A Friend of Unfair Park sends the bad news:I went to Vern’s in Deep Ellum for lunch today and found it closed! No more home cooking. The hand-lettered sign said they’re out of business.A Deep Ellum landlord who just went by the place confirms it, and the owner of a…
Greg Williams is a recovering addict. Wednesday was one of those bad days. Friday he’ll be back on the air with Richard Hunter. Hopefully it will be a good day. “Yesterday he was a little off,” Hunter said during his show on Rational Radio 1360 AM moments ago. “But we…
Local MoveOn.org members had penciled in on today’s schedule a protest in front of Senator John Cornyn’s Spring Valley Road office, during which they had hoped to pressure the senator to support President Barack Obama’s public health care legislation. But when Paula Anderson, a MoveOn.org member and spokeswoman, showed up…
A good Friend of Unfair Park passes along the video below — a newish TV (wha?) spot created by the folks at the Texas Nationalist Movement (who, I see, have an eat-and-greet scheduled in Mansfield this weekend). Notes our Friend, “I love the Sam Houston quote, because he never favored…
A Dallas County security officer who worked at the Frank Crowley Courts Building was fired on Monday for a number of reasons, including being a morale-buster. But Charlotte Hardy insists the real reason she was fired was because she told higher-ups that officers at the Crowley are sleeping on the…
When we first reached out to Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office last week to discuss the United States Postal Service’s study concerning moving some operations from the Dallas Main Post Office to Coppell, we got no response. Then came a brief statement. A few days later, there was this letter…
I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we’re all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August … September … maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top teams rewarded…
Back at the end of June, the U.S. Attorney’s Office sent word that it has arrested 25-year-old Jesse William McGraw — otherwise known as “GhostExodus,” founder and ostensibly the leader of the Electronik Tribulation Army — for threatening to cause serious damage to the computer systems at the Carrell Clinic…
Shortly after Intern Alex wrote this strong piece, we wondered what had become of the Timbercreek Apartments on Northwest Highway and Skillman. Schutze exposed the city council vote in May 2006 when Mayor Laura Miller stood alone in opposing new zoning that kicked families, trees and wildlife to the curb…
If you have time for a quick trip ’round the world this morning, check out the home page of World Villages of Grapevine — home of the alleged $70-million indoor ski jump announced yesterday. (I say “alleged” only because, well, back in ’06, you may recall, we were promised a…
[Editor’s note: Rawlins Gilliland penned this tribute to legendary local figure Jean Carpenter in advance of this morning’s memorial service, during which he will read several pieces of poetry at the family’s request. We had intended to post earlier, but a server issue delayed that.]At this very moment at Holy…
Nearly all of the 16 jurors grabbed their notebooks and focused on Brian Potashnik as the prosecution Wednesday morning called the witness expected to provide the most damning evidence in the City Hall corruption case. But while Potashnik’s testimony raised concerns about the ethics of some of the five defendants,…
Bless Greg Williams. The guy, as you know, has a history. Now, alongside Richard Hunter on Rational Radio 1360 AM, he has a second third chance. We’ve heard him wacko before. Yesterday afternoon … I dunno – you tell me. He arrived late. Fumbled with his headphones. Gave out The Ticket’s phone number. Apparently…
Too smart: Buzz, being a geek, was pretty excited about the rollout of new-fangled “smart meters” in Texas by Oncor, the giant electric transmission company. A new gadget that allows us to see exactly how we’re using electricity by measuring consumption in 15-minute increments and even allows us to monitor…
“Second-Chance Café,” by Alexa Schirtzinger, July 16 Damn Good Joes Thanks for writing this great story on a great organization. Cannon Flowers and Serena Connelly are two of the reasons I love Dallas. Anytime I hear generalizations about our city, I think of these two. What a great concept and…
For some reason, within the span of the last 15 minutes I received a handful of e-mails (and a phone call) from a few strong Friends of Unfair Park that all contained some variation of the following message: Go stream Richard Hunter’s Rational Radio show … right now! So I…
Below you’ll find the order from the Texas Court of Appeals concerning the fate of convicted killer Roderick Newton, who was scheduled to be executed tomorrow some time after 6 p.m. As you’ll see, the court has stayed that execution and ordered a new hearing — not only for the…
Patrick Michels is putting the finishing touches on what’s sure to be a sprawling slide show from last night’s Dallas Observer Music Awards at the Granada. (Hence, the reason for no DC9 postings today — but, look, back in my day, we wrapped around 1 a.m., grabbed an early breakfast,…
Dared to mingle with the younger, hipper, more talented crowd at The Granada last night and bumped into: *Martellus Bennett, who hopped up on staged and rapped like three songs. (Famous brother in tow.) *Mike Modano. (Famous wife in tow.) *Joey Greco. (Famous Cheaters crew in tow.) For what it’s worth, my…
During the course of reporting a separate story for the paper version of Unfair Park, I met with Mexican Consul General Enrique Hubbard Urrea in his brand-new digs this week and learned an interesting tidbit: It seems that while Mexican immigration to the U.S. is at a 10-year low, consulate…
We’ve talked about shrouding the Statler, but what about the insides of the embattled hotel on Commerce Street, across from the under-construction Main Street Gardens? So happens that council member Angela Hunt took a tour of Conrad Hilton’s baby last week, accompanied by the city’s director of Economic Development Karl…
Back in June of ’08, we pointed your attention toward the Southwest Airlines ad at right, which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It was, of course, a statement: American Airlines, and the other carriers, might be charging for bags, but not your beloved low-cost Dallas-based Southwest, nowaynosir.But during…
