Elaine Liner As of 11:30 a.m., the Krispy Kreme on Greenville Avenue had given away 343 free doughnuts to folks who said they’d voted. You have your choice of any doughnut, but the most popular today is the sprinkle-topped, star-shaped glazed pictured at right. And children of voters are getting…
Please, for the love of God, rescue us! You catch any of Steelers over Redskins last night? Weird. Could’ve sworn I saw Pittsburgh lose its starting quarterback to an injury, only to insert a backup who actually helped them win the game. I know. Crazy. By my count six backup…
Looks like Mayor Tom’s made good on his threat to go after Lone Star Auto Services Inc. This just in from Dallas City Hall, concerning the towing company that had those cars hauled from the parking lot during the great State Fair of Texas: Please see that attached letter which…
Ran into Ron Kirk just now at the Lakewood Starbucks. Our former mayor and one-time Democratic U.S. Senate candidate (and, of course, a real big Barack Obama worker) did a double-take upon seeing his favorite Dallas Observer columnist, latte in hand. He said, “Oh, man, this is Election Day. Don’t…
This brief from The Onion this morning, which more or less reads like the Newsweek piece referenced below. –Robert Wilonsky WASHINGTON — In a press conference held this morning on the White House lawn, President Bush formally asked the assembled press corps and members of his own administration if, in…
As we prepare to adios George W. Bush from office, Newsweek wonders whether he’s bothered by the mean things John McCain’s been saying about him from the stump. Or whether it means anything to Dubya that he’ll leave the White House with “the lowest approval ratings of any modern president.”…
Alexander Flores From art director Alexander Flores, who almost never sees sunrise: At the Village Country Club at around 7:30 a.m., the line was long for a few of the other precincts set up there, but for 1213, my precinct, no line at all, which makes me wonder what the…
A Friend of Unfair Park read News-er Rod Dreher’s post yesterday, concerning trucked-in trick-or-treaters who ain’t from ’round these here parts (“always Latino folks”), and offers this observation: “Remember when you were a kid, there was always one family in the neighborhood that didn’t participate in Halloween and dad either…
[Editor’s note: Apologies to Friends of Unfair Park who tried to post comments earlier this morning; they were stuck in a dead server, which also delayed posting and which has since been repaired. So I’ve been promised.] Took all of three minutes to vote this morning at Leonides Cigarroa Elementary…
A taller, more liberal Avery Johnson? Obama vs. McCain? Let’s see, McCain is a Phoenix Suns fan who played junior varsity football in high school and boxed in the Navy. Eh. Obama is a White Sox fan who threw out the first pitch in Chicago before Game 2 of the…
Obama receives a hug from his grandmother at his 1979 high school graduation in Hawaii. The first sip: I’ve been convinced Barack Obama will win for quite some time, but for those looking for hope, here’s some optimism for a surprise John McCain victory. The second sip: No matter who…
Hands down, the best-made T-shirt in the dresser remains the “Perot for President” tee I bought from a street-corner salesman as a gag, swear, in the final days of the 1992 campaign. Sixteen years and countless wearings and washings later, the thing still looks brand-new; not so much Ross Perot,…
Bruce Sherbet, Dallas County’s elections administrator, will leave his office this evening at about 5, 5:30, like any other day. He will grab dinner, do some reading and try to fall asleep by 11 p.m. But he fears he won’t be so fortunate. Already, he has “night-before jitters,” as he…
One of the conceptual sketches for the Second Avenue makeover Four years back, we wrote about Edward “Tex” Harris’ dream of turning Second Avenue, a worn-out stretch of road next to Fair Park, into Dallas’s Beale Street. At the time, the Fair Park-area native guesstimated that such an effort would…
Patrick Michels Somebody’s mighty impressed with himself. Hundreds of runners turned out Saturday morning, many just wearing a pair of shorts, for the Undy 5000, billed as a “brief” run to fight colon cancer. Runners were encouraged to race around White Rock Lake in their underwear for the 5K, a…
View Larger Map The area near the N. Central Expressway-Meadow Road intersection is about to undergo a transformation, for better or worse: Not only is the Circuit City shutting down on New Year’s Eve, but the former Holiday Inn, the closing of which we lamented exactly one year ago, is…
Betty Culbreath Betty Culbreath has served as chair of the City Plan Commission and is currently chair of the Dallas Housing Authority’s board of commissioners — only, the lifelong Dallas resident is fed up and moving away, though she doesn’t say where. At least, that’s what she wrote on her…
View Larger Map This Circuit City at N. Central Expressway and Meadow Road is among the 155 “underperforming” stores being shuttered, as per the company’s announcement this morning that it’s taking several drastic steps to “preserve cash.” The manager with whom Unfair Park spoke this morning said the store, among…
Holy hell, he’s even worse than we thought. Giants Stadium has long been a house of horrors and horseshit for Dallas Cowboys’ quarterbacks. Hall of Famer Troy Aikman threw a career-high five interceptions in New Jersey in 2000. In ’01 backup Clint Stoerner topped that by tossing four picks in…
At the rate this Super Bowl or Bust season’s going for Your Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones has but four opportunities left to bring folks up to the owner’s suite in Texas Stadium before the joint gets bye-byed. It is, alas, a most wonderful treat for the special someones tapped to…
Interesting perspective from the Nielsen Company this morning concerning the upside of a downturned economy. According to the same folks who bring you TV ratings, Atlanta, Dallas and Phoenix are the top three fastest-growing markets since 2000. (Not the new news.) And, sure, while foreclosures may be on the rise…
A stricter smoking ban in Dallas appears imminent. The first sip: The city council, which just may reveal the operator of the convention center hotel today, is poised to take a significant step toward strengthening Dallas’ smoking ordinance when it hears a briefing on the issue Wednesday. As Dave Levinthal…
