Speaking of tomorrow’s Park and Rec Board agenda …Tomorrow, they’re all set to formally accept a $4.5 million grant that will go toward constructing Phase One of the Trinity Strand Trail — which, you may recall, will one day hook up with the Katy Trail. But that day’s a long…
Coming – ESPN/Dallas. Familiar names from Dallas’ Only Daily like Tim MacMahon and Richard Durrett are now corporate bloggers. Going – Inside Corner. Franchise founder Evan Grant is leaving to return to the Morning News. Staying – Sportatorium. Est. 2006…
On September 2, Dawn Rizos, owner of The Lodge, received an invite to A Very Special Event with Newt Gingrich. Specifically, she was asked to fly to Washington, D.C., on October 7 to pick up her award as a 2009 Entreprenuer of the Year — an honor that was to…
Maybe you forgot — it’s been two months, after all. But tomorrow, the city of Dallas turns over control of the Dallas Zoo and the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park to the Dallas Zoological Society and its operating arm, Dallas Zoo Management. “Actually, at midnight tonight we turn over the…
I’d forgotten all about Darrel Rundus till I took a peek at the agenda for tomorrow’s Park and Recreation Board meeting, during which the board will go behind closed doors to discuss the 3-year-old federal lawsuit in which the preacher sued the city of Dallas and the State Fair of…
The Dallas City Council will consider raising the fee drivers pay to reclaim towed cars in November, but a proposal to revise and update valet parking regulations remains on the back burner. More about that after the jump.But following a rate increase approved in February for emergency wreckers, the council’s…
Okay, that’s long enough. Now, what happened? A season that began with that three-game sweep of Cleveland way back in April and held our interest until mid-September is closing with an all too familiar whimper – meaningless games in October for the 10th consecutive year. With their loss to the…
At the Dallas Hub Theater, founder and producer Tim Shane has kept production costs low by reusing set pieces, showcasing work from new playwrights, and driving through a blizzard with old rows of seats donated by an East Coast movie theater. You can hear from Shane in the video tour…
Yesterday, Tom Hicks’s PR peoples sent word that, yes, he and Liverpool FC partner George Gillett were indeed evaluating “the possibility of new investors injecting equity into LFC,” but that no deal was on the table despite reports that Gillett was close to inking a deal to sell to a…
The Match.com profile to which Golf.com links this morning has been removed — so much for the “goodguy_in_Texas” looking for women 32-42 living within 50 miles of Lewisville, always a plus. Besides, says David Feherty, that’s not him, swear — no matter what the picture with the profile says with…
Now that the air has been cleared regarding Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s poorly spelled add-on agenda item to “undo” the $28,000 raise set aside for Chief Academic Officer Robin Ryan, we can move on to what happened at today’s Dallas Regional Chamber meeting: “A Look Back and…
In late July, Emily Ramshaw sent word that after six years she was leaving The Dallas Morning News, for whom she covered City Hall before moving to Austin, for the online news venture Texas Tribune, of which Evan Smith will be CEO. Today, the folks over at Poynter want to…
A Dallas Regional Chamber meeting featuring Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has been on our agenda now for some time. Still, we couldn’t help but use the opportunity to ask Hinojosa in person about this morning’s story by Tawnell Hobbs, who reported that Hinojosa may face reprimand after…
A Friend of Unfair Park just shot me a link to the Dallas Stars’ latest “Ice Girls” promo. Seriously, he couldn’t have done that before Yom Kippur? En. Joy…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
… and saw this sign at the intersection of N. Lamar Street and Ross Avenue, as our pal Justin Terveen did yesterday. Jeez, was that a whole year ago? Hmmm. Says there’s a fine for taking the sign before the public hearing, but not after. Scavenger hunt, maybe?Update: Though, as…
It’s been close to a year since Chesapeake Energy tossed its Shale.tv start-up down an deep, dark shaft — and, along with it, former KTVT-Channel 11 anchor Tracy Rowlett, who left the CBS affiliate in the summer of ’08 to work for the online news service that wasn’t. On Monday,…
Speaking of the city council’s Transporation and Environment Committees and Tuesday briefings …Yesterday I mentioned the Great Streets presentation RTKL’s Erich Dohrer and Tom Brink are giving the council today, during which they’re guaranteed to use the word “balance” a lot. But what else? Hard to say: Dohrer chatted with…
On Thursday, the Dallas Police Department will begin enforcing the Valet Parking Services division of the Code, a duty that’s currently handled by Public Works and Transportation. But for nearly a year, the council’s been considering making changes to the Code — specifically, to the part that disallows paid valet…
Since we, oh, couldn’t make Friday night’s $150-a-ticket Trinity River shebang, I went over to The Trinity Trust’s Web site for a recap — oooh, fireworks. Distracting! And “watermelon gazpacho shooters.” And … commemorative T-shirts? Yup — still available for 30 bucks a pop. Which means Schutze and Merten know…
It’s been around since forever — not quite since the ’70s, but close enough. But just yesterday, National Public Radio’s Wade Goodwyn got around to profiling for All Things Considered none other than Mesquite ISD’s KEOM-FM (88.5), our once-upon-a-time favorite blast from the past where, Goodwyn reports, the sound of…
10. Welcome to the NFL, Victor Butler. Mind if Anthony Spencer borrows your directions? 9. Despite playing without Marion Barber and losing Felix Jones early in the second half, the Cowboys and Tashard Choice (82 yards) rushed for 212 yards in the 14-point win. They’ve now produced consecutive 200-yard-plus rushing…
