“I stereotype. It’s faster.” —George Clooney in Up in the Air Meet your neighbors: The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has joined a nationwide hunt for information about the FBI’s effort “to collect information about and map so-called ‘ethnic-oriented’ businesses, behaviors, lifestyle characteristics and cultural traditions in communities with…
It’s old folks’ night at the skatepark, and the dinosaurs are out. Sporting Vans and board shorts, faded tattoos and thinning hair, they drop into the bowl on loose old boards, one by one in some unspoken order. Each cuts his own certain route around the outdoor bowl, but a…
[Update: As Sam reports, Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan have won the auction. First thing Thursday morning.]This much, per Sam’s latest series of tweets from the Fort Worth courtroom where the Texas Rangers auction drags on … and on … and on. After Mark Cuban and Jim Crane submitted the…
El Chico’s origins date back well beyond the first Oak Lawn eatery opened in 1940 — all the way back, says the Web site, to 1926, “when Adelaida Cuellar’s homemade tamales drew crowds at a county fair outside Dallas, Texas.” Which I mention only because, well, let’s just say next…
Whilst awaiting a sit-down with a source, allow me to marry two unrelated legal matters, baby:Texas Watchdog has been Freedom of Information Act-ing out, requesting from the FBI the files of several “prominent Texas political figures” once they’ve expired. Today’s installment is … Fred Baron, the late asbestos litigator and…
As mentioned late last month, property owners and vendors around the Dallas Farmers Market have been not-so-subtly courting DPD for a new substation in their neighborhood, and based on this morning’s bimonthly police-hosted meeting, that’s probably where it’ll go — just as soon as someone comes up with the money…
Kyle Hall, who handles marketing and promotions for Legacy Books up in Plano, hadn’t taken a vacation since the mammoth indie bookseller opened its doors in November 2008. He was ready for his very first on July 25 when, the night before, he got a call from Teri Tanner, who…
Chris Kaplan, proprietor of Mawker Coffee, has been in Shed No. 2 at Dallas Farmers Market for 11 years — in other words, long before that $3-million redo. He was there when it was unbearably cold and insufferably hot — when it was known as “The Freeze and Fry Building,”…
I know the big news of the day regarding your Texas Rangers will be this deal about the new owner and all – Mark Cuban vs.Nolan Ryan – but quietly the baseball team is tip-toeing close to a slump. For now it’s a funk, and when you build a nine-game cushion you…
Organizers of last night’s public hearing on the Bishop/Davis Land Use and Zoning Study at Methodist Hospital in Oak Cliff tried to head off any contentious quarreling and outbursts from the get-go. “Be respectful to everyone. There really isn’t any reason to not be,” organizers said. Play nice, or stay…
The death of Cheez Doodles creator Morrie Yohai last week spawns this New York Times piece today about the myriad other cheese-flavored snacks available, well, everywhere. And it reminds us of another great inventor: Charles Elmer Doolin, the father of Frito and the creator of the Cheeto:Throughout the 1930s and…
Since 1978, Mercy Ships has been sending hospital boats, for lack of a better term, to impoverished and beleaguered countries to tend to the “forgotten poor”; at this very moment, matter of fact, the African Mercy is perched off the shores of Togo in West Africa, a country ranked near…
Updates: Sam will be posting via Twitter: @sammerten So, the 9 a.m. start time for today’s auction of Your Texas Rangers has been pushed back — how far, Sam’s not sure. He’s in the courtroom at this very moment, and Judge Russell Nelms, who’s supervising the proceedings, has yet to…
On Monday, Mary Suhm will present to the council the FY2010-11 budget, from which she had to trim some $131 million — a “painful, painful, painful” process, as she put it one month ago, because it will involve laying off hundreds at City Hall and gutting the budgets in myriad…
10. Regarding Brett Favre’s latest, but certainly not last retirement, I think Cowboys’ linebacker Bradie James put it best: “Don’t care.” 9. Tip for autograph seekers at The Alamodome: Get a roster. When Jason Hatcher walks off the field toward the tunnel, “Hey, 97!” isn’t going to steer him in…
One hour from now, Your Texas Rangers go on the auction block in a Fort Worth courtroom, immediately after which there will be a confirmation hearing; Sam’s headed that way now, lucky fellow. And just when you thought, well, it’s too late at this point for any more surprise twists,…
Welcome, Friends of Unfair Park, to the Dallas Of Tomorrow. We’re still waiting for tonight’s panelists — Mayor Tom Leppert, chief among them — to take their seats inside the Belo Mansion auditorium, but the cash bar is open while the public considers what wonders the future may hold. Monorails…
Update at 8:35 p.m.: The Dallas Police Department has sent a statement from Chief David Brown regarding his comments about the increase in the number of reported sexual assaults this year — and the reaction to them. It reads, in full:Chief Brown wants to emphasize, “I absolutely did not state…
I’ve known Gary Cogill a long time, and despite what Zac says, he’s a good guy, a thoughtful critic and a pretty good cook who, back when the Lakewood Theater fed the homeless at Christmas, could be found in the kitchen lending a very helping hand. I’ve also been aware…
A programming note.A few weeks ago we gave you the very advance heads-up that tonight, at the Belo Mansion, the Dallas Bar Association is hosting the “Dallas Tomorrow” forum featuring quite the bold-faced line-up: Mayor Tom Leppert, University of North Texas Chancellor Lee Jackson, Trinity Trust President and CEO Gail…
The Dallas Independent School District’s spent the summer break spending 2008 bond money renovating 79 campuses. Says Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, “When teachers, staff and students return to many of their campuses next month, they will begin to see how these improvements will positively impact the learning environment.” To celebrate this…
In advance of tomorrow’s bankruptcy auction in Judge Michael Lynn’s Fort Worth court room, initial bids must be in by 8 tonight. Up for sale: The Texas Rangers. Prospective buyers: Chuck Greenberg/Nolan Ryan and Mark Cuban. While Dallas businessman Jeff Beck or New York media magnate Rupert Murdoch could join the fray,…
