, but we’ve only just learned about it, courtesy of Mediaite, who bring us the delightful video clip you see above, of WWE commentator Michael Cole trying his hardest to storm Glenn Beck’s…
In 2006, Kinky Friedman — singer, songwriter, satirist, head Jewboy in charge — ran as an Independent for governor of Texas. Although he ultimately received less than 13 percent of the vote, it was still a memorable campaign, featuring slogans like, “Why the Hell Not?” and “How Hard Could It…
Last summer brought us the story of Anson Chi, a Plano man who’s accused of trying to detonate a bomb next to a gas main on West Park Road. The bomb did go off, perhaps earlier than Chi was hoping; police believe it detonated while he was “tampering” with the…
Just about a year ago, Dallas’s atheist community announced a new billboard in South Dallas, celebrating “black atheists and freethinkers.” This year, just in time for the tail end of black history month, the Fellowship of Freethought, Dallas’ largest atheist group, is announcing a spinoff organization for its black members…
There was an interesting, widely under-reported battle going on in the state legislature this morning, and it hinged around consistently badass Fort Worth state Senator Wendy Davis. Back in January, Davis filed SB 248, a bill that would bring the Lilly Ledbetter Act to Texas. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay…
Texas Freedom Network has a lot to be irritated about lately. TFN is a left-leaning advocacy group focusing on things like civil liberties, church-state separation and not wasting classroom hours teaching Texas schoolchildren that the Rapture is a rock-solid scientific inevitability. As you might imagine, TFN comes down on the…
