A couple of weeks back, we mentioned that the U.S. Trustee handling Bob’s Steak & Chop House’s Chapter 11 reorganization wanted Judge Harlin D. Hale to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to replace owner Bob Sambol. Because, see, as far as Willliam Neary’s concerned, Sambol — operating here as Silveroak…
By no later than tomorrow, we should get our first look at City Manager Mary Suhm’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year — specifically, what stays and what goes to clear out the $190 million shortfall. (Suhm had told Unfair Park last week she expects to present the budget…
After a summer in which he bleached his hair blonde, Washington Redskins’ running back Clinton Portis is spending part of training camp explaining that he is not, in fact, gay. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) We have a history of homosexual sports stars ranging from Martina Navratilova to…
Let’s start this item over — clean and shorten this sucker up. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission finally sent over the 32-page report detailing the events of the raid on the Rainbow Lounge raid in Fort Worth; it’s below, as you can see. But Tameka Harris, the agency’s legal secretary,…
The debate surrounding the proposed health care bill can seem distant. The bill is some 1,000 pages. Those who claim to have read it become experts either for or against the legislation. But last night, a cherry-faced, white-haired politician successfully tied this unwieldy document to a singular concept his constituents…
Moments ago, folks standing outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse got a sneak peek at the prosecution’s next witness in the City Hall corruption trial: former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, accompanied by her husband, former State Rep. Steve Wolens. Finally.Federal prosecutors continued to gain little traction Wednesday in…
To watch the Texas Rangers-Oakland A’s game, that is. Relax. Interesting night in San Antonio. While I was gallivanting around town with both owner Jerry Jones’ caravan (even at 66 the dude can throw down) and a 1310 AM The Ticket traveling birthday party in which a member of the group…
Every local media outlet’s been waiting for it, but KTVT-Channel 11 managed to get its hands on the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s internal investigation concerning the raid on the Rainbow Lounge, and it isn’t pretty. Right, Fort Worth State Rep. Lon Burnam? “I think there’s been a foul up that…
It was two years ago that I sat down with Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels. We ate sushi. We swapped stories. We talked baseball and life and near-death and philosophies and farm systems and… We’ve barely talked since. My cover story in the July 12, 2007, issue of the…
Oh, sure, Mr. Private Sector Wage Slave, you probably get formally evaluated by your boss every year. That annual review by your boss—that idiot—is a painful, tedious, unfair rite of passage annually. Well, if it makes you feel any better, you can take comfort from the fact that local judges,…
“This is bullshit.” Normally soft-spoken, at least by defensive lineman standards, Ernie Story may be wired on energy drinks—just about everyone else is. Besides, there are six months of anticipation pent up behind this day. He stomps away from a cluster of older men, back toward the cinder-block locker room…
10. Story out of Lincoln, Nebraska of all places – apparently the writer was in Dallas for the Big 12 Media Days – says at Cowboys Stadium there is for sale $800,000 suites in which you can purchase a $90 pizza. That’s about $11 a slice by my sportswriter math. However,…
At 7 tonight, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins will speak to an audience at Irving City Hall about the county’s budget cuts — specifically, those cuts affecting his office. He has invited Dallas County Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield to join him, but if last night’s jam-packed town hall-style meeting at…
On this bargain-hunting Wednesday, a note concerning one hell of a steal for art collectors: From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on August 16, Jeff Scott’s going to unload a major hunk of his Elvis Presley artwork at Studio 1019. One reason: Scott had been showing in Gerald Peters Gallery,…
Speaking of aquariums … If you’re looking for something to do with the kiddos on Friday, and you’re particularly fond of the free stuffed animal, may I recommend a trip to the Dallas World Aquarium? At noon on Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will be in front…
If the discussion at Dallas City Hall today is any indication, that outta-nowhere proposal to privatize the Dallas Zoo and the Aquarium at Fair Park is all but a done deal. Expect the city to turn over the keys to the Dallas Zoological Society by October 1 following a vote…
Shawn Marion. Drew Gooden. Roddy Beaubois. Quinton Ross. Count ABC among the non-believers in your new-and-maybe-sorta-somehwhat improved Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs’ schedule for next season has them appearing nine times on ESPN, seven times on NBATV, four times on TNT and, um, zero times on ABC’s Sunday afternoon showcase. Last year…
The kids are not allowed to wear red or blue when they show up to the SMU campus to participate in a summer camp — those are gang colors. And they’re not allowed to smoke during breaks or anywhere on the premises. The environment should allow even the most hardened…
I’m in desperate need of a new car — unless it’s supposed to smoke after 13 years, in which case, never mind. That said, the city of Dallas is slashing and burning its inventory of dozens of used fire engines and ambulances over on my favorite auction site. The kid…
Right — this should probably be over on City of Ate, but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to make this inexplicable (on my part) Esquire subscription count for something, so here goes. For the September issue, which just landed in the mailbox, editors asked chefs (and TV-show hosts)…
Yesterday, just because, the NBA posted some of the Dallas Maverick’s home movies from his trip to China. In a word: adorable…
Earlier this year, the Dallas City Council said it wanted no part in plans to turn a former hotel at 1011 S. Akard Street into a home for the homeless. Perhaps you recall said brouhaha, the result of which will be 250 low-income apartment units once developers Ted and Larry…
