Email Author ANNA MERLAN

2011 Stories by ANNA MERLAN

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  Deep Ellum's SlaughterHouse Awaits

  published Sep 30, 2011

  "It's our tenth year of fear," Darren Robert said. "I thought of that slogan," he added, looking fondly at a bloody severed head next to him. He gave it a little pat. "It's 16,000 square feet," he s... More >>

• Your Mitzvah Is to See These Movies

  published September 8, 2011

  If your knowledge of Jewish filmmaking only extends as far as nebbishy fellows whose names rhyme with "Schmoody Schmallen," it's time to look... More >>

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  Eight Outta 15 Council Members Like This Map, Which Caraway Says Still Needs "Tweaking."

  published Sep 29, 2011

  Another redistricting post, I know. Settle down. But this one's especially interesting: Dwaine Caraway, Tennell Atkins and Carolyn Davis have made it very clear that whatever the redistricting map end... More >>

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  Dallas Morning News to Atheists and Agnostics: It's a Faith Blog, Not a Faithless Blog. Duh.

  published Sep 29, 2011

  To refresh: The local Coalition of Reason is the atheist/agnostic group that bought all those "Good Without God" bus ads in Forth Worth last year, causing quite the stir.Well, they're back -- this tim... More >>

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  DA's Office Definitely Not Giving You a Tutorial In How To Run a Retail Crime Ring

  published Sep 28, 2011

  This afternoon at the Frank Crowley courts building, Anthony Robinson, a chief investigator at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, announced that 17 people have been indicted for allegedly t... More >>

• Police Officers Flock to Dallas to Learn How to Tweet Like Professionals (#thisisahashtagguys)

  published Sep 28, 2011

  If you're planning on doing anything illegal in the next three days (not that you would), may we suggest keeping well away from the Aloft Hotel on Young Streetr That place is crawling with cops. This ... More >>

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  Living Art Walked Through Dallas Contemporary's Jason Brooks Exhibition

  published Sep 26, 2011

  It wasn't always easy to spot the art at the Jason Brooks show over at Dallas Contemporary this weekend. Sometimes the art was chatting with a group of friends, or getting a drink, or popping out back... More >>

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  "Please, Respect": Council Seems to Settle on Combo Platter During Redistricting Meeting

  published Sep 25, 2011

  As the redistricting process goes on (and on and on), you might expect the public to become less involved, especially when a meeting takes place late on a college-football Saturday afternoon. But, in ... More >>

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  Tennell Atkins, Dwaine Caraway Demand Four African-American Seats Stay On City Council

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Did you wake up this morning wondering what all the arguing's going to be about at Saturday's redistricting forum with Mayor Mike Rawlings and the city council membersr Wonder no longer! At a City Hal... More >>

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  How Will Angela Hunt, Ann Margolin, Gerald Britt and Steve Blow (Settle Down) Fix Dallasr

  published Sep 20, 2011

  For those Friends of Unfair Park who don't have Jewish mothers, I will tell you: They get stuff done. That would probably be their motto, if they ever organized themselves into some kind of union. (Po... More >>

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  At Last Night's Superintendent Search Town Hall, Way More Questions Than Answers

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Here's what we know about the Dallas Independent School District's search for a new superintendent to replace Michael Hinojosa: nothing. Here are the criteria the trustees have agreed on for what they... More >>

• Texas Is the "Big Fish," and the Anti-Abortion Movement Has Lots of Bait in the Water

  published Sep 19, 2011

  The First Unitarian Church of Dallas hosted a special guest last week: Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. The CRR, if you recall, is the New York-based organization that r... More >>

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  Happy PARK(ing) Day, Dallas!

  published Sep 16, 2011

  We briefed you earlier about PARK(ing) Day Dallas, which organizer Noah Jeppson told us was supposed to help Dallasites and visitors "rethink the function of our public spaces ... and have fun doing i... More >>

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  Rick Perry's Not Always Big on Science, But He Did Use It To Win Some Elections

  published Sep 15, 2011

  Even Rick Perry doesn't hate science all the time. His uneasy relationship with evolution and global warming notwithstanding, the Man Beneath the Hair understands that sometimes all that brainy shit w... More >>

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  What We Learned About Sylvan Thirty, And Development in Dallas, at Tuesday's Town Hall

  published Sep 14, 2011

  We began the broadcast day by discussing Sylvan Thirty's funding; we end it by looking back at last night's town hall meeting concerning its layout and, more broadly, the future of street and developm... More >>

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  Mayor Mike's "Considering" His Own Redistricting Map. Meanwhile, at the DOJ ...

  published Sep 14, 2011

  During the morning portion of today's city council meeting, Mayor Mike Rawlings told his colleagues he's been "doing some thinking" about redistricting. Lord, haven't we all. In reviewing what the Red... More >>

• At SMU, Commemorating the 9/11 Anniversary With Prayers, Speeches and a Double Fist Pump

  published Sep 10, 2011

  "Thought-provoking events" -- that's how SMU said it wanted to honor the 10th anniversary of September 11, with a series of "thought-provoking events." There would be lectures, speeches, prayer servic... More >>

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  Garcia Defends Private Redistricting Meetings; Calls Morgan, Halstead "Dinosaurs of Dallas"

  published Sep 08, 2011

  As we noted yesterday, during her presentation of the Redistricting Commission's proposed map to the city council, chair Ruth Morgan mentioned that one member of the commission, whom she later identif... More >>

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  So Much For Transparency: Garcia Held Private Meetings Before Redistricting Map Hit Council

  published Sep 07, 2011

  This morning, the city council got its first formal look at the just-completed redistricting map proposal, Plan 16d, presented by redistricting chair Ruth Morgan and vice chair Billy Ratcliff. And dur... More >>

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  North Texans For 9/11 Truth: Still Running Around in "Rabbit Hole" After All These Years

  published Sep 07, 2011

  With the decade anniversary of 9/11 almost here, there's been a run of stories in every media outlet, major and minor, about both the September 11 attacks and the decade that followed. A few of those ... More >>

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  Animal Shelter Commission Isn't Too Excited About Upcoming "Reorganization" at Shelter

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Two weeks back we talked to Joey Zapata, the interim assistant city manager who deals with code compliance, about the city's plan to "reorganize" the Dallas Animal Services staff by pink-slipping... More >>

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  In Utero News: Sonogram Bill Has Been Blocked, But Texas Women Are Still Kind of Screwed

  published Aug 31, 2011

  You want the good news or the bad newsr 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 sonogra... More >>

• DISD Board Won't Be Changing Its Election Cycle or Term Limits After All. For Now.

  published Aug 31, 2011

  You probably noticed: It's been quite the last few days for the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, what with the board president Lew Blackburn being compared to Idi Amin by a spea... More >>

• Anti-Abortion Groups Gather to Celebrate Closing of Planned Parenthood In Sherman

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Ramona Trevino wiped her eyes as she stood at the microphone. She looked out at her audience, a crowd of 50 or so sweating on a narrow patch of grass up in Sherman. "For three years, I managed this Pl... More >>

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  Dwaine Caraway Calls "Ruthless Shenanigans" On Hollis Brashear, Vonciel Jones Hill

  published Aug 25, 2011

  In case you haven't noticed, the map that the Redistricting Commission voted to forward to the city council on Tuesday night has one major change: It would place both Vonciel Jones Hill and Dwaine Car... More >>