The new-look Trinity River Corridor Project Committee meets for the first time this afternoon with two items on its to-review list: Dallas Floodway Extension Repayment Agreement Discussion and Trinity River Corridor Project Overview of Flood Control Components. Shortly after they were posted Friday night I sent them to Schutze, who’s…
10. Tony Romo negated some great throws — you’ll never see a prettier pass than the 64-yarder to Jason Witten — with some bone-headed plays. His interception to Darrelle Revis should’ve never been thrown and how was everyone except the quarterback ready for the snap with :08 remaining? And I understand he thinks football is…
“Thought-provoking events” — that’s how SMU said it wanted to honor the 10th anniversary of September 11, with a series of “thought-provoking events.” There would be lectures, speeches, prayer services and, tonight, a half-time tribute at Gerald J. Ford during SMU-UTEP — events political and spiritual, a few attended by…
I was always told: I shoulda been there the night Guns N’ Roses opened for The Cult at the Bronco Bowl September 13, 1987. (Look — pictures!) Axl Rose even said so upon the band’s return to Dallas a mere three months later: “It’s good to be back here in…
We’re still a good month away from the Sylvan Thirty development coming before the City Plan Commission, since, as we noted last month, it was pushed back to the October 6 agenda following Belmont’s owner Monte Alexander’s letter to the city insisting that “more time is needed to evaluate the…
This just in: They won’t be taking down the Joe Ratcliff Pedestrian Walkway over LBJ Freeway this weekend after all. Not sure when it’ll happen — the release we just received says only “at a later date.” So, not a full pardon, only a temporary reprieve from what was expected…
The jury’s still out, but the fact fetishists at the Texas Freedom Network seem to think that the recently enacted Senate Bill 6 may help neuter the historically science-averse state Board of Education. The law provides districts with state money for text books and tech devices like laptops and tablets…
Got a robocall from the Dallas Independent School District last night asking me to help round up any truants I might know of. Sorry, wish I could help. Turns out, it was just a precursor to tomorrow’s kick-off of Operation Graduation, which is now in its fourth year and involves…
Nice to see our sports columnist thinks the race for the AL West is “over.” Still, though, coulda sworn the Rangers have 18 games left on the schedule, including three against the Angels at season’s end; the magic number remains a far-from-over 17. Guess that’s why I’m not a sportswriter…
On November of last year, 36-year-old Joseph Lamon Williams of Houston stood in line like any other customer at the Wells Fargo at Coit and Alpha, just off LBJ. When it was his turn, he presented to the teller the following note:”IF I HEAR THE CODE FOR BANK ROBBERY YOU…
Got stuck watching Footloose the other night — what, like you’re one to judge? Well, it was right before the warehouse scene. Who’d miss that? OK, sure, I’d had a drink, maybe two. It was late. Anyway. Can’t believe Craig Brewer’s remade the thing, due October 14. Sacrilege! Turns out,…
Chief Uterus Correspondent Anna Merlan is on assignment. I know Anna usually handles the lady stuff, but if it’s OK with you guys, I’m going to dispense some quick advice to the Female Friends of Unfair Park: If you gals have any plans to commit a felony that may cause…
At the end of last week we spoke with council member Linda Koop about the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce’s involvement in doing something, anything with Valley View Center, some or most of which may not be standing by the time LBJ construction’s wrapped in five or so years. As…
Seems like only seven months ago, give or take, that we were told of developer Shawn Todd’s plans to restore the built-in-’30 U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay, easily one of downtown’s brightest jewels. Said the announcement, which was hailed by politicians and preservationists, Todd would convert…
Earlier today we revisited the Dallas Regional Chamber’s plan, blessed by Mayor Mike and Lew Blackburn, to save the Dallas Independent School District. And while Commit! is still in its vague, unformed infancy, clearly this is Very Important to a few very important people. Which is why Blackburn wants the…
Stories linking Los Zetas — a drug cartel consisting of, among others, former Mexican Army commandos — with North Texas have been around for years. Take this story, from three years ago, connecting a Collin County deputy constable with a cousin said to be working for the cartel. In March,…
If you happen through the intersection of Beckley and Jefferson in the next few days, you will see this scene — two 20-foot-tall cargo containers painted white. The installation, which is being put into place at this very moment, is not yet finished; Jason Roberts, the man in charge, says…
So the Morning News on Wednesday reported on a battle brewing in Plano ISD over attendance boundaries between Plano West and Plano East senior high schools. Pretty dry stuff, unless you’re a parent who gives a shit, so you likely missed this nugget from the story: Along with some others,…
Still waiting on a response from Mayor Mike concerning the Dallas Regional Chamber’s so-called Commit! initiative, which we took at long look at Sunday. Turns out, Rawlings, Dwaine Caraway, Uplift Education board member Todd Williams and Dallas ISD board president Lew Blackburn paid The Dallas Morning News a visit yesterday…
I’m watching the Dallas Independent School District board of trustee meeting right now, if only to see how committed the trustees are to Commit! — which, turns out, is a Mayor Mike initiative as much as a Dallas Regional Chamber idea. More to come in moments.But first, this bit of…
As we noted yesterday, during her presentation of the Redistricting Commission’s proposed map to the city council, chair Ruth Morgan mentioned that one member of the commission, whom she later identified as Domingo Garcia, held “private meetings” with other commissioners in the last month of the redistricting process. The whole…
The Southern Baptist Convention has over 16 million members. It also boasts a mission statement: As a convention of churches, our missional vision is to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every person in the world and to make disciples of all the nations. Perusing their web site this…
