The city, North Central Texas Council of Governments and Dallas Area Rapid Transit held that streetcar town hall last night. Among those in attendance was Jason Roberts — who, in addition to his myriad other titles and endeavors, is an Oak Cliff Transit Authority board member and the former head…
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention this morning to this short film by Chris Wiegand about N.L. Jones, who, for the last 40 years, has worked at multiple Best of Dallas-winner Orr-Reed Wrecking. The salvage yard is where folks go to turn trash into treasure — none more…
At 9:30 this morning, according to Dallas Police, a woman ran into Max Beauty Supply, located at 7460 S. Westmoreland Road. She left the keys in the car — a silver, four-door 2006 Dodge Stratus, with the license plates BV9-F940.Also left in the car: 6-month-old Azia Crawford. Azia, say police,…
Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman says today’s 3:30 p.m. meeting of the Election Commission — the first such gathering in more than two decades — should be relocated to the commissioners court and streamed live so citizens and the press can observe the proceedings. He’s requested as much…
Super Bowl trip up for grabs: fox11online.comDCVB honcho Phillip Jones was on Green Bay’s FOX affiliate this morning promoting a Super Bowl trip giveaway being run through the Visit Dallas Facebook page and the Twitter. Which doesn’t mean anything to you. You’re probably curious how he answered the anchor’s question:…
High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in ’30, has gone unused for decades. That changes immediately: On the other side is the official announcement from Downtown Dallas Inc., in…
Speaking of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas …Mayor Tom Leppert was deeply involved in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board’s decision (after much debate and delay) to spend $210 million to convert its liquefied natural gas and clean diesel bus fleet to CNG. Mayor Tom was also deeply involved…
Below, of course, is the tale of Senior Corporal Theadora Ross — the 26-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly depositing at least $250,000 in North Texas Crime Commission’s Crime Stoppers cash in her own bank account. The feds say that the…
A Friend of Unfair Park writes: He’s heard whispers of a protest planned for 3:30 tomorrow at the Dallas County Administration Building, where the County Election Commission will meet for the first time in more than two decades. The reason, of course, is the departure of Dallas County Elections Administrator…
While that box of files might’ve stolen their thunder this morning, at least 200 sign-toting cabbies were back at Dallas City Hall this morning, marching ’round the reflecting pool to yet again complain about the preferential treatment given compressed natural gas-powered cabs at Love Field, where the city allows them…
After Chris Heinbaugh’s heads-up yesterday about the city repairing its broken seal, Intern Jesse stopped by Dallas City Hall toward Wednesday’s end to check that “S” out. I showed the photo to the boy this morning before he left for school. He grinned and demanded a high-five. “We fixed the…
I know, I know. I promised — no more about the city’s spending at least $12 million in 2006 bond funds to two-way and widen César Chávez Boulevard downtown. But that was before Patrick “Car-Free” Kennedy, the best-of blogger trying like hell to restore Dallas to walkability, chimed in today…
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers won’t arrive until next week. But, make no mistake, Super Bowl XLV kicks off today. Precisely at 5 p.m., with the opening of the NFL Experience at the Dallas Convention Center. Drew Pearson will be on hand. So will Mayor Tom Leppert. And,…
That photo you see at top is Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Theadora Ross, in the middle, being escorted out of DPD HQ yesterday by FBI agents. Andrea was out there Wednesday morning, but at the time, DPD and the feds refused to comment on Ross’s arrest. They promised all…
The redo of the once-deteriorating Embarcadero Building at Fair Park was among the recipients of Preservation Dallas’s 2006 Preservation Achievement Awards; so too were The Big Thicket at White Rock Lake, the Belmont Hotel, the restoration of SMU’s Dallas Hall Dome and Rotunda and ARCHITEXAS’s job well done restoring the…
This is the price we pay for David Stern’s mission to make the NBA a global game. Because, after further review, yes, a million Chinese can be wrong. When the NBA announces its 2011 All-Star Game starters during tonight’s double-header on TNT, the Western Conference’s center will be … Yao…
This just in from the Dallas Police Department (the all-caps are the department’s):AN ON-SITE BOMB-SNIFFING DOG HIT ON A FED-EX PACKAGE IN THE BASEMENT OF ONE MAIN PLACE LOCATED AT 1201 MAIN ST. THE AREA IS BEING BLOCKED OFF AND THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY BEING EVACUATED. EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE SQUAD IS…
On the other side is a release that just arrived from City Hall announcing the Office of Cultural Affairs and Dallas Arts District’s decision to take part in D.C.-based nonprofit Americans for the Arts’s economic-impact study. The city didn’t take part in the ’05 study, the most recent conducted, which…
Wanted answers as to yesterday’s item about where Michael Young might fit into the Texas Rangers’ plan in the wake of the recent acquisitions of Adrian Beltre and Mike Napoli. Young is slated for utility infielder duty, maybe some first base and, of course, DH. But he says DHing isn’t a permanent move…
A couple of days back, a Friend of Unfair Park asked, via e-mail: “Have you noticed the number of cabs in Dallas recently? We drove home last night from Cole and Armstrong to the Lakewood area and counted 20 cabs. It looked like NYC. Super Bowl-related influx?” Not sure about…
I caught the tail end of former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle’s chitchat with The Ticket’s Hardline, which aired a little past the 6 p.m. hour yesterday. During it, Kunkle talked, of course, about his maybe-sorta-more-n-likely run for Dallas mayor, which he said he’ll nail down publicly once the Super…
Lose that number: We’ve said it before: Buzz has a soft spot in our cold, dead heart for Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway. Chiefly because of his entertainment value, but there’s this too: Like us, he often trips over his own tongue. He enjoys the occasional game of poker. His…
