Only yesterday, Merten mentioned that Crow Holdings’ Anne Raymond and Mayor Tom Leppert would, finally, have theyselves a showdown concerning the convention center hotel — and, for those needing a recap, the mayor’s fer it, while Raymond’s agin it, ahem. Dave Levinthal was there for the debate this morning, which…
And then there were three — which is to say, three folks who have pleaded guilty in the Dallas City Hall corruption case, scheduled to go to trial in June. Taking his cue from Andrea Spencer and Allen McGill, lawyer John Lewis — among the 14 named by the feds…
In less than a month, the impact of Mark Cuban’s personal “Stimulus Plan” has already become quite real for a small group of entrepreneurs around the country. Naked Pizza, an all-natural pizza delivery place in New Orleans, was listed on Cuban’s blog earlier this week as one of the first…
Give me Emmitt Smith and George Teague in retirement. You can have your active cut Terrell Owens…
As we mentioned on Wednesday, Horton Foote’s archives reside on the SMU campus — in the DeGolyer Library, specifically, among the greatest places in the city to spend an afternoon or a month or a forever. As author James P. Bevill proved recently with his Republic of Texas revelation, the…
This morning’s Wall Street Journal tours three new luxury sports facilities — those belonging to the New York Yankees, the New York Mets and Your Dallas Cowboys — and deems them “a case of monumentally bad timing,” which, yeah, is a bit of a no-brainer. Notes the paper, the Cowboys…
After the jump, the City Hall Highlights for the month of March, including news of a Trinity River run tomorrow — the 6.2-mile Trinity River Levee Run, to be specific, which kicks off from Trammell Crow Park and “for the first time … will also cross the Continental Avenue Bridge,”…
While one Live 105.3 alum bites his tongue and cashes his checks, another is on the verge of a return to Dallas radio – and beyond. Big Dick Richard Hunter’s locally based, nationally syndicated show hits our airwaves in drive time – 4-6 p.m. – on KMNY 1360 AM begininning April…
When the Dallas City Council last week replaced former council member John Loza on the DFW Airport board with Brenda Reyes, we were reminded of the memorable 1997 battle between the two for the District 2 council seat. Reyes struggled with controversy early in her campaign, and she later spent…
When Pulle wrote his obituary for Victory Park in January, Ross Perot Jr. and Hillwood execs refused to talk to him about the fate of the taxpayer-subsidized development crumbling around the American Airlines Center. Instead, all he got was a statement, which read, in part, “As we look to the…
Suitable for framing. PR News Release Header March 5, 2009 Cowboys Release Roy Williams and Terrell Owens The Dallas Cowboys announced the release of veteran safety Roy Williams today. Williams, who was the team’s first round draft choice out of Oklahoma in 2002, earned five Pro Bowl selections in his…
Stand-up comic Richard Lewis has made a career out of airing his neuroses during an act he began nearly 40 years ago. His routine isn’t so much a series of jokes as it is a stream-of-consciousness rant that veers wildly from subject to subject as he recalls annoyances he has…
Was enjoying some second-hand smoke from Dale Hansen’s seegar down in Victory Plaza before last night’s Mavs-Spurs showdown. We were discussing this week’s Observer cover story, owner Mark Cuban’s unprecedented outburst, how Dale claims he’s “too shy” to serve as Grand Marshal for the Observer’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on…
Anne Raymond of Crow Holdings and Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel in a missive sent to Mayor Tom Leppert yesterday accuses him of running a “campaign of negative personal attacks.” She also asks why Leppert is rushing forward with construction of the convention center hotel in an attempt to nullify…
Jim Moroney, A.H. Belo executive vice president and Dallas Morning News publisher, confirms that the company has laid off employees at The Denton Record Chronicle — how many, though, he does not say. Belo, as reported earlier, expects to lay off 500 employees in coming days, with 75 to 100…
We can cross our fingers real hard and go for the trifecta, but I don’t see Cowboys owner Jerry Jones firing Wade Phillips today. Let’s don’t get greedy. But let’s also be realistic. Gone from the roster that lost 44-6 in Philadelphia on Dec. 28 and went 9-7 last year…
I enjoy television as much as the next 5-year-old, but somehow I’ve managed to miss every single second of The Bachelor — Ellen too, except when DISD rising star Dalton Sherman got his free computer back in September. Alas, the two titans of TV dip chocolate into peanut butter this…
The Sports Illustrated scribe was among the first to predict that Jerry Jones would cut Terrell Owens, even as Jones hemmed and hawed in recent days about what he was going to do with the wide receiver. Why come? A gut feeling, he writes this morning, as Dallas Cowboys fans…
Damn, maybe Jerry Jones took Channel 8’s poll to heart. Either that, or the Cowboys owner is suffering from spasms of lucidity and humility. Whatever, less than 12 hours after cutting Terrell Owens, the Cowboys have this morning released safety Roy Williams. Weird, huh? The Cowboys actually making prudent roster…
Tom Colicchio is staying in Victory Park; Paciugo, alas, is not. Days after next-door neighbor Quiksilver caught a wave out of there and N9NE Steakhouse put a fork in it, the Dallas-based gelato emporium, among the very first tenants to open in Ross Perot Jr.’s increasingly ghosttown-like development, also shut…
Several Friends of Unfair Park, at least one of whom’s currently looking for work, have directed our attention in recent days to LaidOffCampDFW — “an unconference for unemployed, non-traditionally employed, employees and employers (including freelancers, entrepreneurs and startups) in the DFW area who want to share ideas and learn from…
My new hero is Eric. He plays for my new favorite sports team: The special education squad from Dallas’ Conrad High School. Seemingly an odd choice, because this year Eric probably won’t score many baskets and Conrad likely won’t win many games. Utterly immaterial, because they’ve already completed a perfect…
