A few weeks back we were reminded that the city still has plans to widen César Chávez Boulevard from Live Oak to Commerce downtown. At which point we were also reminded that the plan calls for the purchase and demolition of several historic buildings along Elm Street — chief among…
An old friend of mine was kind enough to forward along the hot-off-the-presses Marcus & Millichap National Retail Report, the must-read amongst real-estaters; insists my pal of the mixed-to-optimistic forecast, it’s “a pretty thorough insight into the retail world.” In which case, by way of introduction: “Caution gradually gave way…
Add leading scorer Brad Richards to the Dallas Stars’ list of injuries that has dragged their NHL season from surprising to so-so. The scrappy Stars jumped to an impressive start, getting even skeptical hockey neophytes like myself to pay attention. But somewhat lost in the middle of Super Bowl XLV and the…
Back to back, the Dallas Police Department sent two videos this morning while wondering: Do you recognize these suspects? The man in the video above — thought to be somewhere between 25 and 30 years old, 5-foot-5 and around 140 to 150 pounds — is actually suspected in 11 robberies…
Forget missing out on Cliff Lee and Zach Greinke at the front end of the rotation, a huge factor in how the Texas Rangers will defend their American League championship will be who pitches and how they perform out of the back end of the bullpen. I think the Rangers have voluntarily…
Aside from those education cuts, there’s also the very real possibility that the state will do away with the Project Reintegration of Offenders and all Homeless Housing and Services Program funding. The former — which, per the Texas Workforce Commission, “provides a link between education, training and employment during incarceration…
Three weeks ago, we took a look at the trailer for You+Dallas’s five-part webdoc about Jared Williams, who was 14 on October 1, 2009, when the Pinkston freshman was paralyzed from the waist down in a varsity football game against North Dallas High. The series, as you may recall, is…
In this morning’s New York Times, James C. McKinley looks at how Texas’s $27-billion budget shortfall is about to devastate districts statewide — while using the same word as Dallas Independent School District Michael Hinojosa only a few days ago to describe the coming cuts: “draconian.” McKinley’s piece comes but…
Seems like just yesterday the City Plan Commission took up XTO Energy’s second application for a specific use permit for gas drilling on city land — this time along Camp Wisdom Road near Joe Pool Lake — and quickly put off its decision for three months.But that was November, and…
Saturday kicked off the new “Dallas Loves Animals” campaign, an, ahemm, “pet project” of city council member Delia Jasso. All day at the Dallas Animal Services shelter, folks stopped by to get their pets signed up for discounted vaccinations, pose for photos and adopt new family members. Interim director of…
Councilman Ron Natinsky got his Valentine’s Day started right, taking a short stroll with his wife, Nancy, down to the City Secretary’s office to submit his petition to run for mayor. Ah, romance. A handful of cameramen and reporters crammed into the office alongside Natinsky, where he gabbed about future…
I’ve tried several times in recent weeks to reach Plano attorney Tom Keen, who reps the Hong Kong consortium that owns the Statler Hilton downtown, but so far, no luck. Not only do Friends of Unfair Park ask, oh, once or twice a week about the place, but Keen has…
Greetings to you, Unfair Friends, from City Hall, where the Quality of Life Committee kicked off their meeting about trash and trails today just after noon o’clock — and after David Neumann gave a clowny and enthused interview to a TV camera. Willis Winters, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation…
This morning we received the same report presented to all members of the Texas Legislature: The Story of ERCOT, prepared by the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. It’s a mammoth thing — 110 pages based, says TCAP, on “months of research, including a review of journalistic accounts, regulatory documents, academic…
Late last week, we took a look at three of the five potential candidates for Angela Hunt’s District 14 city council seat — Jim Rogers, Vernon Franko and Brian Oley — one of which (Rogers) said Hunt’s decision to run for a fourth and final term caused him to put…
10. Was it just me or did Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs sound just like Mike Tyson? 9. Acceptance speeches are always fascinating. Last night Lady Gaga thanked Whitney Houston and Arcade Fire thanked all of Canada. But strangest of all, Train lead singer Pat Monahan gave a shoutout to Howard…
Six long years ago I wrote about the dysfunctional South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund, the now-23-year-old program intended to put money into businesses and nonprofits and you-name-its intended to bring new life to the Fair Park area. By ’05 it had doled out more than $6 million — with little…
Dallas Independent School District trustee Eric Cowan’s first blog entry of 2011 is a sobering follow-up to Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s budget-gutting presentation to the board on Thursday: “The Economics of Public Education.” There’s no easy way to sum it up, as Cowan take a look at how wound up in…
At year’s end, Veletta Lill, former city council member and executive director of the Dallas Arts District, told Unfair Park: “We will have food trucks in the Arts District by the spring,” count on it. After months of working with the city, and experimenting with some Better Block-ing on Flora…
When one party wants out, relationships are difficult to salvage. For now, Michael Young wants a divorce and the Texas Rangers are desperately seeking a lawyer to foster the proceedings. But what if it can’t happen before next weekend and Young reports to Surprise, Arizona for spring training? This could…
After they were turned away from a private wedding venue in Justin, north of Fort Worth, because of their sexual orientation, Tina Shaft and Tiffany Fenimore got married Friday at the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas. In a ceremony that featured two brides, two bouquets and music from The Pretenders,…
At long last, the city council gets its hands on the Downtown Dallas 360 plan at Wednesday’s briefing — after which Downtown Dallas Inc. will host its own meet-n-greet with MIG’s Daniel Iacofano and Chris Beynon, just one part of the 2011 Annual Meeting & Luncheon & State o’ Downtown…
