At 4 a.m. on Tuesday, two men drove a few blocks in a bulldozer to the Walgreens on 1306 N Beckley Avenue. They backed it up, and then rammed the ‘dozer into a side wall, sending hundreds of goods flying off the shelves and creating a cloud of dust. See…
The American Lung Association released its annual State of the Air report this morning — and, sorry, Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and Denton counties, but when it comes to smog, the report card still reads “F.” Indeed, notes the report, while many cities around the country have seen their ozone levels…
On second thought, forget The Alamo. And the San Antonio Spurs. What began as a competitive series that some of us skeptics thought the Spurs would win in seven games magically morphed into a hockey power play. Afforded basically a 5-on-2 advantage, the Mavericks ultimately skated past old, slow, buried…
Yesterday, I noted how the city of Dallas spent $3.2 million in order to lure but a single new tenant to Shed 2. Last night, this laundry list of excellent ideas landed in our suggestion box. I’ve forwarded them along to Janel Leatherman, the market’s administrator, and to Frank Poe,…
As we mentioned yesterday, tomorrow’s cover story in the paper version of Unfair Park features Mayor Tom Leppert. One of the more fascinating interviews we grabbed while researching the piece was with former city council member Donna Halstead, who since 1998 has been president of the Dallas Citizens Council. She…
I like the title of the first Enough is Enough radio ad: “Really.” Oh, really? Really. Anyway. As we’ve noted before, Roger Staubach’s part of this pro-hotel group, and his is the voice heard at the end of the 60-second spot. But before you get to Captain Comeback’s pitch, there’s…
There’s a minicamp at Valley Ranch this weekend, only three months before training camp in San Antonio and a mere 139 days until the Dallas Cowboys kick off their 2009 NFL season against the Buccaneers in Tampa. No better time to look into my crystal football and predict the team’s opening-day…
I don’t know — stripped of Rage Against the Machine, the latest R.I.P. Dallas ad doesn’t have the, ya know, punch. Still, though, I’d be interested to hear how the pro-hotel group came up with its second choice: Cincinnati-born Christian artist Nicole C. Mullen’s “I Have a Dream,” off her…
We’ve received a lot of feedback thus far regarding yesterday’s item in which we revealed Jerry Allen’s thoughts concerning Mayor Tom Leppert, the convention center hotel and the Trinity River toll road. The most buzz, and rightfully so, came from the statement he gave us after he was asked about…
In its 15-year history, I’ll betcha a nickel no one this side of The Pigskin Poet has written more positive words about The Ticket than me. And, still today, when the station has boffo ratings or cool events, I won’t shy away from tooting its triumphant horn. So when Ticket groupies…
Friend of the show PeterK, who diligently scours eBay for old Dallas photos so I don’t have to, sends this gem that’s up for grabs till May 2: a photo of 1925 Miss Dallas Ruth Jernigan. And, so happens, that was the year Texas had four reps in the Miss…
As the boss pointed out in his first-episode review yesterday, Dallas DNA debuts tonight at 9 p.m. on Investigation Discovery. So happens that those who attended Central Dallas Ministries’ 14th Annual Urban Ministries Prayer Breakfast last week got a sort-of sneak preview of tonight’s premiere: Before the breakfast, where Dallas…
Over the weekend, the rumors started mounting: Tom Hicks had approached Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao — a builder of Indian infrastructure whose wealth ranks him among the world’s wealthiest 200 — about buying at least a piece of Liverpool FC. Folks close to the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas…
*Unless Mark Cuban smears Swine Flu on Tony Parker, I’m afraid the desperate and prideful San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks tonight, forcing a Game 6 Friday night at American Airlines Center. Why? Because home teams down 3-1 always win Game 5. Because Greg Popovich has won 75 percent…
Last night, Governor Rick Perry served as moderator for a most special event at the Special Events Center in Garland: a conservative three-way during which radio chat-show hosts Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt and Mike Gallagher rated and debated Obama’s First 100. (High marks and high fives all ’round, though there’s…
Remember that headline back in March, “The First Christian Book Expo May Wind Up Being the Last Christian Book Expo”? At least one Friend of Unfair Park remembers it well, because that Friend — who had a wonderful bar mitzvah long, long ago — sends along this Christian Retailing item…
We’ve been hearing in recent days that Del Taco is looking to move into the Dallas-Fort Worth area; sources say their business folks have been scouting would-be sites around town, as the Lake Forest, California-based chain considers — yet again — making its return to Texas. Barbara Caruso, Del Taco’s…
Perhaps, for its next ad, the R.I.P. Dallas folks could use a Woody Guthrie song — “This Land is Your Land,” maybe. Or Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction.” Or The Specials’ “Ghost Town.” Till then, bulls on parade through Victory Park…
This morning, I had a long chat with Janel Leatherman, the Dallas Farmers Market administrator, concerning the dearth of vendors in Shed 2 — which, as you no doubt recall, was enclosed and air-conditioned at the cost of $3.2 million,and which quietly reopened at the end of ’08. Since construction…
Jeff Catlin, operations manager for Cumulus Radio Dallas, says it took all of “five, six weeks, maybe” for station management to decide to drop The Bone and rechristen its classic-rock outlet as “FM93.3 Quality Rock.” Says Catlin, The Bone “had needed a face lift for some time” — because, well,…
While researching our upcoming cover story on Mayor Tom Leppert, which will appear in the paper version of Unfair Park Wednesday, we sat down with Lake Highlands city council member Jerry Allen, who announced in a recent council meeting that he believes anything that comes out of the mayor’s mouth…
Let’s say that before tip-off of Game 1 I gave you these crystal ball visions about the Spurs-Mavs series: *San Antonio’s Tony Parker will skip down Dallas’ lane at will, averaging 29 points including games of 38 and 43. *Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki will be held 10 points under his season scoring…
