Email Author Jim Schutze

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Dallas Morning News Tippy-Toes Away"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Picking Apart The Dallas Morning News' Smug Sense"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 6, 2011

  "Rick Perry's Manufactured Miracle"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 5, 2011

  "The Trinity River's 'Standing Wave' Crashes into Reality"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published July 7, 2011

  "So John Wiley Price Really Wanted Some Land..."

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published September 29, 2011

  "Lowering the Bars"

• 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

  "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 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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2010 Stories by Jim Schutze

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  FEATURED STORY

  Grief Turns Needlessly Ugly as Storm Over Friday's Police Funeral Procession Rages On

  published Jun 30, 2010

  I know nobody asked me. But the latest development in the story of the police chief's son is just too much to ignore. Under relentless hectoring by Dallas police unions, City Manager Mary Suhm has hi... More >>

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  At the Poor People's March, Davis and Caraway Demanded Tax Hike to Cover Budget Shortfall

  published Jun 23, 2010

  About 75 people gathered outside Dallas City Hall today -- accompanied by a 20-foot banner that said, "To Redeem the Soul of America" -- and accused city leaders of waging ideological war on the poor.... More >>

• At City Hall, Democracy Had Nothing To Do With Deferring Love Field Concessions Vote

  published Jun 23, 2010

  An extremely important thing happened at the city council meeting this morning. Nothing happened. I can't tell you how big that is. Angela Hunt won. Mayor Tom Leppert told a packed house that the city... More >>

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  At Noon Tomorrow, The "Poor People's March" On City Hall to Protest Expected Budget Cuts

  published Jun 22, 2010

  A "poor people's march" at Dallas City Halll at noon tomorrow will kick off a campaign of protests aimed primarily at Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert. Veteran community activists blame Leppert's political am... More >>

• Black Students Are Leaving DISD And Heading For Suburban Schools. Is That Such A Bad Thing?

  published June 17, 2010

  The Dallas Morning News has been doing stories and editorials about the shrinking population of black students in the Dallas public... More >>

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  Believe It or Not, There Is One Upside to Hutchison's Trinity Toll Road Exemptions

  published Jun 16, 2010

  The irony here is that true historic preservation activists in Dallas are going to welcome this latest bit of Trinity River toll road news. I began hearing from them long before the Corps went public ... More >>

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  The Texas Attorney General, Not Keen on Putting the "Open" in Open Records Requests

  published Jun 15, 2010

  Yesterday's mail included a couple of letters from the Texas Attorney General, which I will share, regarding two unrelated matters. The first was an opinion dealing with my letter to Dallas Area Rapid... More >>

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  The City Council's Sold on Neighborhood Farmers Market Ordinance Proposal

  published Jun 14, 2010

  I hate it when things work out. From my point of view, it's not good for business. But it looks like city staff and the Dallas City Council may actually come up with a reasonable way to oversee operat... More >>

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  Talkin' Shit About the Calatrava Bridge

  published Jun 10, 2010

  D has posted an item on its blog, FrontBurner, reporting that I traveled by kayak out to the Calatrava bridge site and defecated on the bridge to show my disapproval. The item, written by D Major Domo... More >>

• City Hall Had Better Look Over Its Shoulder Because HUD Is Ready To Kick Some Fair-Housing Butt.

  published June 10, 2010

  Just sitting here drumming my fingers on the desk. It's been six weeks. I asked City Hall a simple question. I'm still waiting for their call.... More >>

• In One Man's Legal Victory Against DART, There Are Lessons For Us All.

  published June 3, 2010

  Roscoe Betz won his lawsuit. I have written about him before. He's the 91-year-old man who sued DART, the transit agency, three years ago for... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  A Fond Farewell for M. Thomas Lardner, Uptown Developer and Downtown Visionary

  published Jun 01, 2010

  This morning's daily newspaper provided a sad occasion to reflect on downtown Dallas. Tom Lardner, an early developer of Dallas's Uptown district, died May 24. His classified-ad death notice is in The... More >>

• In the Cheap Seats on White Rock Lake

  published May 28, 2010

  Last night I joined my cover-story-mate Ed Spencer and his daughter, Amy Hammer, at White Rock Lake, where we poached on the Asleep at The Wheel concert at the Dallas Arboretum from our kayaks. First ... More >>

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  What Jim Schutze Now Has to Look at From the Observer Office Windows Every Single Day

  published May 28, 2010

  What you see above are crews using a big-ass crane and a specially made "sling" to set in place the center arch for the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. Oh, and the viewr It's from high atop Unfair Park HQ.... More >>

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  Knocking Down the Historic Demolition Ordinance That's Before the Council Today

  published May 26, 2010

  Five years ago a fierce battle was fought to stop the demolition of a house on my block in Dallas's first and oldest historic district (The Swiss Avenue Historic District). Blogista (and friend) Sharo... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Jim Schutze Joins The Urban Explorers Who, Amid The Poisonous Snakes, Bacteria And Quicksand Of The Trinity River, Seek To Reconnect The City To Its Natural Beauty.

  published May 27, 2010

  This is basically insane. I am paddling a kayak into a body of water most people think of as a sewer. What should I call this activity?... More >>

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  Rescued From the Pages of History, the '61 Desegregation Doc Dallas at the Crossroads

  published May 24, 2010

  Someone has posted to YouTube a 1961 film about school desegregation in Dallas called Dallas at the Crossroads. (Parts Two and Three follow after the jump.) I forget what kind of hoops I had to jump t... More >>

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  When It Comes to Doing Deals in Dallas, Leppert Must Remember That History Never Forgets

  published May 21, 2010

  For most people, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert's campaign to open up the bidding process for concessions at the city airport must seem open and shut. He wants the bidding to be open. But the door is shut b... More >>

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  Hunh. And You Wonder Why I Call Him Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Carried-Away.

  published May 13, 2010

  This morning Rudy Bush and Tanya Eiserer posted a great story on The Dallas Morning News's Web page about Dallas city council member Dwaine Caraway pressuring the Dallas Police department to lay off a... More >>

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  The Ongoing Scrap Over Oak Cliff Scrap Yard

  published May 10, 2010

  Yesterday The Dallas Morning News editorial page rolled out the big cannons and opened fire again on Oak Cliff Metals, a metal recycling yard on Pontiac Street in Oak Cliff that the paper wants moved,... More >>

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  Locked Out of LTV Tower Redo, Developer Sends City Council a Very Pointed Letter Today

  published May 07, 2010

  Curtis Lockey and Craig MacKenzie, erstwhile developers of the LTV Tower 1600 Pacific Building and subjects of my column in the current edition of the paper, have sent to Dallas City Council members a... More >>

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  Contractor Responsible for New Dallas Black Dance Theatre HQ Sues For Defamation

  published May 05, 2010

  The contractor on the new headquarters of Dallas Black Dance Theatre is suing DBDT founder and artistic director Ann Williams and her daughter for 10 million bucks for "tortious interference" (messing... More >>

• City Hall's Desire For A Fancy Downtown (Without Too Many Poor People) Costs Developers $30 Million

  published May 6, 2010

  Don Hill, the Dallas City Council member recently sent to federal prison for 18 years for bribery and corruption, didn't use a baseball bat on... More >>

• Why, There's History in Them Thar Trinity River Scrap Metal Yards!

  published May 04, 2010

  Wow. Amazing discovery! I, Jim Schutze, have discovered how to resolve the whole battle over scrap metal yards and rendering plants in Oak Cliff near Cadillac heights. I have the answer! For the last ... More >>

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  Wade Emmert Counting on Dissatisfaction With Both Parties to Land Him in County Judge's Seat

  published May 03, 2010

  Just came back from an interesting chat with Wade Emmert, the 40-year-old lawyer who is the Republican candidate for Dallas County Judge in the November election. I asked him how a Republican can win ... More >>