Haven’t yet seen those Obama-Joker posters — then again, I clearly haven’t been downtown in a few days. At least some members of the Alex Jones street team have been posting black-and-white copies of University of Illinois senior history major Firas Alkhateeb’s Photoshop project ’round Dallas; after the jump, “2…
This morning, The Wall Street Journal recaps the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial for outsiders and others not glued to Schutze’s riveting running narration from the Earle Cabell, where Bill Fisher takes the stand yet again this morning. Since most of it’s more than familiar territory to the Friends…
The city’s Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corporation unanimously agreed this afternoon to issue $479.8 million in revenue bonds for the hotel project, locking in an interest yield of 4.69 percent — well below the parameters of $514 million and 5.5 percent authorized by the city council. Most of the…
Since last we visited the bankruptcy case of Bob’s Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue, there have been a couple of notable developments — among them, the appointment yesterday of Dallas attorney Robert Milbank Jr. to take over as the Chapter 11 trustee, replacing owner Bob Sambol per the…
Among the dozens of acronyms we’ve grown accustomed to hearing throughout the City Hall corruption trial is CHDO — Community Housing Development Organization — which is why yesterday afternoon’s briefing to the city council’s Housing Committee titled “Impact of CHDOs in the City of Dallas” caught our eye. To our…
Ruben Sierra had two comeback stints with the Texas Rangers. Juan González and Sammy Sosa, one. Now, it’s 37-year-old Ivan “Pudge” Rodríguez’s turn to return to Arlington. Hit it, Prince…
Wow. The greatest all-time Texas Ranger is coming home. Despite Kevin Richardson’s two-hit debut in last night’s win, the Texas Rangers are this close to trading for catcher Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez. The deal, according to a team source I just got off the phone with, would send two “mid-level” prospects…
Working for the electric company’s not exactly a job you’d expect to put you in the line of fire, but this morning, one Oncor employee found himself on the wrong end of a shotgun. Dallas Police report that when worker showed up to replace the meter at a Fair Park…
There are sports. There are athletes. And then, above below all else, there is Beer Pong. I’ll be on the golf course Saturday morning. But quick as I can get there I’ll then be at fabled Lee Harvey’s for their first annual Beer Pong Tournament. Singles. Doubles. And, yes, a Bikini…
For those who didn’t take a look at the Trinity River Corridor Committee briefing doc to which I linked first thing this morning, Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan told council members this morning that the city’s done fixed 72 of 198 problems with the unacceptable levees. But keep this in…
Sam and former Observer-er Matt Pulle have done bang-up jobs of keeping tabs on state Sen. Royce West’s tabs — except when West doesn’t fill in his financials, which Matt discovered recently whilst trying to add up the numbers. As it happened, West didn’t completely fill in his personal financial…
After Friday’s monumental, six-run implosion in a gut-wrenching loss to the Boston Red Sox, I heard lots of calls for Frankie Francisco’s job – if not his head. But give Texas Rangers’ manager Ron Washington credit. The guy is an unflappable optimist. At times to a fault, he trusts his players. “Frankie’s never…
Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project … When last we saw Larry Beasley, “the man who built Vancouver,” he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library…
View Larger MapLike I said earlier, interesting fare on deck for the City Plan Commission this week — including yet another stab at running a club called 2826 at, um, 2826 Elm Street. Pete’s hinted at the rebirth before; ’bout an hour ago, he posted a follow-up regarding Frank Maldonado’s…
Our man Eli Luna was out at the Dallas Comic Con yesterday, where he espied Doctor Wellington Yueh, Brad Majors and other familiar faces amongst the grown-ups playing mid-August dress-up. Here’s his slide show, where you’ll find that oddest of sights — a certain Blue Velvet co-star quantum leaping into…
Angela Hunt’s been on a bit of a tear today, having posted to her Web site three items: one concerning the proposed rules changes for council meetings; one about the city’s turning over the keys to the Dallas Zoo to the Dallas Zoological Society; and one concerning the city budget…
View Larger MapI was taking a sneak peek at the City Plan Commission’s agenda for Thursday and noticed a few items of intrigue — sent one to Pete, which he’ll no doubt get to shortly, concerning an application for a specific use permit for a new joint down in Deep…
With nods to the special teams and Mike Mickens and Jason Williams, the most troubling aspect of last week’s Cowboys’ pre-season loss to the Raiders was the most elementary of plays: The snap. After a season in which Andre Gurode sent back off-speed eephus pitches to Tony Romo in the…
Update: Check out our slide show for more photos from the meeting and the protest.Walking up to the health care reform protest outside Cityplace Conference Center this morning, a man in his 60s, in a plain white T-shirt and a bucket hat, had to stop and ask directions on the…
Even the 6-year-old who lives in my house has noticed it: “There’s a new bank on every corner.” To which the Associated Press responds: Yup, you’re damn right, little man. The AP reports today that per its investigation of the invasion of the money-snatchers, 10,000 bank branches have popped up…
As promised, The Trinity Trust today debuted its new campaign to build interest in the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and there’s an accompanying Web site: Discover the Trinity. You’ll also find a second, jazz-scored site pitching the previously mentioned September 25 Bridging the Trinity shindig, tickets for which are selling…
Five months ago, Tom Hicks’s Hicks Sports Group defaulted on a $525 million loan; at the same time, he acknowledged that, yes, he was looking for someone who might be interested in buying some of the Texas Rangers offa him for the right price. Then, at the end of May,…
