Another (Russell) Fish Tale

Dallas pot-stirrer, education activist and computer inventor Russell Fish — the subject of a Dallas Observer cover story a couple years ago — is making trouble Down Under. One of Fish’s many diverse and unpredictable hats is as an activist on sexual predation issues, apparently on a world-wide basis. Fish…

The News’ Answer on Trinity Toll Road Flooding Begs the Question

In a word: Well, that answers that. Sort of. On Tuesday, Dallas Morning News reporter Rudy Bush attempted to answer a straightforward question: Would all the rain the city’s been having lately have flooded the toll road that City Hall wants to build alongside the Trinity River, between the levees?…

As Always, Dallas Politics in Black and White

Yesterday, in a pitch of live-blogging fever at the Dallas City hall corruption trial, I penned a little missive — as a sort of aside, really — about a certain sick symbiosis in Dallas politics between rich white arts mavens and sell-out minority politicians. Between my wife and Sandra Crenshaw,…

Up the Sleazy River At the Dallas City Hall Corruption Trial

Aghast at the river of sleaze oozing out of the Earle Cabell Federal Building in the past two months, reformers on the Dallas City Council have called for a system of registration for local lobbyists. Great idea. Much of the testimony in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial in federal…

Suspense is Building? Don’t Tell Jim.

As Unfair Park has dutifully informed you, The Trinity Trust this week debuted an advertising campaign for the Calatrava signature bridge “under construction” (or not) on the Trinity River, called “Suspense is Building.” Oh, yeah?The purpose is to convey the impression that all is well with the bridge project and…