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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2010 Stories by Jim Schutze

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  FEATURED STORY

  For Now, Civic and Military Leader Hugh Robinson Will Not Rest in Peace

  published Mar 17, 2010

  Unfair Park reported yesterday that things might get uglier in the death and burial of the late Gen. Hugh Robinson, a leader in local Dallas business and civic affairs also prominent in national polit... More >>

• Dallas May Get Soaked by Soaring Insurance Premiums if the City Keeps Dawdling on Fixing the Levees

  published March 18, 2010

  Seven hundred percent. That's the magic number. In a mile-deep swath running from downtown Dallas six miles west to the Walton Walker... More >>

• A Family Feud Over the Life and Legacy of the Late, Great Hugh Robinson

  published Mar 16, 2010

  Dueling obits -- always a bad sign. This time the dark cloud of family unrest gathers over the death of Hugh Robinson (or Hughes, depending on which obit you read).The first obituary, which ran March ... More >>

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  City Hall Wants Lobbyists to Report All Meetings. To Whomr Dunno. Stop Asking.

  published Mar 15, 2010

  We always knew you can't beat City Hall. Now it looks like you can't even meet City Hall. As of April 1, people or institutions deemed to be lobbyists at City Hall will be required to go online and re... More >>

• What in the Wide World of Sports Does a HUD Secretary Know About Levee Safetyr

  published Mar 12, 2010

  Unintentionally hilarious item in The Dallas Morning News today: "Council's Frustration Spills Over," by Rudy Bush on the Metro front, in which council member par excellence Ron Natinsky asks a deputy... More >>

• Why Is It, All of the Sudden, That Today's Starting to Feel Like 2007 All Over Againr

  published Mar 10, 2010

  Doing some Trinity River research this week, I came across an item posted on Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert's Web page talking about how the outcome of the 2007 toll road election was a real kick in city co... More >>

• The News Finally Tells the Truth on the Toll Road, But Where's the Gotcha?

  published March 11, 2010

  Toll-you-so. Sometimes The Dallas Morning News does things so right, Buzz worries they might actually restore their credibility.... More >>

• Don Hill, After a Lengthy Trial, a Guilty Verdict and an 18-Year Sentence, Still Doesn't Get It. Wonder Why?

  published March 11, 2010

  Years ago an editor at another newspaper who thought I was worrying a story to death told me, "The French have a saying that to understand... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Seriously, Jim's Live-Blogging the Community Gardens Council Briefing

  published Mar 08, 2010

  I am here at the Big House, totally motivated, ready to blog the living hell out of today's Dallas city council briefing on community gardens. A mob has gathered of approximately 11 community garden p... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: Yet Again, The Dallas News Rewrites the History of Trinity River Toll Road

  published Mar 08, 2010

  Sometimes The Dallas Morning News does so many things so right I begin to worry. Tanya Eiserer's work on how the Dallas Police Department faked the city's crime reports so Dallas would no longer be th... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  You Better, You Betz: DART Can't Keep Old Man River Down For Long

  published Mar 05, 2010

  Listen up, Dallas Area Rapid Transit! My man, Roscoe Betz, is still comin'. And some day he is gonna get you. This week Betz won again. I first wrote about Mr. Betz in June 2008, when he sued DART in ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  What, Him Worryr Neumann's Using City Dough to Fast Track a Dead Toll Road.

  published Mar 04, 2010

  I just want to make sure we all understand the roll of the dice here.City council member Dave Neumann of Oak Cliff wants us taxpayers of Dallas to front about $1.4 million to the federal government in... More >>

• Wherein Jim Makes This Admission: He Really, Really, Really Misses Rod Dreher

  published Mar 03, 2010

  Never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I guess I regret not having Rod Dreher to kick around any more. When our own self-styled (and always stylish) "crunchy con" departed from the editorial page... More >>

• Not Easy Being Greenville: The Neighborhood Isn't As Bad As Some Think, But Can New Zoning Rules Make It Better?

  published March 4, 2010

  Recently when I spent time over in North Oak Cliff talking to people for a story about what North Oak Cliff wants, the most consistent theme... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Plugged In at the Earle Cabell, Awaiting Sentencing in City Hall Corruption Case

  published Feb 26, 2010

  Well, we'll see what happens today here at the federal courthouse, where we await the first round of sentencings in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial. I am upstairs from the courtroom in the "over... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Greenville Avenue Merchants' New Site More Upbeat Than You-Know-Who's

  published Feb 25, 2010

  Good news about Greenville Avenue is not always easy to come by, but you will find a steady supply at a new site called Red on Greenville. Sponsored by Greenville Avenue merchants as a way to countera... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Oak Cliff Becomes Cool Embracing What Other Parts Of Dallas Have Fought: Builders, Bikes And Immigrants

  published February 25, 2010

  Can an entire city reverse field? From World War II until now, the beckoning horizon in Dallas has been the cool, air-conditioned... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  U.S. Supreme Court Drowns City of Dallas's Hopes for Taking Water From Neches River

  published Feb 22, 2010

  The U.S. Supreme Court today has ruled against the city of Dallas in its lawsuit over the proposed Neches River Reservoir -- an 11th hour reprieve for the state's last wild river. It's a two-word rul... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Trolley Issue Shifts Political Paradigm to North Oak Cliff; How Will City Hall Reactr

  published Feb 19, 2010

  It will be really interesting to see how city staff handles this week's stunning announcement of a $23 million federal grant to fund a trolley connecting downtown with North Oak Cliff. This is not at ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Sorry, Dallas City Hall, But Oak Cliff Doesn't Need Your Permission to Get Stuff Done

  published Feb 18, 2010

  Can't let this pass without pointing something out. Two stunning stories that have come down the pike in the past 24 hours -- the awarding of a major federal grant for trolley in Oak Cliff and the suc... More >>

• Clearly, Snow Big Fan of Trinity River Project

  published Feb 12, 2010

  Trying to get to my post at Unfair Park. Big weather issues here. See photo. Huge branch the size of the Sears Tower fell on wife's car. Worse: I had inadvertently left money bag containing $1 million... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Hey, John Wiley, Give a Dog a Bone, Willyar

  published Feb 10, 2010

  Doesn't it seem like only yesterday that Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price was telling everybody that County Judge Jim Foster was wackyr Now who wears the wacko jacket every week at commissi... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Cortes to Deputies: "Me Going Down and Eating Bologna Sandwiches Doesn't Scare Me."

  published Feb 04, 2010

  Unfair Park has waited all day for a response from Larry Friedman, one of several lawyers representing embattled Dallas County Constable Jaime Cortes, concerning a digital sound recording somebody mad... More >>

• We Need a Boatload of Money for the Trinity, and It Ain't Coming from Washington

  published February 4, 2010

  We're screwed: Interesting story inside The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday about cuts in the federal budget for the Dallas... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  That Makes Two Administrations in a Row Not Fond of Funding the Trinity River Project

  published Feb 02, 2010

  Interesting story inside The Dallas Morning News today about cuts in the federal budget for the Dallas Trinity River levee project. I'm not saying The News story is any kind of propaganda. Just saying... More >>