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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2011 Stories by Jim Schutze

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  FEATURED STORY

  If Flow Control Doesn't Work, Expect Mary Suhm to Search for Loose Change in Your Couch

  published Sep 29, 2011

  Too bad everybody can't come downtown and hang out in the lobby outside the city council chamber every other Wednesday, because that's pretty much the only way to understand what the hell's going on. ... More >>

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  M.I.A.: Angela Hunt Goes With the Flow, and Jim Schutze Vows a Rescue

  published Sep 28, 2011

  Angela, I was there. I saw everything. I know what they're doing. I am on my way. One way or another, I will get there, and I will exert myself and do whatever it takes to rescue your husband, even if... More >>

• Lowering the Bars

  published September 29, 2011

  Property owners on Lower Greenville got snookered. They agreed last year to new regulations governing late-night hours for bars. They didn't... More >>

• Perry Speaks, and The Money Gets Nervous

  published Sep 27, 2011

  It's not just that Rick Perry screwed up in a debate. He is asking supporters to invest millions of dollars in his campaign. When savvy big donors have their phones in their hands about to send the mo... More >>

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  Wild Time: Steps Begin to Protect the Neches River Before Dam-Thirsty North Texas Kills It

  published Sep 26, 2011

  How would you like to have a federally designated wild and scenic river within a 90-minute drive from Dallasr That could be kind of a life-changer for a lot of us. We wouldn't have to be satisfied wit... More >>

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  Instead of Avoiding Lawsuits, ESD Should Work On, You Know, Not Sleeping With Students

  published Sep 23, 2011

  In the wake of a multimillion-dollar civil jury award to the family of a girl who testified she was seduced at age 16 by a 34-year-old male teacher, we learn that the Episcopal School of Dallas has al... More >>

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  Transportation News is Bad, But the Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Straws in the wind: 1) Rick Perry, toll czar of Texas, still pushing private highways; 2) DART a dismal failure; 3) North Texas Tollway Authority still run by the good old boys. This could all be goo... More >>

• It's About Time We Pay College Athletes and Get Them Off the NCAA's Plantation

  published Sep 21, 2011

  Texas schools earn a couple of mentions in Taylor Branch's explosive article "The Shame of College Sports" in the current Atlantic Monthly. Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-wining civil rights movement hi... More >>

• Making Black Voters Disappear

  published September 22, 2011

  Think of the Dallas City Council Redistricting Commission as Sunday school, where everything is done by the book. Right next door you have this... More >>

• A River Runs Through It: Tracking the Path of Water Through Dallas Neighborhoods

  published Sep 20, 2011

  How long has it been since we heard rain on the roof like Sunday night's downpour -- blowing, battering, crashing off the eavesr I stared out the kitchen window and wondered where the water went after... More >>

• Before He Sipped the Tea, Rick Perry Had a Much Different Take on Voting

  published Sep 19, 2011

  The old Rick Perry -- back before he discovered the Tea Party -- would have swept into Dallas on a white horse shootin' his Ruger and kickin' up dust to defend the embattled Medrano family, accused of... More >>

• In the Medrano Vote Fraud Case, Let's Not Tie the Noose Just Yet

  published Sep 16, 2011

  OK, I do understand that we're all primed now to string up the entire Medrano family for a massive vote fraud conspiracy bordering on terrorism, communism and cannibalism. All I want to do is toss out... More >>

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  Tag, We're It: Ben Eine, Renowned Graffiti Artist, Leaves His Mark on Dallas Today

  published Sep 15, 2011

  Ben Eine, the international street-art star and former graffiti fugitive, was out on Fort Worth Avenue this afternoon painting a mammoth graffiti-style mural based on his tag -- EYN -- on the side of ... More >>

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  Pull the Covers Over Your Head If You Like, But Rick Perry's Not Going Away

  published Sep 07, 2011

  I've been on Rick Perry Watch for several weeks, working on a feature story about him. I think I'm going to be able to break the news that he's serious about running for president. Just kidding. I'll... More >>

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  Go, Local College Sports Team! (Um, Doesn't Mayor Mike Have Anything Better to Dor)

  published Sep 06, 2011

  I was waiting for Dallas's new mayor, Mike Rawlings, to tell us what he has decided about building a new expressway out between the flood control levees along the Trinity River -- where it floods -- b... More >>

• Insuring the Insurers: What Something Called "Faktor K" Could Mean for Big D

  published Sep 05, 2011

  Writer and radio journalist Julia Barton, a regular reader of Unfair Park, tipped me today to a really fascinating piece published September 1 by BusinessWeek, called "The God Clause and the Reinsuran... More >>

• Kids, Trust No One. My Work Is Done Here.

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Oh, wouldn't you know I'd wind up agreeing with my opponentr You know what's wrong with mer I am just too damn much of a sweetheart, that's my problem. Too nice, too smart, too good-lookin'. I've got ... More >>

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  Deep Thoughts on the Price Probe: Did Southern Dallas Back the Wrong Horser

  published Sep 01, 2011

  I was out running traps this morning on the ongoing FBI Dallas political corruption investigation, and guess whose path I crossedr My own. A lawyer I called said my call was fortuitous because he happ... More >>

• There's Something Rotten in the Dallas Fed Chief's Parroting of Perry's Positions

  published Aug 31, 2011

  When Rick Perry takes a shot at Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, you can kind of imagine him twirling that laser-sighted .380 Ruger coyote-killer of his on an index finger. When Richard Fisher d... More >>

• Mayor Mike Rawlings, the Promise Keeper

  published September 1, 2011

  I was of little faith. I freely admit that. See, I thought Mike Rawlings, Dallas' new mayor, was bailing on us. But he said no. We... More >>

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  Affirmative Action: Once a Great Notion, Now a Tool of Corruption

  published Aug 30, 2011

  The idea of formal rules for the economic treatment of minorities originally had to do with employment, starting in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy with Executive Order 10925. The idea was real... More >>

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  Dead Road Walking: How City Staff Keeps Pumping New Blood into the Trinity Toll Road

  published Aug 29, 2011

  Even D Magazine, which for years operated as a kind of billboard for the Trinity River toll road project, has given up on it. The Dallas Morning News has admitted it got conned. But the thing doesn'... More >>

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  FEMA's Maps More Evidence of City Hall Fiddling While Flood Threat Rises

  published Aug 26, 2011

  Get your rubber boots out and put a clothespin on your nose. Large numbers of chickens will be coming home to roost in Dallas in the weeks ahead, as homeowners in Dallas come to grips with the Federal... More >>

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  The Tipping Point: City of Dallas Plays Unfairly in Competition Over Trash Dumping

  published Aug 25, 2011

  When Dallas City Hall decides to compete with you in your business, watch out, because they don't really have to compete. They just pass laws. The controversy over so-called "flow control" is a great ... More >>

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  Mayor Rawlings Reiterates Promise on Ethics Reform. Sure. I Believe Him. Sorta. I Guess.

  published Aug 24, 2011

  I was of little faith. I freely admit. I thought Mike Rawlings was bailing on us. But he said no. We spoke yesterday, shortly before he released his list of council committee appointments, and our new... More >>