Email Author Jim Schutze

Awards

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published May 27, 2010

  "Into the Wild"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 23, 2010

  "Return to Sender"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published October 28, 2010

  "Going to Extremes"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published May 27, 2010

  "Into the Wild"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 11, 2010

  "Hammer Time"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "Mr. Unknown"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Low Riders"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Off Course"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published October 15, 2009

  "Guilty"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Whitewashing Reality"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 24, 2009

  "Irony City"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 23, 2009

  "Whitewashing Reality"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009

  "The Fall Guy"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 21, 2008

  "Eat My Dirt"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 31, 2008

  "What's in a Nombre"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 17, 2008

  "No Nature for Old Men"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published November 20, 2008

  "What Chutzpah!"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published October 4, 2007

  "City Hall's Same Sick Story"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Mayorzilla"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004

  "Call 911"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published November 18, 2004

  "Call 911"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published May 19, 2005

  "Bozo Rules"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published June 16, 2005

  "Stuff It"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published January 13, 2005

  "Garbage to You"

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2009 Stories by Jim Schutze

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  FEATURED STORY

  At City Hall Federal Corruption Trial, Former DHA CEO Says Hill Wanted a Lott of Love

  published Aug 21, 2009

  This morning at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, we are getting insight into the involvement of Ann Lott, former CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, in this whole so... More >>

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  Jim's Play-By-Play From the Inside Baseball Coming From City Hall Corruption Trial

  published Aug 20, 2009

  Today at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, defendant John Lewis, who has pleaded guilty and is testifying for the government, is being cross-examined by the defense. L... More >>

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  A New Defense Emerges in the Dallas City Hall Federal Corruption Trial: Entrapment!

  published Aug 19, 2009

  Big news. Doug Greene has just revealed the core strategy of the defense in the federal Dallas City Hall corruption trial.Entrapment.He has also just been administered a smart spanking from the judge ... More >>

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  Suspense is Buildingr Don't Tell Jim.

  published Aug 19, 2009

  As Unfair Park has dutifully informed you, The Trinity Trust this week debuted an advertising campaign for the Calatrava signature bridge "under construction" (or not) on the Trinity River, called "Su... More >>

• It may be time for some defendants in the federal corruption trial to play Make a Deal.

  published August 20, 2009

  Right about now, I'm flippin'. This has got to be one of the last time-windows for co-defendants to flip in the 2-month-old Dallas City... More >>

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  Yet Again, Bill Fisher's on the Stand in Federal City Hall Corruption Trial -- And Former Mayor Laura Miller Gets a Shout-Out

  published Aug 18, 2009

  Victor Vital, attorney for Sheila Farrington, began the morning's proceedings in the federal Dallas City Hall corruption trial by asking affordable housing developer Bill Fisher several questions abou... More >>

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  Before Bill Fisher's Turned Over to the Defense, Ex-Council Member Makes Cameo

  published Aug 17, 2009

  Today's testimony from Bill Fisher, the government's wire-wearing witness in the City Hall corruption trial in federal court, brings us an even more explicit bribery-extortion scenario than we have se... More >>

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  The Biggest (and Funniest) Revelations So Far in the Federal City Hall Corruption Trial

  published Aug 14, 2009

  Everybody knew it was about "pay-to-play" at City Hall. Don Hill, a former city council member and 13 alleged confederates are accused of strong-arming real estate developers for money.But nobody knew... More >>

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  As the City Hall Corruption Trial Wraps For the Week, Schutze Gets a Clear Look At the Feds' Case.

  published Aug 12, 2009

  O.K., this morning I think we are getting a more clear look at the government's case in the Dallas City Hall bribery case, in which former city council member Don Hill is accused of using racial affir... More >>

• Latest Lesson from the City Hall Corruption Trial: When You Ask the City Attorney for an Ethics Opinion, Check With the FBI Too

  published August 13, 2009

  There's a point I want to make about the Dallas City Hall corruption/bribery trial going on now in federal court. It's simple. The... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Big Fisher: Schutze is Back at the City Hall Trial As the Feds' Informant Takes the Stand

  published Aug 11, 2009

  Victor Vital, Sheila Farrington Hill's attorney, is cross examining Allen McGill, Darren Reagan's partner in the Black State Employees Association of Texas (BSEAT), which prosecutors have characterize... More >>

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  Ah, See, This is the Laura Miller Schutze Remembers. And Misses, Just a Little.

  published Aug 07, 2009

  Today's proceedings at the City Hall federal corruption trial opened with a determined attempt by the Dallas city attorney, once again, to bar witnesses from talking about anything that may have happe... More >>

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  Laura Miller's Now on the Stand. You Know What That Means: Schutze is Live Blogging

  published Aug 06, 2009

  Laura Miller has begun testifying in the federal City Hall corruption trial, giving the jury her history in politics. She's poised, of course. Prosecutor Sarah Saldana began by addressing her as "Ms. ... More >>

• Good News -- Really -- From the City Hall Corruption Trial

  published August 6, 2009

  Believe it or not—and I'm actually trying to talk myself into it—there may be a way to look at this terribly depressing City Hall... More >>

• How City Hall Really Works: Notes from the City Hall Corruption Trial

  published Aug 05, 2009

  O.K., I want to give you an example of the very good lawyering being done by the defense in the City Hall corruption trial going on right now at the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse. The w... More >>

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  At the Federal Corruption Trial, Watching How Sausage Gets Made (Now a Live Blog)

  published Aug 04, 2009

  This is an interesting morning, City Hall federal corruption trial-wise. The government is presenting witnesses who are real City Hall lobbyists to show the jury how they work. Some of these -- like ... More >>

• Mayor Tom Leppert May Run for Senate? What, and Miss All The Fun?

  published July 30, 2009

  Don't tell me I may be losing my Tom Leppert. What would I do? I'm just not ready for the mayor of Dallas to leave me. I have so much more in... More >>

• That's the Dallas Way! Schutze is Live Blogging From the City Hall Corruption Trial.

  published Jul 28, 2009

  In federal court today Ray Jackson, lawyer for former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, has been working on affordable housing developer Brian Potashnik in an attempt to get him to tell the jury that he ... More >>

• If the Dallas business establishment has its way with DART’s second rail line for downtown, forget about a booming metropolis.

  published July 23, 2009

  I'm not even trying to change the outcome. It's a freight train. Strapping myself to the tracks is not my idea of fun. But I want you to see... More >>

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  At the Don Hill Trial, the Definition of "Walking-Around Money" (Now, a Live Blog)

  published Jul 20, 2009

  So I am here, back in the overflow room at the Federal Palace of Justice downtown watching the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial, and I see that we have come to one of the most fundamental and... More >>

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  In City Hall Corruption Trial, the Question Is: Where Does Politics End and Bribery Beginr

  published Jul 13, 2009

  This afternoon at the Don Hill et. al. Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial, the defense was hard at work trying to make this thing look like Laura Miller got more than anybody else and got awa... More >>

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  Henderson Avenue: A Cool Place to Live With Lots of Witnesses and No DWIs

  published Jul 13, 2009

  Just an interesting little moment in the life of the city, perhaps a cautionary tale: A couple weekends ago on a Saturday morning I get a distress call from an old friend back in town for the weekend ... More >>

• Maybe Northern and Southern Dallas Should Consider a Free-Trade Pact

  published July 9, 2009

  Forever the foreigner. More than 30 years I've been here, sawing this same log. How many bazillion articles have I written about race in... More >>

• As City Hall Corruption Trial Takes Week Off, the Defense Team Lists Its Exhibits

  published Jul 02, 2009

  The defendants' legal team in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial filed today a list of the exhibits it plans to introduce when it's their turn at bat. The list, which you will find in its entirety ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Love Ya Live Blog, or: So, It Turns Out This Morning's Headline Ain't Gonna Cut it.

  published Jul 01, 2009

  I will miss some of this morning's testimony in the City Hall corruption case, because this is the day of the Observer's weekly story meeting. But based on what has happened already in court, a certai... More >>