This morning the Associated Press catches up with Dallas attorney Bill Brewer, who’s leading the legal charge against Farmers Branch’s efforts to keep illegal immigrants from renting apartments and houses in the suburb. Says Brewer, who was recruited into the battle in November 2006 by Adelfa Callejo, “Generating an antagonism…
In 2005, the City of Dallas assembled a list of hot spots (14 major highways, expressways and freeways) to which emergency wreckers were to provide “rapid response” in case of an accident (Page 41, if you must). And since at least 2007, Dallas Police and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department…
While waiting for Tony Romo’s sitdown interview with Channel 11’s Babe Laufenberg last night I learned a couple things. On The Grammy’s, that Robert Plant and Allison Krauss are, like, together. And over on NBC5, that Roy (Safety) Williams is willing to move to linebacker. What’d I learn once Romo…
In light of yesterday’s revelations that Alex Rodriguez was juicing during his MVP tenure with Your Texas Rangers, a Friend of Unfair Park remind us of A-Roid’s appearance on 60 Minutes at the end of ’07, when he repeatedly told Katie Couric he’d never enhanced. Below, one video highlight among…
Friend of Unfair Park Peterk directs our attention today to this called-for boycott of Dallas-based Blockbuster, which is distributing voodoo dolls in Mexico City in advance of Wednesday’s World Cup showdown pitting the U.S. Men’s National Team against Mexico in Columbus, Ohio. Originally, Fort Worth-based Radio Shack had the deal…
Never had time to make it to the Texas Big Cities Mayors shindig at City Hall today. But no matter: Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall this evening forwards along a copy of the mayors’ letter to Governor Rick Perry, in which Tom Leppert, Bill White (Houston), Mike Moncrief (Fort…
As Jim pointed out earlier, transportation writer Michael Lindenberger came up short yet again in today’s Dallas Morning News regarding the Trinity Turnpike. Lindenberger’s biggest blunder was exposed shortly after the November 2007 vote, and he made another when he reported the price tag of the road at $1.8 billion…
Word to the wise in these final days of the “economy”: All it takes to make the national (and international) news is a Page 7B ad in The Dallas Morning News, followed by a press release advertising said advertisement. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, and, right, who doesn’t…
I suggested back in December that you peek at Danny Bollinger’s blog every so often — never know who might make a cameo. Bollinger took this photo of Mark Cuban and Tiger Woods on Monday, right before the Mavs beat the Magic at Amway Arena. But, seriously, they’d never met…
Two Dallas police officers testified they felt pushed to make at least two DWI arrests per night, but stopped short of saying the department has a quota system, according to court documents obtained by Unfair Park.”It’s not necessarily a quota,” Officer Robert Wilcox told a Dallas jury on January 13…
Jeffrey R. McKinney, Andrew Velez and Ted Westhusing are not statistics. They are sons, husbands, brothers and fathers who committed suicide while fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. But in recent months, they have become nothing more than numbers that keep adding up to what’s become one of the most under-reported…
A Friend of Unfair Park mighty proud of his Woodrow Wilson High School roots sends word that last night’s Nightline featured two Texas-born aviation heroes: Denison’s Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, but of course, and Dallas native and Woodrow grad Al Haynes. Haynes is an “aviation legend” who was among those whose…
I say this with zero amount of snarkiness or sarcasm: Ticketstock is cool. From Nolan Ryan last year to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar this weekend, 1310 AM The Ticket has created a perfectly-timed phenomenom affording sports geeks (myself included) the unique – and FREE – opportunity to rub elbows with legends of the game…
CNN this morning visits D’gala Bridal Boutique on W. Jefferson Boulevard, which pockets a major chunk of its change outfitting girls for their quinceañeras. Alas, sales at the end of last year were the worst in more than a decade — one guess why. Which means discounts are to be…
The Playmaker. Searching for the next star. If your dream is to join an organization that: *Hasn’t been anywhere near the top of its industry in 13 years. *Has a CEO who runs off management by forcing them to punch a time clock. *Enjoys all the image of Cell Block…
On this Friday morning, let’s sneak a peek at the Sunday New York Times travel section, which spends “36 Hours in Dallas” and serves up this howdy-do: “DALLAS may not be a world-class city, but it’s pulling out all the stops to get there.” Alas, not much new here for…
Dallas’ convention center hotel made news in Denver today as the ABC affiliate out there featured StimulusWatch.org as its “Web Site of the Week.” The site allows users to cast votes and comment on projects they feel to be most critical, or in the case of the hotel, least critical…
While the city council continues to face delays regarding the selection of an operator for the convention center hotel, the holdup is unlikely to have any effect on Mayor Tom Leppert and the council’s plans to begin construction on the project in April. However, the current status of the financial…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit today issued a media release that says the 28-mile, $1.8 billion Green Line expansion, scheduled to open in September, “is proving to be the Dallas region’s own local economic stimulus program with the creation of more than 2,200 jobs.” When contacted by Unfair Park today, DART…
Credit where credit is due. Seems like a simple concept. But in today’s 24-second news cycle the genesis of “breaking news” often finds himself as nothing more than the guy at the bottom of the dog pile. Forgotten. Squashed. Raped of credit. Example #1: The Ticket’s George Dunham. Got a…
Bryan Burrough was in town earlier this week to sell a few copies of his must-read tome The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes. Been looking forward to the book ever since September, matter of fact, when Vanity Fair excerpted a chapter that made…
Just had a lengthy talk with Wade Hampton, marketing director for N9NE, who does confirm the bad news: The steakhouse in Victory Park is no more. And, he says, there is no single reason for its shuttering last night. “I think that you could probably come up with a pretty…
