When last we spoke to Tom Keen, the Plano attorney who counts among his clients the Hong Kong-based owners of the old Statler Hilton downtown, it was one long year ago. And, as far as Keen was concerned back then, Hamsher International just wanted out: “Our preference,” he told me,…
A few hours before Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show to talk health care yesterday, he held a briefing in the Judiciary Committee hearing room to discuss “the human sex trafficking crisis.” Among the invited speakers was Dallas Police Department Sgt. Byron Fassett, who,…
The Cypress Waters Municipal Management District officially became the city’s first such district — that is, one with the power to levy taxes and issue bonds — this afternoon at the management offices of the Billingsley Company as its board appointed officers for the MMD and instructed the city and…
For the past few weekends, Cathedral Guadalupe’s had this enticing spread by Ross Avenue and Pearl Street, and last Sunday longtime Friend of Unfair Park Justin Terveen was there to catch this shot.Sometimes it’s good to know relief is just footsteps away, but it also makes us wonder: With City…
The reason I called Steve Leach, the so-called “buy guy” at Half Price Books, yesterday was because I was wondering: What’s up with the expensive assortment of signed tomes sitting under glass at the Northwest Highway mothership? I was there Sunday morning and noticed, among other things, a John F…
That question, of course, is a trick ’em, dick ’em way of telling you – psst! – here’s what’s on my list. What I don’t want in my stocking this Christmas: Coal. A Snuggie. Tiger Woods’ sloppy seconds. Swine Flu. Wade Phillips’ resume. What has caught me eye this season…
A few week back Schutze wrote about Adamson High School alums’ efforts to spare their old school from the wrecking ball as the Dallas Independent School District makes way for a new campus. (In the words of DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district “plans to build a replacement school on…
As I’ve said since since, oh, I dunno, last January, this Dallas Cowboys’ season was doomed the moment owner Jerry Jones decided to bring back head coach Wade Phillips. There were times when his promises to be tougher and hold players more accountable almost tricked me, but ultimately this Cowboys’ season -…
Randy Galloway, Evan Grant and I received an e-mail at 4:20 this morning from Spirit of Shankly organizer Paul Gardner, in which he writes that a fans’ protest before Liverpool FC’s Sunday-afternoon match against Arsenal kept the owners out of Anfield: “Tom Hicks was turned away a few hundred yards…
So here’s the crime-stats story Dallas First Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans warned the city council about Friday evening. Looks like he had good reason to want to get ahead of Steve Thompson and Tanya Eiserer, who looked at a single week’s worth of police reports — July 1 through…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
The running of this year’s White Rock Marathon, as in past years, was rich with stories of inspiration, endurance, and, um, weather.But here at Unfair Park we’re much more interested in the real story: the balloon-breasted, the beer-swilling, and the folks dressed like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or pieces of…
One minute he’s making fun of you; the next, it’s a bona fide bromance. But one question: Was that Eminem talking to Tony Romo before yesterday’s loss to the Chargers or Princess Leia? What up the headphones, Marshall?…
But a month after Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith’s book about the late, great Molly Ivins hit stores comes word of a stage production based on the Dallas Times Herald columnist’s life: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, scheduled to debut March 19 on the Philadelphia…
Waiting on a call back from Steve Leach, the so-called “buy guy” at Half Price Books, about something entirely unrelated to this point. But, to kill a little time, let me share with you a couple of items I picked up at the Northwest Highway mothership Sunday morning and converted…
Okay, so now what? Blame long-snapper L.P. Ladouceur? Said owner Jerry Jones after Sunday’s loss to the Chargers, “I don’t believe we’ve got a holder problem.” Well mutha-effin’-duh! Now do you see what a folly it is for the Cowboys to be the first team in NFL history to blame a…
A hip crowd in cold-weather gear packed the warehouse at 511 W. Commerce Street Saturday night for Art Conspiracy 5, the flash-gallery show with paintings and mixed-media pieces made the night before and auctioned off for charity.Since its first run inside the Texas Theater, the yearly art and music happening…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends word that Fairfield Residential LLC — which has offices in San Diego and Grand Prairie — filed for Chapter 11 reorganization yesterday in the District of Delaware, with the first hearing scheduled for tomorrow. Says the notice posted today on Fairfield’s Web site, it…
On Saturday night, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins sent word that he’s been invited to A Very Special Holiday Party — this Tuesday, matter of fact. (Although the missive, as you’ll see below, says December 17.) At least the location’s certain: the White House. And per the letter that…
Question: Can you get divorced if you’re not married? Answer: Yes, according to Pugs & Kelly. Yes you can. Unless there’s a last-minute reconciliation ongoing as we speak, Pugs will go on the air today at 1 on 1360 AM without long-time sidekick Kelly. Why? Because, in short, they had a…
Today’s meeting of the city council’s Transportation & Environment Committee, scheduled for a 2 p.m. kickoff at Dallas City Hall, should be an exciting one, for a change. That’s because, as we noted Friday, the committee will discuss not only making it easier to start up a community garden, but…
On Wednesday, Dallas welcomed some 1,500 children from all over the world who’ve lost a parent serving in the U.S. armed forces since 2001; two days later, on ABC World News, Charlie Gibson devoted the final few minutes of the broadcast to the Dallas-based Snowball Express. Worth a look-see.Speaking of,…
