When it comes to the new regional Environmental Protection Agency head, environmental groups are tired of sending pointed letters. Tomorrow, the campaign to dethrone John Hall as the front-running potential nominee for administrator of the EPA’s Region 6 (which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana) goes public. Activists…
Kathy Colvin in the U.S. Attorney’s Office just sent word that late Friday, Matthew Weigman — otherwise known as the “Little Hacker” about whom we wrote in January — was sentenced to 135 months behind bars by U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, who, at this very moment, is presiding…
After surviving last weekend’s Terror on the Tarmac, we figured photographer Danny Hurley had earned a sweetheart assignment for Unfair Park this week — so when we heard the Dallas Cowboys and Playboy bunnies were making red carpet arrivals outside AMPM Saturday night, we knew just who to call.The stars…
I got this buddy – let’s call him, let’s see, how about “Anthony”? – who has a fancy schmancy boat out at Lewisville Lake. Probably cost more than my house. Two weekends ago he was putting it into the water when his wife starts yelling out the window of his pickup…
Our sister paper in Houston cites a Trojan-funded survey that says Houstonians get it on 101 times a year, tops in the country. Dallas residents, on the other hand, do it 73 times a year — at least, according to the 1,000 folks polled for the survey (clearly, none of…
Schutze is at the Don Hill trial today, and during the lunch break he was sent word that WFAA and The Dallas Morning News buildings on César Chávez were cordoned off by police. Till moments ago, the Dallas Police Department’s Web site listed an active call down thataways with no…
On Friday, Kimberly spent the afternoon on the campus of Paul Quinn College, which is appealing the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ decision to yank the school’s accreditation; said president Michael Sorrell, “It is not time to write Paul Quinn’s obituary.” This morning, Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and…
Notable deaths in the last week: Ed McMahon. Farrah Fawcett. Michael Jackson. Billy Mays. The Texas Rangers? After getting 1-hit last night by someone named Chad Gaudin and losing two of three to a San Diego Padres outfit that hadn’t won a series since Memorial Day, a Rangers’ team that led the…
Sunday’s Million Gay March of Texas struck a different tone than that of the annual Dallas Pride Parade or other celebrations in Oak Lawn. Folks marched with hands raised in fists instead of waves to the crowd, chanted at those in open bars to join them in the streets, and…
I had the privilege and pleasure of riding shotgun with Jack E. Jett during yesterday’s broadcast of his Rational Radio show, during which he welcomed the most astounding what-the-what assortment of guests: Al B. Sure!, Bob Barker, Gennifer Flowers and Joe the Plumber — no, really. Anyway, during her appearance,…
Moments from now in U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn’s courtroom, opening statements will be delivered in the public corruption case against former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, his wife Sheila Farrington Hill, former Dallas City Plan Commissioner D’Angelo Lee and others indicted in October 2007. But per the…
So guess who I bumped into Saturday afternoon? Hmm. Perhaps I gave away a tad too much in the headline? The former Live 105.3 FM shock jock is alive. I’ll let you decide if he’s well. Martin – who gets the Dallas Observer cover treatment in our July 16 issue – took…
Forty years to the day after the raid on the Stonewall Inn, the unofficial birthplace of the gay-rights movement, the Dallas Voice’s Instant Tea blog has been full of updates Sunday concerning last night’s Fort Worth police raid on the Rainbow Lounge on 615 S. Jennings Ave. There are myriad…
Check out our slide show! To a casual observer, Homeless Games Day at Reverchon Park looked like a typical company picnic or a church field day. The adults played volleyball, touch football, horseshoes and engaged in plenty of good-natured trash talk on the basketball court, while the kiddos had a…
Yesterday, State Sen. Florence Shapiro sent out the following tweet: Which directed our attention to this video from Our Boss’s sister…
Lt. Andy Harvey, who handles media relations for the Dallas Police Department, sends along this photo — which, yup, is a casket full of marijuana. Seems like the perfect adios for the weed and week that was. He also sends along this description for those Friends of Unfair Park still…
If you were wondering just how serious the city is about renaming that stretch of Young Street after César Chávez, well, looks pretty serious.Happened upon this sign earlier today whilst downtown, outside the Maceo Smith Federal Building at Young and Griffin Streets, and as you can see, the city won’t…
President Michael Sorrell of Paul Quinn College earlier this afternoon addressed a room full of anxious students, alumni and curious reporters regarding news that Paul Quinn College has lost its accreditation. The news broke yesterday after Sorrell received a phone call from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools “to…
View Larger MapAs expected, the City Plan Commission’s Thursday-afternoon meeting did indeed get just a little contentious when it came time to discuss the specific use permit application for the former Beagle on Lower Greenville Avenue. In fact, it ate up almost half of the 80-minute meeting — and, in…
It was standing room only last night as approximately 200 folks battled the heat at White Rock Lake’s Winfrey Point for the final of four community budget forums, where several city staffers were on hand to get input on how best to address the city’s $190 million budget shortfall. City…
The parking lots in front of the Cowboys Stadium were full up by 6 this morning, as people flocked towards the stadium, registrations in hand to try out for the next season of American Idol.Some were dressed in flamboyant, eye-opening ensembles; others, in nightclub and house-party attire. Idol camera crews…
In the comments to our earlier Don Hill item this morning, a Friend of Unfair Park points our direction to this Web site: DonHillTrial.com. Hoo-boy. What gag order indeed. But, this question: Is this the first public corruption trial in history to provide its own logo?…
