And speaking of the U.S. Attorney’s Office …Jim and Sam were otherwise occupied this morning and couldn’t make it back to the Earle Cabell for the second round of sentencing in the City Hall federal corruption case. But following Friday’s marathon that saw Don Hill getting 18 years and wife…
This is really a D Magazine story, but since the U.S. Attorney’s Office just sent word, well, what the hell: Nicky Sheets — aka John Nicholas Sheets, aka Mr. Eleanor Mowery Sheets — pleaded guilty today to one count of tax evasion in U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle’s courtroom…
Speaking of the North Central Texas Council of Governments …We’ve been waiting on this announcement since late November, when the NCTCOG and the city of Dallas put out the call for bidders interested in coming up with a new Dallas bike plan. And, lo and behold, there it is on…
A couple of weeks back, Nicole Porter at Texas Prison Bid’ness took note of the state’s impending budget shortfall and concluded that, more than likely, it’ll result in the closing of some private prisons and jails. Sure, but which ones? Well, writes our old pal Scott Henson today over at…
We’ve heard rumblings: Maurine Dickey ain’t much of a fan of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. And here’s our first bit of evidence: a memo Dickey sent to her fellow Dallas County Commissioners suggesting they consider forming the Dallas County Toll Road Authority to expedite the construction of…
Still no news about that alleged concert at the Cotton Bowl, but I did learn the following from glancing at the Park and Rec meeting agenda for this week:Park and Rec is in the process of executing concession contracts with the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation that will allow for the…
Dolphin Heights Initiative: In Our Garden… from bcCorps.org on Vimeo.Speaking of community gardens …They’re planting one in Dolphin Heights, where, as we’ve mentioned before, the bcCORPS is preparing to give the neighborhood an extreme makeover a la bcWORKSHOP’s work along Congo Street near Fair Park. Noe Medrano Jr., the young…
Finally, it’s here: OneDAY trash and recycling pick-up for the entire city, about two years after North Dallas started on the once-a-week schedule, seven months after City Manager Mary Suhm proposed it as money-saving measure and seven years after then-Mayor Laura Miller first formed a task force that proposed the…
I know this is skipping way ahead first thing on a Monday, but I see here that next Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote to settle that federal lawsuit Dallas Police Department crime-scene detective Roosevelt Holiday brought against the city and DPD at the end of ’09. For those…
Skip to Page 98 of The New York Times Style Magazine that came with this morning’s paper — that’s where you’ll find “Tex Mix” by Sandra Ballentine, a single page of what’s in in Dallas, “this much-misunderstood town” where “most fillies wouldn’t be caught dead with big hair.” Ballentine sorts…
As we were driving away from the Museum of the American Railroad a couple of weeks ago, my wife asked: “What’s up with the Dallas Firefighter’s Museum, anyway?” Looked closed, but far from it: The council’s Public Safety Committee will be briefed at noon Monday on plans for an upgrade…
U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn sentenced former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill to 18 years in federal prison, calling his conduct “outrageous and unacceptable.” His wife, Sheila, who Lynn said was “right in the thick of it,” was given nine years. Earlier this evening, Lynn sentenced ex-City Plan Commissioner D’Angelo…
I was sifting through our photo archives two weeks ago when I came across a ’91 photo of Funland. I’m sure Peter Schmidt, Clark Vogeler and Will Johnson would prefer I keep it under lock and key; there’s an awful lot of cut-off jorts and sweatpants in that picture. But…
Carried Away Teaser – Dallas IFF from New Palace Films on Vimeo.In March, Patrick Michels visited the set of Tom Huckabee’s Carried Away, then shooting in Oak Cliff and in the filmmaker’s native Fort Worth. But a few weeks ago, the film — about a Hollywood hopeful who comes back…
After a couple of weeks playing phone tag, Unfair Park finally managed to connect with George M. Clayton, the District 12 State Board of Education candidate opposing incumbent Geraldine “Tincy” Miller in Tuesday’s GOP primary. Clayton has been something of a mystery man to the Republican Party folk and state…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office sends word: Inspectors with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have arrested 62-year-old Norris Lynn Fisher, alleging that he used the mail to swipe more than 100 properties valued at $1 million from their rightful owners. After the jump, you’ll find the affidavit from a postal inspector…
A couple of things …First, Sam has relieved Jim at the Earle Cabell, and he says sentencing could drag on till the end of the day … if not even later. The live blog’s back open for business now that lunch recess is over … And Patrick “Car-Free” Kennedy offers…
Terri Hodge has already asked voters in House District 100 to stop taking Diane Ragsdale’s robocalls. Now, per a good Friend of Unfair Park, the guilty-plea-taking state representative has a message for precinct chairs:I just got a Fed Ex from Terri Hodge, and it’s a form letter regarding precinct chairs…
The City Hall Public Information Office sends word: You’re now free to take care of your traffic citations on Saturdays starting tomorrow, matter of fact. It’s called a Proof or Plea Court and will be held at the Municipal Court Building at 106 S. Harwood from 9 a.m. to 1…
Been a long while since we’ve heard anything about Dallas City Hall’s plans to grow community gardens. Every now and then the words “community garden” will show up on a Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee agenda, since it’s a zoning issue (oy), but nothing concrete yet — word is the city…
Oak Cliff’s all the rage these days — I done seen it in the paper and everything. So, then, what better gift for the Cliffdweller real or wannabe than these classic scoreboards the Dallas Independent School District just put up for auction — available as a pair at present for…
As we noted first thing this morning, the city council’s Economic Development Committee finally got around to hashing out the need for a downtown parking study, which was presented as a supplement to the Downtown Dallas 360 plan. And it passed the committee unanimously on its way to the full…
