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

  "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 - Lone Star Awards, published November 20, 2008

  "What Chutzpah!"

• 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"

• 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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2011 Stories by Jim Schutze

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  FEATURED STORY

  All Hail John Wiley Price, the King of Dallas County, Ruler of All He Surveys

  published Feb 03, 2011

  I watched that video of Tuesday's Dallas County Commissioner's Court meeting -- the one about Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and the firing of elections administrator Bruce Sherbet -- and... More >>

• Dallas, despite being the Buckle of the Bible Belt, has a rich tradition of gambling, gangsters, boozing and naked ladies.

  published February 3, 2011

  All you people are here for the Super Bowl. I know what you're thinking. You call Dallas things like "the Buckle of the Bible Belt." Then you... More >>

• Does John Wiley Price have a hidden agenda for his political hit on Bruce Sherbet?

  published February 3, 2011

  Meet the new boss: In the '08 Obama/Clinton primary election, it was clear we had two Democratic Parties in Dallas County. We had the... More >>

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  Sherbet Is Out. Now Watch Who Gets Paid.

  published Feb 01, 2011

  In the '08 Obama/Clinton primary election, it was clear we had two Democratic Parties in Dallas County. We had the one that won that election -- the smart Obamacrats. And then we had the losers, the D... More >>

• Dallas Citizens Council will once again try to anoint our next mayor: There are good reasons to give a damn.

  published January 27, 2011

  Ever since Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert announced on January 17 that he won't run for re-election next May, people have been talking about who will... More >>

• Generalissimo Craig Watkins: Thin-Skinned, Perfect and Nuts

  published Jan 24, 2011

  On January 13, I wrote a column for the paper about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and how thin-skinned and paranoid he seems to be getting. Two days after my column came out Watkins i... More >>

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  More On the Rogers Situation: Because, Really, Is Anything More Importantr

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Great. Tell me you're sick of journalists talking about journalists. I was too. I was perfectly ready to drop L'Affaire Tim Rogers -- whether or not he used his clout as the editor of D Magazine to ge... More >>

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  Potemkin Village: Signs Urge Dallas to Keep the Homeless in its Heart. What Heartr

  published Jan 20, 2011

  As a community, we get horrible leadership from City Hall. Terrible. City Hall brings out the worst in us. On Monday, Building Community Workshop (called bcWORKSHOP), a housing advocacy group, began ... More >>

• D Magazine Editor Tim Rogers Should Have Taken The Schutze Short Course On How Not to Humiliate Yourself as a Journalist.

  published January 20, 2011

  Dear Baby Journalist: Grandpa Journalist sees that you are very perplexed about "L'Affaire Tim Rogers" and that you are struggling to... More >>

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  To Anyone Considering a Run for Dallas Mayor: What in the Hell is Wrong With Your

  published Jan 19, 2011

  The plot thickens. I told you here a couple days ago that Jeff Siegel at the Advocate had been pushing me to run for mayor. Now he has a very smart item up on the Advocate blog Backtalk in which he ho... More >>

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  You Don't Want Mayor Jimr Fine, I'm Going Home. (Just Not Down Henderson Avenue.)

  published Jan 18, 2011

  Hey, generally speaking, the response to my offer of yesterday to run for mayor was quite disappointing. I got 20 comments, almost none of which were positive about the possibility of my being the nex... More >>

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  Don't Get Fooled Again: Another Mayor Pothole From the Observerr Let's Do This, People.

  published Jan 17, 2011

  Jeff Siegel at the Advocate has nominated me for mayor, and, after long consideration and discussion with my family, I have accepted. I shall run, unlike our current mayor. If elected, I shall serve. ... More >>

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  What About Arthur and Archie, the Forgotten Victims In the Dwaine Caraway Disputer

  published Jan 14, 2011

  I guess everybody thinks the Dwaine and Barbara Caraway marital discord story is over, now that Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway has confessed he called the cops to his house because he was having ... More >>

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  How Dumb Do Governor Rick Perry and the Lege Think We Arer Well, We Elected Them.

  published Jan 13, 2011

  Oh, now it starts. Faced with a state budget deficit somewhere between $15 billion and $27 billion, Governor Rick Perry says the most important thing for the Legislature to do now is ban "sanctuary c... More >>

• Despite District Attorney Craig Watkins getting re-elected in 2010, he had a really bad year.

  published January 13, 2011

  Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is supposed to be a star—a big star. Four years ago after he was elected Dallas County's... More >>

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  The Schutze Card: Don't Leave Home Without It

  published Jan 12, 2011

  Two things. First, I would like for people to quit bitching about my photo. One guy wrote in that he found it "disturbing." Well, WTF, Einstein. It's not meant to be a sympathy card. Second: Another ... More >>

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  The Billion-Dollar Question: If Mayor Tom Leppert's Really About to Ditch, Whyr

  published Jan 11, 2011

  Gromer Jeffers is saying this afternoon it's "all but certain" Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert won't run for reelection in May, although he doesn't quite say how he's so certain. I certainly have been pickin... More >>

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  By Chasing Robert Groden from Dealey Plaza, City Hall Conspires to Make Dallas Look Asinine

  published Jan 11, 2011

  Let's not even get into the underlying issue of whether Robert Groden should be able to sell his books and magazines about the Kennedy assassination on Dealey Plaza downtown. Just for grins, let's put... More >>

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  What Do Rick Perry and Nigerian E-Mail Scammers Have in Commonr You.

  published Jan 10, 2011

  You know what the pigeon drop is, rightr Some scam artist convinces an old lady she can get $10,000 for free by withdrawing a mere $1,000 from her bank account. All she has to do is allow the scam art... More >>

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  The Big Uneasy: Super Bowl Fans Just Wanna Have Fun ... What, You Mean, Like, Herer

  published Jan 07, 2011

  The Dallas Morning News had another story in the paper yesterday reminding everybody how excited we need to be about Super Bowl XLV in Arlington a month from now. The more of this Super Bowl stuff I s... More >>

• Ron Natinsky is the Chosen One? What's Our Second Choice, Then?

  published January 6, 2011

  I don't like end-of-the-year round-up stories reminding me of all the stuff I've already forgotten over the year, because most of it was stuff... More >>