Earlier today, when word broke that Donna Micheaux was out the door as the Dallas Independent School District's chief of schools, I asked Jon Dahlander if there was Official Comment concerning the surprising departure. Because it is surprising, at least on the surface: Micheaux, who was appointed chief administrative officer...
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As a musician, one surefire way to get yourself on the charts is to plug a cliché sex idiom into your lyrics. It's a common ploy, one that happens so often you sometimes just wanna gag. (That's what she said.)Seems newcomer Dev is going that way with her single, "In The Dark."...
Shortly after Pilgrim's Pride announced that its second-quarter results were dismal (as in, "a net loss of $128.1 million"), the chicken-seller delivered some very bad news: It's closing its mammoth Dallas processing plant by September. The plant, on Ferris just south of downtown, employs 1,000 hourly and salaried employees, says...
The Texas Education Agency won't officially release its based-on-TAKS-scores state accountability ratings till 'round 1 this afternoon (here, for those so interested), at which point Commissioner of Education Robert Scott will hold a press conference in Austin. But the Dallas Independent School District's not wasting any time releasing its results,...
There is a point in the climate change debate where theory turns into money, and Rick Perry may help us all get to that point sooner. It's a reality that hasn't had time to filter down to Main Street, but the people at the top of the money tree know...
Editor's note: Rob Mahoney writes about the Mavericks on his ESPN-affiliated blog The Two Man Game and about basketball for The New York Times's Off the Dribble blog. Presumably his New York Times bio will henceforth note that he now writes about the Mavericks for Unfair Park. Hark: The NBA...
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Smith Westerns, Sundress
It's only taken the internet a decade or so to almost singlehandedly cripple the record industry: The rise of Napster in 1999 brought about a surge in peer-to-peer file sharing, and with it the notion that music was no longer something that ought to be paid for; the prevalence of...
Damn it. We got so caught up in the state Supremes' pole tax ruling at the end of last week we missed the far bigger one staring at us from the top of Friday's Opinions on Orders page: City of Dallas v. Keneth E. Albert et al., otherwise known as...
Corey Taylor is one busy dude. Not only does the guy front two metal bands, Slipknot and Stone Sour, but Taylor somehow founds time to write an autobiography and do a quick stint as a guest lecturer at Oxford. Seven Deadly Sins, Taylor's unconventional memoir, came out this summer and...
Brent Jackson posted a note this morning headlined: "City Approves Sylvan | Thirty Zoning Application." Well ... technically, no, that's not true. Nothing's been approved for Jackson's controversial mixed-use development at Sylvan and Fort Worth Avenue where the Cox Farms grocery store's supposed to take root. City staff has, however,...
Back in February we noted that former municipal judge Staci Williams -- a Hockaday graduate with a Georgetown law degree -- had filed a federal suit against the city of Dallas over her dismissal in June 2010, when the city council's Ad-Hoc Legislative Committee refused to reappoint her to that...
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If you've received one (or several) of the 125,000 citations issued to those who've run red lights under the watchful eye of those cameras perched over 66 intersections, you've faced two choices: Pay the $75 fine and avoid further hassle, or keep your money and take comfort in the fact...
While we await official confirmation from the Dallas Independent School District concerning a well-respected higher-up who was let go yesterday, there's this. As expected, the Austin-based nonprofit The Equity Center ("founded in 1982 by 55 school districts as a response to the gross inequities that existed in the state's school...
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Faith on Film
Hey, maybe this will help Rick Perry shore up support with the Tea Party's Ship-Em-Out Division and his new Arizona boyfriend: Those kooky activists at the ACLU and some of their libtard friends are pleading with the Devil HimselfUnited States Department of Justice to intervene on behalf of Texas's minority...
You read it here first: The venerable Balcony Club was in danger of being adiosed out of existence as owner Tommy Stanco and the landlord were at loggerheads over rent, for starters. A piece in the paper yesterday only reiterated the previously stated: Its future deep in the heart of...
Has this happened to you? You're preparing for a dinner party or other event a day ahead. You spend all night making a big pot of chicken stock or maybe chili or soup. The dish is finished and glorious, but too hot for the fridge. And then tired from hours...
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Leslie Brenner went all radio superstar yesterday. The critic some love to hate talked for an hour with Think host Krys Boyd about the DFW dining scene, culinary trends and and the mechanics of good reviewing. Brenner described a blossoming scene that still had some hurdles to handle. While a...
A little while ago, in this item below, Mike MacNaughton posted a link to this freshly minted release from the Texas Education Agency, which leads with the good news: "Texas has experienced a huge increase in the number of college-bound minority students who take the SAT college admissions test." At...
Anna's attending tonight's town hall concerning the proposed zoning for the Sylvan Thirty development at Sylvan and Fort Worth Avenue; should be a good one, given the makeup of the panel that includes Brent Brown from the CityDesign Studio and Keith Manoy, head of transportation planning for the city. Till...
It's been five whole weeks since the City Plan Commission denied giving a specific use permit to the proposed bowling alley next to Good Records. But fear not: It will resurface in two weeks, when the city council considers its last-ditch appeal. Before then, though, the CPC will once again...