Fighting breast cancer should have been her only battle. Instead, Jacquelyne Froeber, the former editor of Celebrated Living, is now fighting her former employers. She recently filed a lawsuit against her employers, American Airlines and Ink Publishing Corp., for breach of contract. Then she followed it with a discrimination complaint…
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, for better or worse, is inextricably linked to North Texas. Last Tuesday, following one of the toughest weeks of his campaign, Trump hit Dallas for a private fundraiser, his second cash grab in the city in 2016. Trump’s held three of his mega-rallies in DFW, including…
Fair Park Plan on Hold Thanks to City Attorney New Dallas City Attorney Larry Casto told Mayor Mike Rawlings that the city would have to solicit bids for the Fair Park takeover, rather than just handing the keys to a private foundation. Ken Paxton Set to Stand Trial on Criminal…
Hey, I have to hit the pause button here and talk about a topic that has bothered me for years: tax increment finance district or “TIF” funds and property taxes. I am inspired to talk about it by an honest and sincere comment from a guy who wrote yesterday on…
The Cowboys, somehow, have stumbled into the best type of quarterback controversy: They have two really good ones. Thanks to Tony Romo’s back injury in the preseason, 2016 fourth round pick Dak Prescott got a chance and he’s run with it, playing largely mistake-free football while leading the Cowboys to…
Dallas City Council’s plan to hand over the day-to-day operations of Fair Park to a private foundation headed by Walt Humann is on hold. In a Thursday afternoon memo, new Dallas City Attorney Larry Casto told Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and the rest of the council that the city would…
The dam called “trouble” has been repaired. Well, almost repaired. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer announced Tuesday that the 160-foot surface slide affecting the Lewisville Lake Dam since spring 2015 has been finally repaired after rainstorm delays and funding issues. The final price tag is somewhere in the neighborhood…
Ken Paxton’s string of good publicity ended Wednesday. Last Thursday in Dallas, Paxton celebrated the arrest of Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer on a pimping charge from California. On Friday, the Texas attorney general saw a judge throw out the Securities and Exchange Commission securities fraud lawsuit that was hanging over…
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced plans for the upcoming Texas legislative session that he says will ease the burden on the Texans he says “stand between society and anarchy.” His ideas blend two of Patrick’s favorite political causes: love for law enforcement and hatred of property taxes. “We want…
Please note, dear Dallas, there is one place Donald Trump flies straight to with his coattails on fire when he needs an emergency injection of cash. Here. Yikes. His political castle crumbling at his heels, Trump knew there was one spot in this whole nation he could always count on…
The 30 Hispanic men local news reported were being held against their will at a rundown house in the 2400 block of Penn Street in Irving would meet for Alcoholic Anonymous meetings in a small blue building once used as a garage in the backyard. Its walls displayed unofficial AA…
Fresh off a Sunday night debate performance, GOP presidential nominee and admitted genital-grabber Donald Trump swung through Texas on Tuesday to pick up a pile of cash at private fundraisers in San Antonio and Dallas. The media was not allowed inside either event but Katrina Pierson, Trump’s Dallas-based spokeswoman, streamed…
The Dallas City Council has unanimously signed off on its vision for DART’s future priorities, and it came with a message. “We want to make sure that we as a city send a strong message to DART,” City Council member Casey Thomas said. “We beat [DART President] Gary Thomas, last time;…
Mayor Mike Rawlings called a news conference at City Hall yesterday to take credit for a 14-day restraining order granted by District Judge Ken Molberg to stop the Khraish family and their firm, HMK, from evicting 300 tenants living in low-rent single-family homes in southern and West Dallas. More on…
The Rangers’ 2016 playoff journey is over. It lasted all of four days. Despite finishing the regular season at an American League-best 95-67, the 2016 Rangers, just like the 43 Rangers clubs that preceded them, will not win the last game of the MLB season and the World Series championship…
This, I hope, will not turn into a rant. I want it to be more of a solemn prayer. I pray that this city, my city, will deeply and sincerely examine its heart where the poor are concerned. But I could start ranting anyway. It happens. I want you to…
The number of murders in Dallas, and the number of those murders that are being solved, are both headed in the wrong direction. So far in 2016, 138 people have been murdered in Dallas, two more than were killed in Dallas during all of 2015. Monday morning, Dallas Assistant Police…
Not that newly retired Dallas police Chief David Brown is asking for the Observer’s advice, but that’s never stopped us before, so here goes: Sic transit gloria mundi. That’s Latin for “the glories of the world are fleeting” or, less literally, “don’t get a big head, pal.” It’s what slaves…
Sitting in an armchair with an ungainly tangle of microphone cables pinned to his chest, David Pughes spoke to members of the media Friday about his new job as interim chief of the Dallas Police Department. The job came as a surprise for Pughes who says that he had no prior warning…
Friday, Donald Trump got caught. The Washington Post published a transcript of a tape, recorded while Trump talked to Billy Bush on a bus ride to a soap opera cameo. (For those who haven’t read the transcript, it’s at the end of this post.) Trump’s foes gleefully attacked, but so did a…
The comments Chris Lanzi made when she walked into his Denton city office sounded as if he picked it up from a sexual harassment prevention training video: “Hey, it’s been a long time; we should make out.” “I am staring at your butt right now. You have got a nice…
We know you’re busy, so here’s a recap of the week’s news, brought to you by your friends at the Dallas Observer. Mexican Officials Hand Over Alleged Murder-For-Hire Suspect Brenda Delgado The alleged mastermind of the murder of a Dallas dentist has been returned to Dallas County. At the End…
