Email Author ANNA MERLAN
2011 Stories by ANNA MERLAN
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FEATURED STORY
"I Love Animals and People": On Trial for Animal Cruelty, Tyrone McGill Takes the Stand
published Nov 09, 2011
Late this afternoon, former animal shelter manager Tyrone McGill took the stand to testify in his defense at his felony animal cruelty trial, which began yesterday. While the prosecution attempted to ... More >>
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On Day One of Animal Cruelty Trial, A Simple Question: How Hard Is It to Free a Trapped Catr
published Nov 08, 2011
After completing jury selection yesterday, the prosecution began laying out its case this morning in the felony animal cruelty trial of former animal shelter manager Tyrone McGill, who is currently on... More >>
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Dallas Zoo's Lone Male Silverback Is About to Get Two Lady Visitors From Cincinnati
published Nov 07, 2011
Forgive us for seeming a little primate-obsessed today, but the Dallas Zoo is giving us an awful lot of material. Hot on the heels of the news that a Twitter-savvy "rogue" spider monkey got loose this... More >>
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City, Occupy Dallas at Odds Over Who Began Melee That Ended With Eight Arrested
published Nov 05, 2011
An Occupy Dallas march and protest turned ugly this afternoon when police used pepper spray to subdue the crowd outside of the Bank of America building on Main and Lamar, protesters told Unfair Park. ... More >>
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Deep Ellum's SlaughterHouse Awaits
published October 13, 2011
The SlaughterHouse has been terrorizing Dallas for a full decade. In their second year at their new Deep Ellum location, the 16,000... More >>
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The Rising AIDS Epidemic Among Dallas's Young Poor People
published Nov 04, 2011
The number of young people in Dallas contracting HIV and AIDS is increasing, KTVT-Channel 11 reported Monday, and those young people, ages 13 to 24, now make up 25 percent of all new diagnoses. And th... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Council Field-Trips to SMU For a Lecture on Ethics From Someone in Federal Gov't. Oh, Boy.
published Nov 02, 2011
Ethics reforms, or at least the earnest discussion thereof, are in the air over at City Hall lately. Mayor Rawlings won his seat, after all, at least partially based on a "pro-ethics" platform (not so... More >>
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DPD: Man Guilty of One Sexual Assault Responsible For Another at Occupy Dallas Site
published Nov 01, 2011
One week ago we got Occupy Dallas's side of the story concerning the sexual assault that took place at its encampment behind Dallas City Hall. Today, we get the official version from the Dallas Police... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Mayor Mike Rawlings Gets Rowdy as City Hall's Halloween Party Also Gets Occupied
published Oct 31, 2011
My most terrifying night at Dallas City Hall involved a six-hour Redistricting Commission meeting, during which I was forced to eat 1,000-year-old, partially fossilized peanut butter crackers for dinn... More >>
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Turns Out, Not Everybody Loves Continental, Lone Star Gas Building Makeovers
published Oct 27, 2011
Over the years, the re-do of the Continental Building downtown has started to feel like a bit like Guns N' Roses's Chinese Democracy. Forest City, the developers behind turning the vacant building on... More >>
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My, How This Crisis is Growing
published October 27, 2011
During the debate in the Texas Legislature over the family-planning cuts, many Democrats didn't vote at all. In the Legislature's color-coded... More >>
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COVER STORY
The End of Family Planning in Texas
published October 27, 2011
It's been a banner year for Texas' pro-life movement. In May, lawmakers approved state-issued "Choose Life" license plates, with proceeds... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Occupy Dallas Addresses Need to Keep a Clean, Safe Camp Amidst Sexual Assault Allegations
published Oct 25, 2011
Several news outlets have reported in recent days that the Dallas Police Department is investigating the possible sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl at the Occupy Dallas camp near City Hall. The or... More >>
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The Ad Man Cometh: One Mayor's "Great Value" Is Another Council Member's Waste of $30,000
published Oct 21, 2011
The Degolyer Estate at the Dallas Arboretum is a beautiful spot, a big house set back from a broad lawn, edged this time of the year with pumpkins and purple flowers. In the library, retreating Dallas... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Dallas City Hall Gets Occupied, For the Morning At Least, By the Latino Redistricting Task Force
published Oct 19, 2011
As promised, the public comment period at this morning's Dallas City Council meeting featured several members of the Domingo Garcia-led Latino Redistricting Task Force . In the council briefing room, ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Neiman Marcus Debuts Its 2011 Christmas Book With Another Showcase of Absurd Stuff
published Oct 18, 2011
This morning the Dallas Contemporary was closed to the public, but a bunch of reporters were inside taking first looks at the most exorbitantly priced, publicity-getting items, otherwise kno... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
"Force Place" or a Cut of $3 Million: Dallas ISD Teachers, the Choice, Apparently, Is Yours
published Oct 18, 2011
We told you yesterday that the Dallas Independent School District is considering offering "excess" Chapter 21 employees -- teachers, principals, librarians, counselors -- a pile of cash worth $3 milli... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Security Guard Sues DPD and the City, Claims He was Unduly Pistol-Whipped By Off-Duty Cop
published Oct 14, 2011
Meet Michael Kloever. Again. The 33-year-old security guard was all over the news back in August, when he said he was pistol-whipped by an off-duty Dallas cop in a strip club parking lot after trying ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
After Six Months in Iowa, a Sarah Palin Mega-Volunteer Comes Back to North Texas
published Oct 14, 2011
After months of suspense, and after the other Republican hopefuls hired staff, began campaigning and participated in seven debates, Sarah Palin finally announced last week she wouldn't be running for ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
The Black Police Association vs. The Dallas Morning News (And a Few Others Too)
published Oct 13, 2011
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 longt... More >>
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Yesterday, Caraway Visited Pioneer Park. But Tomorrow, They Occupy a Federal Courtroom.
published Oct 13, 2011
One week ago today we walked alongside the Occupy Dallas-ites as they marched from Pike Park to the Dallas Federal Reserve airing their laundry list of grievances, echoing those who stormed Wall Stree... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
"It's Time to Take Action": Latino Redistricting Task Force Pledges to Fight New Council Map
published Oct 11, 2011
Last week we sat through a very long, very ugly city council meeting, which ended with the members narrowly adopting a new redistricting plan. At that time, council member Delia Jasso predicted that L... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Dallas Gets Occupied
published Oct 06, 2011
Doubtless you've heard about Occupy Wall Street, the protests against corporate greed and Wall Street bailouts (among other things) that have been going on for the last three weeks in New York. The pr... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Race to the Finish: After Ugly Redistricting Meeting, Council (Barely) Settles on Map
published Oct 06, 2011
Yesterday afternoon, around 5:30, as a tiny audience sat in the city council chambers, former Mayor Dwaine Caraway came by and declared to Unfair Park, "I think we got something." That's right. A fina... More >>
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Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, The Bridge Explain Their Separation to City Council
published Oct 03, 2011
On Friday, in a briefing sent to the city council, the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance and the downtown homeless shelter The Bridge announced they would be separating their leadership, something that b... More >>
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