Wrote Schutze in last week’s paper version of Unfair Park: “A petition drive under way right now in Dallas calls for a citywide election on tax subsidies from City Hall to developers. I’m amazed I’m not for it. … I’m getting a really bad odor.” Also against it: Mayor Tom…
After attending the Mavs’ shootaround this morning and before heading back to American Airlines Center tonight for the showdown contest victory over the Sacramento Kings, I watched and re-watched this week’s interviews with two of America’s biggest sporting dufuses. Sorry, but Tony Romo and Alex Rodriguez just don’t get it…
[Update: At 2:14, Angela Hunt sent word that the council will likely postpone voting on this one more time. She’s about to meet with developer Craig Hall to discuss “how we’ll ensure the building is integrated into the Arts District.]At the end of January, the Dallas City Council was scheduled…
Most years I chuckle at Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue. The blatant pandering. The absolutely non-sports of it all. The shrinking bikini photos that are just this close to being NSFW. But while examining this year’s offering I had two new thoughts: 1. Hey, sounds like I’m describing my own blog. 2. Whoa, a…
One of the most striking things about the Office Space 10th Anniversary Reunion down in Austin was how enthusiastic all the cast members still were about the film. They dusted off old lines of dialogue, destroyed a fax machine and even pulled off a break-dancing move for the crowd Sunday…
To be fair, because I rip Dallas’ Only Daily for taking away my extended NBA standings and expanded box scores, I should commend it for having the foresight to bring them back. Honestly, the standings are still skimpy compared to the statistical salad days. But I’m in good mood, so…
With the city council campaign season heating up, we thought it would be worthwhile to take a look-see at some of the campaign finance reports of the incumbents to see how they’ve been spending their dough. Freshman council member Tennell Atkins emerged as our first subject after we noticed an…
Mentioned a couple of months back that Elvis Mitchell was in town interviewing T.D. Jakes for his talkumentary The Black List: Volume Two, a sequel to last year’s star-studded Volume One that aired on HBO following its Sundance bow. Volume Two debuts on February 26 — and it’ll actually contain…
As noted here several times in the past, Richard Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gives mighty good speech — full of literary references, song lyrics and the assorted accumulated detritus collected in a bright mind. He was down in Houston last night, talking about…
Last night, Mark Cuban posted to BlogMaverick his own version of a stimulus plan: “open-source funding.” Which means? You post a potential business idea to his blog, and if it’s good enough, folks will comment on the idea, build upon it or even steal it — and, just maybe, he’ll…
Part of the shrapnel from the *A-Roid bombshell: Not that it manifested itself in any sort of team success, but there’s no denying that the Texas Rangers now have more big-name stars linked to performancing-enhancing drugs than any professional team this side of a European cycling club. Ruben Sierra. Jose…
A good Friend of Unfair Park said we’d be in for a proper scolding if we didn’t mention before day’s end the weekend tree-carving out in the woods of Oak Cliff. Viva La Reunion, but of course, and apologies for getting to this later rather than sooner. Tanya Meurer has…
Is this: A) Tragically sad and horrifying for a family that’s suffered enough. B) Hilarious…
Winona’s about an hour and a half east of Dallas on a good day — just out I-20, little north of Tyler. Out thataways you’ll find what remains of Camp Fannin, so named for James Walker Fannin and, from 1943 till ’46, an Army infantry training center. Ever since then,…
Those interested in the state of local TV news may want to peek at Uncle Barky’s item from late last week concerning the March departure of WFAA-Channel 8 anchor Jeff Brady. He’s exiting the ABC affiliate to enter the world of … PR! And news of his resignation (says ‘FAA…
In light of this weekend’s (shocking?) revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids during his 2003 MVP season with your Texas Rangers, I hereby invite a public stoning. And, yes thanks, I’ll be happy to chunk the first rocks: *A-Fraud is one of the most disingenuous athletes of our…
So says A-Roid — that’ll never get old, unlike this song called “A-Roid” — in an interview with Peter Gammons just posted on ESPN.com. But why, Alex, why?”When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I needed to perform, and perform at a high…
Word of a would-be CBS-TV series titled Big D has been circulating since last October, when creators Jeff and Jackie Filgo got the high sign from the network. At the time, no further details were available — but as Tim Rogers pointed out over the weekend, The Hollywood Reporter has…
After reading Friday’s story in The Dallas Morning News regarding the nearly $1 billion funding gap for the Trinity Turnpike, Angela Hunt decided she would spend this week developing a strategy to address the approximately $64 million remaining of the city’s $84 million contribution to the project. She’s unsure whether…
How appropriate: On the very day the Dallas City Council’s Quality of Life Committee will discuss the Arts District Master Plan — or, more specifically, the Dallas Arts District Strategic Assessment and Action Plan — Architectural Record weighs in with an overview of the project due to be finished come…
After a weird, wild week of name-calling, foundation-shuddering, letter debunking and a he said/she said spanning Florida to Hawaii, the bizarre tale of Bob Hayes’ Twisted Sister finally has a temporary resolution, if not permanent closure. The current verdict: Bob Hayes, Jr. – and not Lucille Hester – will be front…
Fans and cast members filled Austin’s historic Paramount Theater last night to honor the 10th anniversary of one of Texas’s greatest gifts to the global zeitgeist: the Mike Judge classic Office Space. With its office park sprawl and generic American flag license plates on its cars, the movie looked like…
