Here’s another early peek at the Dallas City Council’s briefing agenda — this one concerning the list of projects, major and minor, the City Manager’s Office is proposing to pay for out of the bond sale scheduled for May 2010. While we pore over the details for future Unfair Park…
Former Observer-er Ann Zimmerman has a piece in The Wall Street Journal today concerning a new state law that takes effect tomorrow — one that allows Texas prosecutors and parole boards to “see DNA evidence that links a suspect to an old sexual assault, even though the statute of limitations…
On Friday, Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm informed Mayor Tom Leppert and the Dallas City Council, via memo, that the city’s getting around $3 million in Clean Cities stimulus money to, among other things, “enhance fueling infrastructure, retrofit city vehicles and assist in the provision of training for alternative fueling.”…
Back in 2002 when I was at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram we first started getting wind that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was toying with the idea of building a new stadium. “Gather some ideas, solicit some fan feedback and let your imagination run wild,” my editor told me at the…
At 6:20 p.m. on February 17, 2004, the state of Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham of Corsicana. His crime, per the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: “On December 23, 1991, Willingham poured a combustible liquid on the floor throughout his home and intentionally set the house on fire, resulting in…
And not tomorrow. Or next month. But soon. You see, back in June, several Friends of Unfair Park were awfully tickled by the city’s proposed efforts to lure retailers to downtown — if only because the wish list included H&M, which gets as close as St. Louis or Las Vegas,…
Couldn’t make it out to the West Dallas “dreaming session” Saturday, but someone else did: Angela Hunt, who brought along her camera for these photos of what looked (and sounded) like an interesting-ish meet-n-greet. Hunt’s cutline commentary is worth a peek too — like here, where she writes of the…
10. Jesse Holley fans – you know who you are – rejoice. Looks like he’ll at least survive tomorrow’s cut down to 75. The Cowboys are at 77 and have two rookies (Robert Brewster and Brandon Williams) headed off the active roster on to season-ending injured reserve. Expect the realilty-show winner…
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will consider a proposal from the Code Compliance Department that would force owners of single-family rental properties to register with the city. Far as the city sees it, there are myriad benefits to such a stipulation — chief among them the guesstimated $2 million…
Those with blank walls and no Saturday night plans had best take note: Kettle Art down in Deep Ellum’s the site of The Whole Show tomorrow, a silent auction during which … lessee if I counted this right … 47 artists will be selling off their works to the highest…
The Major League Gaming Pro Circuit has rolled into Dallas: Yesterday, scores of gamers (and their parents) checked into the Hilton Anatole, where the competition is being held this weekend for the third year in a row. I know this only because I ran into a group of gamers last…
Deadspin most thoughtfully directs our attention to the Andy Lee Drinking Game — Andy Lee being the San Francisco 49ers punter who gets his turn to take aim at the Cowboys Stadium video board tomorrow evening. If nothing else, it provides one very good reason to watch a meaningless pre-season…
I had Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the city’s Office of Economic Development, on the phone this afternoon, so I asked him for a couple of updates per several Friends of Unfair Park’s requests piling up in the comment box. After the jump, a word from developer Larry Hamilton as well…
Last week, Project Runway welcomed as celebrity guest judge Lindsay Lohan, last seen losing $2 million in jewels. This week we got “film and television star” Rebecca Romijn, last seen losing two twins girls’ worth of baby weight. Which gives you some idea of how long Season 6 has been…
Long story short: Since March 2008, the Texas Attorney General’s Office has been investigating precisely how well the city of Dallas is taking care of the park properties and money left to the city by physician and philanthropist W.W. Samuell. In March of ’09, we first caught wind of the…
Another day, another Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission news release — this one, concerning the firing of the three agents involved in the Rainbow Lounge raid in Fort Worth and named in the TABC’s 32-page report released earlier this month. One other lieutenant is receiving a three-day suspension without pay and…
With the role of consultants in the city under the microscope because of what we’ve learned in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial, it seemed like a good time to check in on newbie Tanya Watkins, who started Grassroots Strategies in March, seeing how she’s the wife of the…
Three months ago we were introduced to Brad Oldham and Brandon Oldenburg’s Traveling Man sculptures, which will greet Dallas Area Rapid Transit light-rail riders as they enter Deep Ellum in coming days — Green Line media ridealong is Tuesday, as a matter of fact, in advance of the “Super Saturday”…
Just a quick reminder for those in need of Saturday-morning plans: Tomorrow at 9:30 is the West Dallas “dreaming session” at the St. Mary of Carmel Community Center on Vilbig Road. Actually, since last we discussed this date, the event — featuring “the man who built Vancouver” and currently serves…
Much thanks to the Friend of Unfair Park who sent word — or is that The Word? — of a confab being thrown by the Institute for Creation Research over on Royal Lane. Sounds like quite the shindiggity planned for mid-November at First Baptist: the “Demand the Evidence” conference, during…
At last, another council member with a blog: Ann Margolin, who’s penned a little sumpin-sumpin about the budget by way of an invite to one her town hall meetings. Specifically, Margolin writes, she’s opposed to the increase in water and stormwater fees as proposed by City Manager Mary Suhm. The…
At an afternoon press conference at the Cotton Bowl, where city officials gathered to officially announce next month’s double-header soccer game at the 77-year-old stadium, Mayor Tom Leppert emphatically dismissed a reporter’s suggestion that it may be tough for the recently rehabbed Fair Park relic to compete with Jerry Jones’…
