Email Author Jim Schutze

Awards

• 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"

• 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"

• 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"

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

  "Off Course"

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

  "Guilty"

• 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 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"

• 2006 - Katie Awards, published April 7, 2005

  "Mayorzilla"

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2009 Stories by Jim Schutze

• Hillwood Responds to German Report About Victory Park Debt: It's the Economy, Stupid.

  published Mar 24, 2009

  Dustee Tucker, spokesperson for Victory Park, forwards along a statement from Hillwood Investments CEO Todd Platt, who addresses -- sort of -- that German Financial Times story that reports Hillwood i... More >>

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  Somewhere, John Stemmons Sr. Is Shaking His Bony Fist and Laughing His Ass Off

  published Mar 24, 2009

  By now I'm way way too deep into the story of the Trinity River Corridor Project. I have actually developed a kind of side interest -- a hobby, maybe -- involving the history of the Trinity River Proj... More >>

• Dallas a Great Convention Town -- for Nuns

  published March 19, 2009

  Mayor Tom Leppert and The Dallas Morning News are hell-bent for leather to invest half a billion bucks in public money in a... More >>

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  Oy Candy: Trying Not To Say, "Toldyaso."

  published Mar 11, 2009

  In reading the latest news about flood dangers downtown and the Trinity River Project, it's important to know that this is an 11-year-old story that Dallas officials and The Dallas Morning News are ju... More >>

• The Fall Guy | Stage Fright | Attitude Adjustment | Crazier in Love

  published March 12, 2009

  "The Fall Guy," by Jim Schutze, February 26 More >>

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  Wherein Schutze Decides That Picking a Fight With Steve Blow Isn't Even Worth It

  published Mar 09, 2009

  Dallas Morning News Metro columnist Steve Blow talked bad about me in the paper Sunday, so now, I guess, the laws of newspaper combat dictate that I must talk bad about Blow. I shall.But first, I reme... More >>

• Death Metal | Getting to No

  published March 5, 2009

  "Death, Metal," by Pete... More >>

• Corps Warns that Trinity River Levees Pose a Flood Risk to Downtown, but is City Hall Listening?

  published March 5, 2009

  Now that the truth is finally coming out about the Trinity River toll road project, it makes a difference to remember who said what two years... More >>

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  It's Not Like John Wiley Price Has Hidden His Intentions Concerning the Inland Port

  published Mar 04, 2009

  The real tragedy of the Inland Port situation is illustrated by the sound file you can listen to at the bottom of this item -- an excerpt from Cheryl Smith's long-running program Reporter's Round Tabl... More >>

• Skunked! C'mon, John Wiley Price, Jim Schutze Does Not Smell That Bad.

  published Feb 27, 2009

  Last night, after that town hall meeting, I spotted Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price standing alone outside the Harold Wendell Lang Middle School. I approached him, because the commissioner... More >>

• Mayor Tom Will Do "Everything" He Can To Ensure DISD's Success. OK. Like What, Thenr

  published Feb 27, 2009

  You know, maybe instead of a lot of wood-chopping by yours truly, I should just put this log out there and let you whup on it yourself for a while. I'm tired, man.Last Sunday The Dallas Morning News b... More >>

• Destiny Does Dallas, or: Why the Corps' "Unacceptable" Levee Rating is a Blessing

  published Feb 26, 2009

  Back during the campaign season for the 2007 referendum on the Trinity River toll road, Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow and I got into this really high-flown intellectual debate where I said,... More >>

• Till Tom Leppert Talks About DISD Takeover "Plan," Hey, You Can Say Anything You Want

  published Feb 25, 2009

  Been talking to people on deep background about Mayor Tom Leppert and his proposed, alleged takeover of the Dallas Independent School District. Some of this is from people who know Leppert, and some i... More >>

• Low-Rent Landlord Alex Stolarski is City Hall's Fall Guy

  published February 26, 2009

  Wow. Have I got a story for you! Headline: Ancient riddle solved! Dallas city officials join with local newspaper to discover root cause of... More >>

• Getting to No | Eat Less Live Longer

  published February 26, 2009

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• Mary Suhm Tells Council: "The Corps Has Rated the Dallas Floodway as 'Unacceptable'"

  published Feb 24, 2009

  Merten just got back from City Hall, where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just got through telling reporters that 34 of the 170 areas of the Trinity River levees are "unacceptable." Sam will hav... More >>

• Oh, So Now Tom Leppert's the "Education Mayor." Right.

  published Feb 23, 2009

  If Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert doesn't mention his ideas for taking over the Dallas school system at his town hall meeting Thursday at Harold Wendell Lang Sr. Middle School, you can bet somebody in the a... More >>

• Breach of Faith Redux: Is the Army Corps of Engineers Learning From Past Mistakesr

  published Feb 20, 2009

  On February 11, I wrote a piece for the paper version of Unfair Park in which I said officials in New Orleans shared blame for the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically, I wrot... More >>

• Democratic County Judge Jim Foster May be the Latest Target in the Inland Port Battle

  published February 19, 2009

  So the Democratic Party in Dallas County is going to slit the neck of its own highest office-holding incumbent, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster,... More >>

• Better Now Than Never, the City Council's Gonna Get a Civics Lesson Tomorrow

  published Feb 16, 2009

  Here we are, one full decade -- 10 years, count 'em, one-10th of a century -- into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and City Of Dallas's Trinity River Corridor Project, and tomorrow the city council's... More >>

• Corps Values: Tom Leppert and Mary Suhm Aren't In D.C. To Talk About Flood Control

  published Feb 13, 2009

  You know what I lover When people live up to their own stereotypes.My column this week in the paper version of Unfair Park is about signs that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may have grown a backbon... More >>

• Northern Exposure: Dallas "Right to Vote" Insists It Won't "Hamstring" the City. Right.

  published Feb 11, 2009

  Unite Here!, the New York City-based labor organization gathering signatures for a referendum on subsidies to developers, tells me it will turn in its petitions tomorrow -- and with plenty more than... More >>

• Is the Army Corps of Engineers Having Second Thoughts About the Trinity River Project?

  published February 12, 2009

  I want you to see me here, sitting at my desk with my left hand clamped over my mouth. My right hand is twisting my own right ear. Painfully.... More >>

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  In Oak Cliff Last Night, the Shoes For Bush Exhibit Was a Real Kick, But No Joke At All

  published Feb 06, 2009

  The Farewell Shoes for Mr. Bush show at Decorazon Gallery in Oak Cliff was a great success last night. Across the street from Hattie's in Bishop Arts, the gallery was wall-to-wall, cheek by jowl and e... More >>

• But, See, You Already Knew the Trinity River Toll Road Was a Billion Dollars Over Budget

  published Feb 06, 2009

  I guess I read The Dallas Morning News every morning just to make sure my bile ducts are still working. Today we have a story by Michael Lindenberger proving that, with the right editors, you can make... More >>