On Tuesday we got a couple of sneak peeks at the Lower Greenville of the future — meaning, the end of next year, all things go according to plan. Late yesterday, council member Angela Hunt, who’s spearheading the streetscaping with Pauline Medrano, posted to her blog a recap of this…
I’ve been trying on and off throughout the afternoon to keep up with the city council’s attempts to canvass the results of last week’s election — specifically, the votes overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 1 allowing for the off-premise sale of beer and wine citywide. About half an hour ago,…
I stopped by Dallas Animal Services over on Westmoreland Road this afternoon to check out the facilities in anticipation of the long-awaited and long-delayed Humane Society of the United States report about practices and conditions at the shelter. You may have heard of some of the problems as of late,…
As you may have read here earlier, Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano debuted their new plans for Lowest Greenville Avenue earlier today: a street-narrowing game-changer replacing two lanes of traffic with new parking spaces, trees and flower boxes to be implemented straightaway, at the low, low introductory price of $1.3…
Our Danny Fulgencio accompanied me to Borders this morning; he got there early and stayed late, documenting the scene as some 2,400 folks — well, that’s what Dubya told Rush afterward — waited to meet and greet the X-President, who, by my stopwatch, could sign 17-20 copies of Decision Points…
Much like other media outlets, we’ve been following the courthouse rumors of two prosecutors fired on Friday by First Assistant District Attorney Terri Moore as payback for attending the Election Day shindig at Hotel Palomar hosted by the Dallas County Republican Party. But until one of the men — Tom…
Patrick should be up shortly with more details from Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano’s 10:30 media meet-down on Lower Greenville, where the council members bowed their plans to give this stretch of street “a pedestrian- and family-friendly destination” makeover. But City Hall couldn’t wait any longer to share at least…
Guesstimations put the Borders crowd at 1,500-plus, all save for the VIPs still wrapped all the way ’round Preston Royal Shopping Center waiting for Dubya. He won’t be here till 9, and at present media is penned (even the late-arriving Jane McGarry) on the patio — and me without my…
On the other side’s a letter state Rep. Eric Johnson sent Governor Rick Perry yesterday, in which the District 100 representative asks Perry to apply for federal funds intended to “provide critical resources to help small businesses continue to drive economic recovery and create jobs.” That’s per the feds’ definition…
If you can’t stop by 2010 Greenville Avenue tomorrow morning, round 10:30, don’t worry — Patrick Michels already has it down on his to-do list. We wouldn’t miss it for the world, not after the thousands of words we’ve virtually spilled in recent months chronicling council members Angela Hunt and…
The city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting just wrapped, with Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez updating the council on the status of streetcars. Read all about it. But in the middle of Gonzalez’s presentation, before questions, Linda Koop dropped this little infobomb: The city of Fort Worth, she said,…
Middle o’ the day to you, Unfair Friends. I’m here at good old 6ES inside City Hall, liveblogging today’s Quality of Life Committee meeting, featuring Pauline Medrano, who has lost her voice and who is being spoken for by Vonciel Jones Hill. Joining us are David Neumann and Sheffie Kadane,…
White Rock Lake celebrates its 100th birthday next year — why, matter of fact, here’s historian Watermelon Kid’s commemorative tee, offered “tongue-in-cheek,” of course. And the city’s got 100 days of events — from regattas and runs to festivals and fashion shows — planned to mark the occasion, beginning March…
Previously scheduled plans precluded our attending Neil and Kenny Goldberg’s late-called all-star wingding Sunday afternoon, during the so-called “Lamar-B-Q” held in front of the Goldbergs’ Gold Metal Recyclers. Nevertheless, we did receive the details, including the 3-D drive-n-fly-through animated tour — combining my two of my favorite things, film-making and…
That’s the word just in from the Dallas Police Department, which has wrapped its investigation into whether or not the council member acted inappropriately when interfering with officers trying to do their job last week. Dash-cam video, a transcript and Officer Nathan Draughon’s account of what transpired when he pulled…
As you may be aware, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued a ruling intended to put to rest any argument over who has the authority to hire special outside counsel to represent Dallas County in civil matters — the Dallas County District Attorney or the county commissioners court. Two…
Not far from the Harvard Street-Cole Avenue stretch of the Katy Trail where a cyclist and motorist recently had their head-on how-do is the Knox Street intersection, which city planners have long identified as one of the many trail crossings citywide in need of a safety overhaul. Matter of fact,…
So says the press release forwarded this morning by Mayor Tom Leppert’s chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh. It comes from the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Association of Business, which will honor Leppert with its annual Distinguished Business Leader Award early next year, at the 13th Annual Distinguished Business Leader…
A few weeks back we noted that Sarah Palin will be performing her one-woman show at the now-city-of-Dallas-run Majestic Theatre on November 10 on behalf of Austin-based Heroic Media, self-described as using “mass media advertising to help women facing unexpected pregnancies with hopeful alternatives through television commercials, billboards, and internet.”…
This just in from the Borders in Preston Royal: At 8:30 Tuesday morning, George W. Bush will make the very short drive from Daria Place and stop by to sign copies of his “untraditional” tome Decision Points, presently tops on Kayne West’s must-read list. Borders also sends these instructions for…
Inevitably, a slew of anecdotes make the rounds in the days following an election, most of which we’re unfortunately sworn to secrecy not to expose. However, we’ve been given the green light to share the experience of election judge Sue Ringle, who just told us about Troy Aikman’s appearance and…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked: Now that the voters have overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, allowing for the citywide sale of beer and wine, when, exactly, will retailers begin drenching the dry parts of Dallas? Because, see, Gary Huddleston, the man behind Keep the Dollars in Dallas, told Unfair…
