Last year, The New York Times noted a sharp increase in violent crimes committed against the homeless -- up 65 percent from '05 to '07, according to statistics kept by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. But at the moment, attacks on the homeless aren't considered hate crimes...
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The question came to mind after we received a note about the new--and very popular--Burguesa Burger holding a meeting to tempt franchisees.As you may or may not know, Jeff Sinelli's stand serves something called the La Monumental, a sandwich bulging with two patties (each dripping with cheese), ham, avocado, refried...
Since last we visited the bankruptcy case of Bob's Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue, there have been a couple of notable developments -- among them, the appointment yesterday of Dallas attorney Robert Milbank Jr. to take over as the Chapter 11 trustee, replacing owner Bob Sambol per the...
I pointed out last week how, when I called for a Bombay martini, a waiter at Sevy's asked "regular Bombay or Sapphire." Since Sapphire hit the market in 1988 and began the upscale gin revolution, The Original Bombay (that's what it now says on the label) faded into near obscurity--at...
As a kid, my parents subjected our family to a couple different themed meals on a regular basis. One was Dad's weekly catfish and hushpuppies fry-fest. Others involved dinners at which Mom stretched a pound of meat to serve the entire table. Until my early 20s, I firmly believed you...
So it really looks like Tim DeLaughter is going to keep up with his streak of posting a new Polyphonic Spree demo on his blog every day--for the foreseeable future, at least--which is pretty incredible, if not a little overwhelming.Anyway, the two latest offerings over at The Fragile Army are...
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As expected, Colleyville's own Demi Lovato has the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart this week, after selling 108,000 copies of the disc in its debut week of sales. (Last year, Lovato's debut disc, Don't Forget, debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the chart with 89,000 discs...
We hear lots of things in this office, such as last week's notice of a "New and Fun Drink Idea:" the SodaStream home soda maker. Well, while the idea of making soda at home was new to me, it's not exactly a new idea to the world, sez Wikipedia (sorry--breaking...
Where did our wealth go? How do we claw it back? And when are we going to punish the culprits? When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle during the 2008 presidential campaign, his Web-savvy campaign team created KeatingEconomics.com and pushed it on millions of voters. The main video showed the...
While we had Angela Hunt and council member-elect Ann Margolin on the phone yesterday, Unfair Park asked for their evaluations of the city's $190 million budget deficit. Hunt says right now it's hard to pinpoint the cut resulting in the biggest impact to residents because it's early in the process,...
Was just taking a peek at tomorrow's list of public meetings when I stumbled across this familiar name: Fernando Perez, on-and-off ex of the Dallas Police Department. Perez has a hearing scheduled at 9 a.m. tomorrow in front of Administrative Law Judge Willie Crowder, during which the officer, fired seven...
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On The Range: Gorditas
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Russ Martin: Unmasked
We don't know the guy. He was just sitting at the next table last night at Bella. So here's the scenario and you be the judge:A guy--apparently a neighbor of Bella's owner/front man--decided he wanted a martini. So he ordered: "Grey Goose, dirty."Keep in mind a few things. 1. Men...
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Handle The Proof: Dalmore Scotch
Tonight's House of Blues show boasts a sweet little bill, featuring two of the hottest emcees of the moment, with Asher Roth, whose "I Love College" was almost unavoidable for a minute there, and Kid Cudi, whose "Day N Nite" rose in pretty much the same, if somewhat of less...
Back in November '07, two-time Irving school board candidate Manuel Benavidez sued that city, claiming its at-large voting method violated the Voting Rights Act. Today, U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis, in Dallas federal court, issued a judgment in which he said, in short, Yup, it sure does. The order, in...
Unbeknownst to me, semi-local singer/songwriter Guthrie Kennard has set up a sort of residency at the Los Colinas nightspot Cadillac Ranch. If I'd been paying better attention, I would have already hustled my ass up John Carpenter Freeway and caught Kennard's fine examples of Americana much earlier than this tonight.Relatively...
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This morning at Dallas Area Rapid Transit HQ, president Gary Thomas lauded the rail expansion as "on time and under budget," and presented a new study by professors at the University of North Texas's Center for Economic Development and Research on the expansion's economic impact on the city. Said Thomas:...
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Russ Martin = No Contest
Daniel Iacofano -- the "I" in MIG, Inc., which the city hired to develop the latest downtown master plan -- was at the Dallas Convention Center a couple of weeks ago collecting wish-list items from stakeholders and civilians; more than a few Friends of Unfair Park have offered suggestions since...
Diane once considered herself above other prostitutes. In nearly 20 years working highway truck stops, downtown street corners and even a brothel in Nevada, for the most part she'd managed to shower often, avoid beatings and stay in motels or with regulars, some who called her ma'am and bought her...