Merely two months after Brian Potashnik was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn to 14 months in federal prison for his role in the Dallas City Hall corruption case, he’s been approved for a month-long release from behind bars. In a notification sent to victims of Potashnik’s crimes, Jeff…
talking heads – 78 dallas from das ubuibi on Vimeo.Given Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz’s Valentine’s Day-trip to the Eight-Track Museum’s grand opening, the timing’s certainly good: Only yesterday, someone posted to Vimeo about 28 minutes’ worth of footage from the Talking Heads’ ’78 trip through town during the More…
Been a while since we’ve had much to say here about the big re-do out at Mineral Wells’ Baker Hotel — the 82-year-old wellness resort that, fingers crossed, is soon to be resurrected by a team including Jeff Trigger, who led the Stoneleigh makeover here in Dallas.But the occasion of…
During the 2007 mayoral campaign, former city council member Ed Oakley sent out mailers depicting himself and convicted felon Don Hill as Democrats and Tom Leppert and former Mayor Pro Tem Max Wells as Republicans. Oakley also accepted the endorsement of the Dallas County Democratic Party and printed thousands of…
We were first introduced to Eric Brauss in December 2009, when a good Friend of Unfair Park tipped us off that the money man behind, oh, the Dallas Design Center, Denton Towne Crossing, Lake Highlands Plaza and other local developments had done disappeared. As in: skipped town, left the country,…
The editor of our sister paper in Houston just forwarded along a press release sent out moments ago by the Houston Independent School District: “Arnold Viramontes, the Dallas ISD chief of staff, is coming to HISD to oversee the district’s technology operations.” The entire release follows, but Viramontes, of course,…
No doubt tired of taking it in the shorts over the icy weather and the “horrible mistake” involving Cowboys Stadium seating — the two things over which it had absolutely no control — the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee this morning sent a sneak peek at some early…
On Tuesday, the Dallas Police Department sent word that it was looking for this gentleman, at the time suspected of having committed at least 11 robberies in North Dallas — including the Frankford and Midway T-Mobile store hold-up shown in the video the department made available to media. This morning,…
On Christmas Eve afternoon, radio-radio’s Julia Barton stopped by the offices to interview Schutze and me for an episode of Public Radio International’s Studio 360, which is hosted by Kurt Andersen. Barton had been tasked with doing a piece on Dallas as part of the show’s “American Icons” series, which,…
City Hall and most other municipal facilities are closed till Tuesday, furlough day and President’s Day and all. Which means council briefings normally posted on Friday night went live last night, including this one that’ll be presented to the Public Safety Committee on Tuesday: 2010 Dallas Police Department Traffic Contact…
As reporters gathered around Roger Staubach following this morning’s launch of Mike Rawlings’s mayoral campaign at Dallas City Hall, questions inevitably shifted to his thoughts about the approximately 400 fans that were denied seats at Super Bowl XLV because portions of the temporary seating weren’t installed prior to game time…
I’d been all ready to settle in for a lengthy City Plan Commission meeting this afternoon, conditioned by months of long waits before commissioners got to talking about the things I’d come for — old favorites like gas drilling or food trucks — but today they took each of those…
It’s been close to two years since we last looked at Ash Grove’s federal lawsuit, filed in the fall of ’08, in which the cement-maker whined that Dallas’s refusal to buy its dirty, wet-kiln-made concrete was a violation of the state’s competitive bidding laws. Dallas, claiming its thanks-but-no-thanks was due…
IFRAMES not supportedThe U.S. Census Bureau sent to the state Legislature today the map you see above, along with details about the latest population count intended to assist with redistricting — including numbers related to racial make-up and voting age.Per the latest tally, since the 2000 Census was taken the…
Mike Rawlings formally announced his candidacy for mayor this morning to a group of approximately 150 supporters in front of Dallas City Hall, claiming he’ll utilize public-private partnerships to protect both the city’s infrastructure and its citizens during what he said would be a budget deficit as difficult to overcome…
If you’d driven by the Texas Theatre oh, ’bout an hour ago, you’d have seen this scene — the great Harry Shearer standing out on W. Jefferson, bracketed by Jason Reimer on the left and Barak Epstein. Random, right? Not really: Shearer was at The Thin Line Film Fest in…
Speaking of changes at Love Field …Mayor Tom Leppert — along with council members Delia Jasso and Linda Koop — yesterday sent a memo to City Manager Mary Suhm proposing that the city change the name of a section of Cedar Springs Road to Herb Kelleher Way. In honor of…
10. Just seeing the intricate structure — erected in the Dr Pepper Ballpark’s parking lot in Frisco — is impressive. Calling it “The Grand Chapiteau” might be a little hoity-toity, but it’s neato nonetheless. 9. Let’s get this out of the way up front because I know it’s a prerequisite to…
Whilst cleaning out the in-box I came across this sent-yesterday heads-up from the city involving two new inconveniences for those heading to Love Field, which is presently getting with the Modernization Program. Long story short: Expect lane closures on Cedar Springs, and don’t try to use that West Pedestrian Bridge…
Back in November in Cowboys Stadium, I went to the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito boxing match. In 2009 I went to UFC 103 at American Airlines Center. My judge’s scorecard: UFC > Boxing. By embarrassing submission. Got to debating the other day what event — other than Super Bowl XLV — could fill…
What you see above is a video presently making the rounds amongst those of us who live in the T.C. Marsh-W.T. White feeder pattern: Marsh eighth-grade U.S. history teacher Miguel Solis speaking a few days ago at Teach for America’s 20th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C. And when I say…
By now you’ve no doubt heard: Two men were killed and two more were arrested last night following what appears to be a drug-related robbery outside the Burger Street on E. Mockingbird, between N. Central Expressway and Greenville Avenue. Officers were called to the scene at 10:16 p.m, writes Dallas…
