Former Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox, who died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Dripping Springs, will lie in state today in the Texas House of Representatives chamber of the Texas Capitol; hours are from 3 to 7 p.m. As the Star-Telegram noted over the weekend, “The last…
I wasn’t at Saturday’s party unveiling this year’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ Swimsuit Calendar at the Gaylord Texan. But, for some reason, the mayor of Nayarit, Mexico was. And now, thanks to our friendly lil’ slideshow, you can be there too. — Richie Whitt…
Courtney’s headed back to City Hall at 11:30 this morning, where, yet again, the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee will spark up the debate over where you can’t and can’t light up in this town. For a sneak peek of where this discussion’s headed today, the council has posted…
Three years ago we opened the books of the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund and found that many, many folks who’d borrowed money from the city in order to open businesses in the area never paid back their loans. Some couldn’t; others just wouldn’t. And plenty of cases had been…
Earlier this month, Dallas City Council member Mitchell Rasansky — or, as he’s referred to around the big table at the Hall of Justice, the Calculator — asked to see how the city’s investments were faring during the Great Recession of 2008. This morning, during the council’s Finance, Audit &…
Over the weekend, A Scanner Darkly star (well …) Alex Jones made the trip up to Dallas to take on the Federal Reserve — though, really, how many folks are in the building on a Saturday? Those folks who ditched out on Dealey Plaza brought their bullhorns and placards to…
Okay, not really. But we can dream, right? Because if Pacman Jones did get his own show with The Ticket’s informative and entertaining Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell, the corrupt Cowboy returning to practice at Valley Ranch today would mysteriously fall on hard times and slink quietly…
The good news: Terrell Owens put up. The bad news: Now he’ll never shut up. With the smoke not yet cleared from his obnoxious — but not even a little bit surprising — interview with instigator Deion Sanders on NFL Network, T.O. produced his best day in a Cowboys’ uniform…
So, yeah, right — anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that’s long overdue. While we’re waiting for the package, let’s spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsible for the cover you see…
Won’t be seeing this for a while. And, honestly, probably won’t be hearing alot about the Stars, either. Hate to head into the weekend on a downer, but this is pretty significant – and bad – news. Stars’ captain Brenden Morrow, the team’s heart and soul, is out for at…
Courtesy Justin Cozart Yesterday, I came across a Flickr page maintained by Justin Cozart, who’s been uploading in recent days photos of a Dallas that no longer exists — as you can tell by the photo of the Baker Hotel above, taken as it was being imploded in June 1980…
Seriously, how can you not love Texas Tech coach Mike Leach? His favorite weather: “When it rains mud.” His half-ass name for the live radar: “The beam.” His favorite creed: “You’re going to be dead in 100 years anyway. Live dangerously.” Still hope he somehow winds up in Dallas. Not…
Wyatt Cenac as Barack Obama Tina Brown’s Daily Beast reports that four contenders are in the running to oust Fred Armisen as Saturday Night Live’s Barack Obama — and two of them, heyheyhey, happen to be Dallas private schools graduates. One we introduced back in June, when Jesuit College Preparatory…
Last night, during halftime of the Cincinnati Bengals-Pittsburgh Steelers game on the NFL Network (I will watch any game played in snow, sorry), Deion Sanders sneak-peeked his Sunday-morning chitchat with Terrell Owens. You can catch a so-so video capture after the jump, or get the crystal-clear here. It’s worth watching…
WikiMapia The bossmen for the Big Three are having one hell of a time getting Congress to bail ’em out, and General Motors’ stock is down 5.5 percent today to $2.72 — or about 80 cents more than A.H. Belo, which has taken an inexplicable nosedive since the opening bell…
After the jump, Bennet Miller’s response to Tuesday’s Unfair Park item concerning his desire to tear down a piece of the historically designated Magnolia Station. Miller didn’t send it, though — it came from a slightly frustrated resident of Magnolia Station who gives Miller, who sought the designation protection from…
Eliot Elisofon Paul Baker, standing in front of the then-new Kalita Humphreys Theater in 1960 This will be but one of two Friday flashback items featuring old photos of a disappearing Dallas; later today, treats from a Friend of Unfair Park’s grandfather’s treasure chest. But this morning, Friend of Unfair…
Ah, the good ol’ days. When Dallas actually lifted sports trophies. Can’t say that I have a vivid memory of it, but apparently I was trying to trick Fort Worth Star-Telegram readers into thinking I knew a little something about indoor soccer and the defending MISL champion Dallas Sidekicks. Back…
Jack Lowe, DISD school board president Blacks were hissing rudely at Hispanics. Hispanics were yelling at other Hispanics. And just about everyone was taunting distraught school board trustees, themselves appearing to teeter on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Ladies and gentleman, this is your Dallas Independent School District. Last…
Associated Press Children were bused to the San Angelo Coliseum with their mothers after the April 3 raid. This morning’s Deseret News has added up the numbers and come up with the figure: $12.4 million. That’s what the April raid on the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado’s going to wind up…
This just in from the so-called Lifestyle Fashion Terminal down in Victory Park concerning its immediate demise, courtesy something formerly called “the economy”: As of Friday, November 21, LFT will begin the liquidation process of the store in Victory Park. “Due primarily to the current state of the economy and…
Patrick Michels Mayor Tom Leppert and City Council Member Sheffie Kadane tenderly declare Union Station open for business. After a $23-million renovation, Union Station is back in business downtown, this time as a Wolfgang Puck-catered feed lot for hungry Hyatt guests. The 93-year-old building has been stripped down to its…
