Daniel Rodrigue Bishop Arts last night, jam-packed with drinky Dems Hundreds of people packed Bishop Street last night, filling the sidewalks of Oak Cliff’s arts district and watching the election returns on huge screens erected outside the shops and cafes. As the Happy Bullets played on stage and Barack Obama…
The debut issue of Eric Kimmel’s short-lived Ouch mini-magazine Among the myriad phrases used over the years to describe Eric Kimmel: “Dallas’ foremost man-about-town.” “International used rag hawker extraordinaire.” “’80s-90s Dallas man-on-the-scene.” “Ubiquitous scenester.” “Eternal trendoid.” To which the U.K. Independent adds another this morning: “The Texan king of trashion.”…
No doubt, as Sam mentioned Monday, the biggest item breathing down the council’s neck today is the smoking ordinance amendment, among the handful of items on the briefing agenda. But among the other interesting highlights at least worth a look-see this morning: Vonciel Jones Hill and Tennell Atkins’ slide show…
From Dallas Weekly to the White House? Could happen. From humble beginnings, he has risen. In a white man’s world, he has conquered. Not this guy. This guy. Oh, I guess Barack Obama has done pretty well for himself, too. First black President. Prompting optimism in America throughout the world…
The first sip: In last week’s Observer, editor Mark Donald described his early voting experience as not only a relief but “friggin’ cathartic.” My experience yesterday, however, was quite the opposite. After turning the dial and pressing the button for my choices, I walked around for the rest of the…
Sam Merten Lowell Cannaday and his wife Rose, who was choked up during her hubby’s speech After John Carona, Dan Branch, Angie Chen Button and Pete Sessions celebrated the handful of victories by the Republican Party in Dallas County, Lowell Cannaday — who I had been trying to track down…
Daniel and Megan, frustrated by crapped-out WiFi all night, send this brief dispatch from the Democrats’ victory bash in Bishop Arts. More from them tomorrow, with plenty of pretty pictures. Leading the crowd in triumphant cheers of “Yes, we can!” and “Yes, we did!,” State Sen. Royce West and plenty…
Brian Harkin Barack Obama, speaking at Reunion Arena in February — nine months before he was elected President of the United States … Barack Obama is the president-elect, say Fox News and NBC and CNN. And he crushed John McCain in Dallas County. With 654 of 708 precincts reporting, Obama…
Well, uh, here we are at the big Election Night bash in the home of our only Park Cities friends. And, uh … nobody else is here. It’s kind of, how you say, awkward. We parked three blocks away because we know how parked up it gets in the Park…
Matt Pulle Although Allen Vaught is still locked in a tight contest with Republican challenger Bill Keffer — it’s Vaught by 51 percent to 46 percent with 43 of 55 precincts reporting — the Democratic state representative doesn’t seem too nervous as the results trickle in. I swear his campaign…
Sam Merten Dallas County Commissioner Maurine Dickey Things are looking bleak for the GOP, but you don’t have to be at the Radisson to know that. We’re still trying to locate Lowell Cannaday, who’s behind 56 percent to 44 percent with 420 of the 708 precincts reporting. But, in the…
With 200 of Dallas County’s 708 precincts reporting, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez maintains her lead over challenger Lowell Cannaday: 313,083 (or 56.24 percent of the vote) to 243,632 (43.76 percent). Sam’s with the Republicans and will have more comments and photos from the GOP un-shindig shortly — only, as…
T.D. Jakes of The Potter’s House in Dallas was, moments ago, in the middle of telling David Gregory on MSNBC that “it’s anybody’s game” and that “in many cases, we’ve underestimated Sen. McCain,” when Gregory broke in with the news: NBC News has called Ohio for Obama. Dallas County now…
State Rep. Allen Vaught Lauren Mish, the youngish campaign manager for Allen Vaught, is confident that her candidate will score a victory over former Lakewood-area state Rep. Bill Keffer, the Republican challenger. Talking to her as she set up her laptop in the front corner of the boisterous Lakewood Tavern,…
Sam Merten The scene at the Radisson Hotel As Dallas County GOP chair Jonathan Neerman told me earlier, a 20-point margin for Barack Obama would amount to an insurmountable lead to overcome for local Republicans. Of course, with early voting showing just that — a 20-point lead for Obama –…
Sam Merten Jonathan Neerman, Dallas County GOP chair If Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman is nervous, he’s not showing it. Since he arrived at the Radisson Hotel around 5:30, he’s calmly been working the room, checking his Blackberry while sipping from a glass of water. Neerman says the…
Brandon Thibodeaux Lowell Cannaday and Lupe Valdez during one of their debates The troops are scattered hither and yon: with the Dems at Bishop Arts, with the Republicans at the Raddison, and we’ve even pulled Pulle back into the fold for a night to hang with Alan Vaught at the…
Well, three Cowboys in particular: Ken Hamlin, Tank Johnson and Keith Davis, who, from the looks of this slide show, flew to McAllen Friday night on a very swank private jet to attend the Stiletto’s Gentleman’s Club’s Erotic Costume Ball. Though, “erotic”? You say so … Robert Wilonsky…
Slowly but surely, Big Tex is rounding up his bad-ass buddies Gotta admit, I was a little jazzed yesterday when I heard the Texas Rangers signed Maddux to help their long-suffering pitching. I mean, since 2000 the Rangers have baseball’s worst staff and biggest ERA at 5.14. Granted he’s 42…
There have been many, many parodies of Shepard Fairey’s Obama “Hope” posters, few of which elicit even the faintest hint of a giggle. (Always did like the Luke Skywalker “New Hope” version, though the execution doesn’t top the concept.) What you see above is, of course, our version courtesy Observer…
On Friday, Fox let it be known that this was the final season for Mike Judge’s King of the Hill, the best prime-time cartoon ever set in a fictional Dallas suburb, if that’s not too many caveats. (And from the looks of the comments on the earlier item, this scene’s…
Daryl Reaugh, the Dallas Stars’ beleaguered-of-late broadcaster and a Canadian to boot, wonders today why Election Day in the U.S. and A. isn’t a national holiday, then makes his case for such. To which he adds: Oh, and since I can’t vote I will use the free time as a…
