Since last we mentioned those country club suits filed against the Dallas Central Appraisal District over their respective valuations, dozens more have popped up, including complaints filed in recent days by the owners of the Ritz-Carlton on McKinney, Schepps Dairy and myriad other strip centers and big boxes. But this...
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You want the good news or the bad news? Oh, hell, let me just give you the good stuff first: The enforcement of proposed legislation that would have required Texas women to look at a sonogram, have it described to them "in detail" by their doctor and listen to a fetal heartbeat...
The Black Police Association of Greater Dallas, which represents the area's black police officers, is waging a serious PR campaign against The Dallas Morning News and journalist Tanya Eiserer, a longtime criminal justice reporter at the paper. And while they're at it, the association is taking swipes at some fellow...
The lovely woman you see at right is Willietta Bradley, a kindergarten math teacher at F.P. Caillet Elementary, where, on Tuesday, I took part in the Dallas Independent School District's Principal for a Day program. I was especially delighted to have been assigned there, of all places: Only a few...
Back in May, we posted a clip of Neon Indian debuting a new song during their performance at the second annual Homegrown Festival in downtown Dallas. The clip was quickly taken down -- like, within a day -- by the band and their management. Seems that, though the band was...
While vacationing in Arizona a couple weeks back, Spune Productions owner Lance Yocom checked himself into a Flagstaff hospital with flu-like systems and a fever of over 100 degrees. Problem is, doctors have had difficulty determining what, exactly, was the specific cause of his condition.Since early last week, he's remained...
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Arizona's Authority Zero has been making music for going on 20 years -- but not without some roadblocks. Various battles with record companies and management types have resulted in lineup changes that would have permanently crippled most bands. Somehow, though, singer Jason DeVore has kept some form of Authority Zero...
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And the Winners Are … You
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Whitt’s End: 9.16.11
Straws in the wind: 1) Rick Perry, toll czar of Texas, still pushing private highways; 2) DART a dismal failure; 3) North Texas Tollway Authority still run by the good old boys. This could all be good. You know where we need to wind up with all this? A toll...
After the City of Irving's drawn out and expensive mayoral election, the results are in, showing Beth Van Duyne the victor with 57 percent of the vote.Van Duyne ousted the incumbent Herbert Gears, whose largest talking point was the proposed Irving Entertainment Center, which will include 11 restaurants and a...
Judges hate the Dallas Bar Association's judicial evaluation polls, a semi-semi-tradition dating to 1975 that took a brief pause in '07, when judges managed to get the thing sidelined by grousing that the methodology was unfair and, besides, it weren't nothing but a popularity contest, so ... harrumph. But two...
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10. Impressed yesterday that -- on a players day off -- 6th-round draft choice and receiver Dwayne Harris was running sprints and routes. All by his lonesome. 9. Mat McBriar isn't exactly Rob Ryan, but he's departing pudgy and heading toward fat. McBriar pulled his hamstring running in last Wednesday's conditioning...
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Making Her Mark
Back in June, the city sent word that it had agreed to hand over to the feds $2.5 million -- without acknowledging that, ya know, maybe it did violate the civil False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act by overcharging Medicare and Medicaid for ambulance rides. Could have...
Totally blown away. I mean, I can't even believe how incredibly detailed and accurate this puppet is. Designed by DeviantARTist TRP-Chan, this creation successfully takes Portal 2's Wheatley, masterfully voiced by the amazing Stephen Merchant, off the screen and into the world. Good thing, then, he's just a puppet, I...
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More Than a Crush
I chose The Grape for this week's review with a specific purpose: to reflect on the mechanics of restaurant criticism, and to gain a better understanding of Dallas' dining culture. The restaurant was recently reviewed by both D and the Morning News. What better way to learn about two critics...
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Aerobatic pilots are a different breed of human than you and I. This is clear from the moment Sean D. Tucker saunters into the spotless Alliance Airport hangar, all cool confidence and swagger as he flashes a toothy grin and grips my hand in a firm shake. While he's probably...
For Jubilee Park residents, it was a party atmosphere in the Flag Room outside council chambers Thursday afternoon, when the City Plan Commission denied Dallas Independent School District's application to replat two tracts of land near the site of the former O.M. Roberts Elementary School near Fair Park. But this...
If a man spends 26 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit, you can bet he's going to want every cent he can get through the state's statutory compensation plan for the wrongfully imprisoned. We spoke with Johnnie Lindsey for this week's cover story about the ongoing legal...
After leaving Port O' Brien, for which he formerly served as frontman, Van Pierszalowski traveled to a variety of locales, seeking a bit of sanity as well as for some personal and artistic regrouping. Following the demise of a band that had risen to indie-darling status after releasing three well-received...