Mayor Tom Leppert’s in D.C. this morning at the invite of Barney Frank, whose House Financial Services Committee is set to discuss why it’s become so danged difficult and cost-prohibitive for cities to issue bonds — and how Washington can fix it, despite the Fed’s “important misgivings” about guaranteeing municipal…
Magnetic Retraction By Jim Schutze, May 14 Messing with Success The magnets are not only “islands” of excellence, cut off from the larger world around them. They provide a crucial role in allowing a sense of possibility and aspiration to permeate the entire district—to kill them is to kill that…
South Side Story: Turns out the story isn’t true. The southern Dallas vote did not deliver the No-vote victory for backers of a city-owned convention hotel in the May 9 referendum. Not according to an analysis done by Brooks Love. True: Brooks Love was campaign manager for Vote Yes—the side…
There’s a man buried under your jokes. In the wake of the Dallas Cowboys’ Valley Ranch practice facility collapsing during a thunderstorm on May 2, you’ve heard them. Perhaps repeated them: The Dallas Cowboys don’t implode only in December. God really hated their draft. Hello, wind column! I come today…
Around the time the sun first peeks over the eastern horizon, Jim Christian loads his three black dogs into his silver Honda and drives a few miles to the Mockingbird Point Dog Park, a fenced enclosure of dirt and grass at the northwest tip of White Rock Lake. He’s alone…
Every so often someone will still post a comment to the imc2 item from way back in December ’07 — only 123 till we break the 1,000 mark, so let’s go team! Which is why it’s just a little surprising that this little news nugget hasn’t made its way into…
I don’t get whatever cable outlet carries The Eddie Bernice Johnson Show. No matter. The congresswoman from Dallas has just posted to YouTube her interview conducted this week with Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert. Here’s part one; parts two and three follow. I won’t lie: She needs something to spice up…
Yesterday, in a sunlit room on the second floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, the (mostly) ladies of the Municipal Library Board did indeed vote to approve the creation of a new Dallas Public Library Foundation as a separate fund-raising entity to support Dallas’s public library system. The…
Mayor Tom Leppert kicked off today’s budget briefing by acknowledging that “the challenges will be significant” as the Dallas City Council finds ways to eliminate a $190-million deficit. He stressed that national and international issues are the cause of the shortfall, and the mayor likened it to the economic struggles…
The Mavericks are gone. The Cowboys are in pre-pre-pre-training camp. The Rangers managed one measly hit against the Tigers. What to do with all this new-found free time? I know, let’s read! Given a hammock, a cold beverage and 3 expendable hours, which one would you crack open?…
Turns out, Errol McKoy didn’t wake up Monday morning with any intention of announcing plans to turn Fair Park into a year-round destination complete with towering rides and rollering coasters. Matter of fact, he says he expected — still does — to hold “a massive press conference” in, oh, 18…
On Monday, Tawnell Hobbs posted a poll in which she asked readers of The News’s Dallas ISD Blog, “Who should be the next DISD board prez?” Perhaps not surprisingly, the outspoken Carla Ranger — who led the charge to overturn the board’s decision not to hold 2009 elections, and who…
When we brought to your attention an item on eBay selling ceramic tiles of Mayor Tom Leppert, who’s described in the ad as “perhaps one of our greatest United States leaders,” our hope was to hear back from the seller so we could find out how Leppert caught the eye…
In light of Cristal Taylor’s first comments since being arrested at Dirk Nowitzki’s house earlier this month, I’ve heard reactions ranging from “Wow, this is getting juicy!” to “I wonder how Brad Townsend would feel if we started digging into his life?” The saga reads as if ripped from the grocery-store tabloids:…
Courthouse News this morning highlights the story of Ginger Weatherspoon, a former assistant attorney general in Greg Abbott’s office who claims she was fired after refusing to lie under oath about 254th District Judge David Hanschen. Weatherspoon, who worked from July 2006 through February ’08 in the the Office of…
The Garland police officer involved in a shooting that left a suicidal 17-year-old boy dead on March 19 is back on duty after an administrative leave and departmental review, according to a department spokesperson. “That review has been done, and he’s been released, and he’s back on the streets,” says…
Alexa’s at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library for today’s Municipal Library Board confab, during which board chair Suzanne Charriere — a Mayor Tom Leppert appointee — will discuss the “formation of Dallas Public Library Foundation.” Which is … ? Dunno. Hard to say. Since early this morning I’ve tried…
As we prepare to watch the Lakers turn the Thuggets (L.A. in 7) into mere mortals in the Western Conference Finals, let’s ponder what the Mavs can do to get back into the NBA’s final four. *Re-sign Jason Kidd? *A sign-and-trade with Kidd? *Trade Erick Dampier and Jerry Stackhouse to…
I’ve left a message for Wright Lassiter, chancellor of the Dallas County Community College District; he is at a meeting and not expected to return till later today. I’ve called the law offices of Jerry Prater, chair of DCCCD’s board of trustees; he is out of the office and not…
Earlier this year, the city released the results of a community survey in which code enforcement ranked high on Dallas residents’ list of priorities — behind only public safety, infrastructure maintenance and health services. But the survey also revealed something else: A majority of those surveyed rank code enforcement as…
Late yesterday I came across this story in which Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli expressed a certain angst over his Dallas-based sandwich chain’s decision to offer the so-called Which Wich Super, a 15-inch, low-priced variation on the standard 8-inch offering. Sinelli was speaking on Sunday in Chicago at the National…
At this very moment at the North Texas Food Bank, Communities Foundation of Texas is holding a press conference during which it’s formally unveiling DonorBridge, which pairs potential donors with nonprofits throughout North Texas and across the country — and then offers hundreds of thousands in matching funds courtesy CFT…
