Eddie Bernice Johnson, who keeps changing her story about those scholarships that went to family members, appeared last night on Anderson Cooper 360 (via telephone). The segment was called “Keeping Them Honest.” And Anderson did not disappoint…
Sooner or later, sure, we’ll all be biking to work or play. Or taking DART. Or riding hovercrafts. Or jet packs. Or solar-powered water taxis. But till that day happens, well, we gotta park our cars somewhere. And, like I need to tell you, that ain’t easy sometimes. Which is…
A few weeks back, you no doubt recall, Virgin America announced that in December, it would begin flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The announcement was made in Houston, at the National Business Travel Association confab, and, turns out, Time’s Stacy Perman was on-hand for the announcement. So too…
A couple of nights back I was watching Channel 8 when, strange, an H&M ad popped up — strange since there’s no H&M in Dallas yet despite your myriad requests. Turns out the hip-n-affordable clothier has launched a national ad campaign — featuring, as Pete pointed out this morning, none…
Two months ago Intern Elliot broke the news that City Manager Mary Suhm was considering putting Dallas Farmers Market (and Fair Park) in the hands of a private operator, a la the city’s deal with the Dallas Zoological Society last year. At the time, there was no time line for…
Tucked into Robert’s preview of Oak Cliff’s Better Block sequel was Jason Roberts’s passing mention of a Deep Ellum spin-off slated for September 18 — and while we knew about the I-30 overpass murals kickoff set for the week before that, it was the first we’d heard about any plans…
From the in-box, this from one good Friend of Unfair Park: “What the h is going on with the landscaping on Central? Is TxDOT letting everything die? It looks like crap.”Good question(s). And I have the answer.First, let’s flashback to a meeting of the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee…
Back in June 2009, then-Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle told then-Dallas Observer-er Kimberly Thorpe why he was (and, no doubt, remains) a big fan of the department’s so-called No-Refusal DWI Initiative, which allows officers who pull over suspected drunk drivers to take and test two vials’ worth of blood. Said…
Whilst looking for something entirely unrelated on PACER this morning I came across the latest handwritten court filing by none other than Jonathan Lee Riches, from whom we last heard way back in January ’08. The suit — which names, among others, Cuban, Carmelo Anthony, Jerry Buss and Jerry Reinsdorf…
Cliff Lee received a trigger-point injection for the knot in his back. Josh Hamilton got a shot of jelly in his knee. And to this, Texas Rangers fans, I say “rejoice.” Better now than later. The Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, to extend their lead in the AL West to 9.5…
Way back in June we mentioned that a federal judge told the Royal Lane-based Institute for Creation Research that its lawsuit against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board didn’t stand a holy ghost of a chance — mostly because, well, it didn’t make a lick of sense. Which is to…
Our good pal Justin Terveen was out last night, dodging raindrops, and captured this downtown scene sure to make a return if and when the owners of the former Statler Hilton part with the property “within 90 days” as promised. Should, of course, lightning strike twice…
Tonight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington the home team “regulars” won’t play. The Miami Dolphins will use their starters. Other than a juicy wagering opportunity, here are a couple things to keep your eye on as the Cowboys mercifully end the longest preseason in the history of professional sports: *Stephen McGee…
The original announcement came back in May: The Texas Theatre, threatened by the wrecking ball as recently as the mid-’90s, was on the road to recovery as a revival house — a much-needed, much-welcomed addition to the local cinemascape. At present, the Texas is closed for much-needed, much-welcomed renovations with…
Close your eyes. Forget for a moment your responsibilities as a mature, responsible adult. Let your mind meander back to when you were 19, 20, 21 years old. You remember. Sleeping till noon. Taco Bell for lunch—and dinner. Video games. Sex, sex and more sex. Blaming everyone else for your…
His little light: It’s curious how differently individuals respond to a piece of “news.” Take last week’s video of Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of downtown’s First Baptist Church, in which he unleashed a harangue against Islam. Unfair Park blog editor Robert Wilonsky, who is Jewish, watched the video and…
Home runs. RBI. Slugging percentage. Batting average. Fielding percentage. The best player on the best team. Seems everyone in baseball has a varying criterion on how to choose the most valuable player. Texas Rangers hitting coach Clint Hurdle’s standards are simple, yet a tad more subjective. “The MVP should be…
Observer contributor Dylan Hollingsworth was out at White Rock Creek yesterday shooting his nieces Autumn Hollingsworth and Chassidy Levassuer when he came across this — “a wasteland of debris,” as he put it when we spoke this afternoon. This is the spot: Goforth Road, only a few yards from the…
It’s been almost six months now since Jubilee Park residents began protesting the Dallas Independent School District’s plans to seize their businesses and homes by any means necessary to make way for a new O.M. Roberts Elementary. In that time there have been countless protests and meetings, and only recently…
Led by Councilwoman Delia Jasso, a group of sexual assault resource centers and the Dallas Police Department held a press conference today at City Hall announcing the sexual assault awareness campaign that’s been launched in response to a 25% increase in sexual assault offenses this year. Officially, we didn’t hear…
Sean Lee is good. But not good enough. Drafted in the second round to be a better Bobby Carpenter, the Penn State rookie has looked good in the preseason. But not good enough to earn the job as the Dallas Cowboys’ nickel linebacker. Spin it any way you want, this…
On Monday I noted that city officials were anxiously awaiting a verdict in the 4-year-old case of City of Dallas v. TCI West End Inc., which concerned the demolition of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Freight Station in the West End in ’06. The trial started two weeks ago, and on Friday, city…
