Email Author Robert Wilonsky

2011 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

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  DISD Is Pulling Its Zoning Request For Joe May, But Flores Still Hopes School Opens In 2013

  published Dec 27, 2011

  3700 Ross remains closed for another week, but I did just talk to Dallas Independent School District trustee Edwin Flores about something I mentioned last week: DISD's decision to yank from the City P... More >>

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  City Attorney's Filings Defend Lower Greenville Ordinance Requiring Late-Hours Permits

  published Dec 27, 2011

  This year began with the Dallas City Council passing that ordinance that requires all Lower Greenville businesses to get specific use permits if they want to keep their doors open past midnight. This ... More >>

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  God Hates Bowl Gamesr Westboro Baptist Will Ring in the New Year With Visit to Dallas.

  published Dec 27, 2011

  In a New York Times piece this morning, Penn State's interim head coach Tom Bradley acknowledges: Many of the Lions wanted to skip their trip to Dallas on January 2, when Penn State's scheduled to pla... More >>

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  For Your Boxing Day Listening Pleasure: When Nick Lowe Opened For Wilco (Last Month!)

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Yet again, I've been told the office is closed today, which explains why it's dark and cold and empty; who knew. Anyway. I'm not big on year-in-reviews; you were there, rightr That said: Whilst perusi... More >>

• The Christmas Miracle at Yesterday's Mavs-Heat Season Opener: That Drunk, Angry Santa

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Our Mike Mezeul was at the AAC for yesterday's season opener, where not a highlight was to be found between the buzzers. His slide show from the interior decorating session can be found here; The Offi... More >>

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  Better Late Than Never, Tiger Darrow and Paul Slavens Kicked Out a Christmas Jam

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Several Friends of Unfair Park have already requested one song for next year's Christmas special on K-Ticket: Tiger Darrow and Paul Slavens's "Santa Claus is Coming," which, per the note affixed to th... More >>

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  Shannon Stone, Firefighter and Father and Rangers Fan: An American Life Recalled

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Yesterday, over breakfast, I lingered over the brief piece that appears on Page 44 of The New York Times Magazine: "A Day at the Ballpark." My 8-year-old son, a baseball fan and aspiring catcher, saw ... More >>

• The K-Ticket Christmas Eve Music Playlist, With a Few Leftovers For the Morning

  published Dec 25, 2011

  If I'm allowed on K-Ticket airwaves for a fourth annual Christmas dance party, I will ask management to carve space enough for a 17-hour set. The list of songs I wanted to play but didn't is much long... More >>

• Request Lines Are Now Open For the Christmas Eve Holiday Music Spectacular on The Ticket

  published Dec 23, 2011

  I've just been informed the office is closed, which would explain why there's nobody here -- I just thought all the new kids got scared off by Hot Fudge Fridays.It's just as well. I've spent the bette... More >>

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  It Would Appear My Neighborhood 7-Eleven Is Popular With Cigarette, Lotto Ticket Thieves

  published Dec 23, 2011

  This morning, the Dallas Police Department sent word: It's looking for two men who, over the course of the past few weeks, have been hitting the 7-Eleven at Walnut Hill and Marsh. There are videos, of... More >>

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  In the Midst of Wrapping Starck Club Doc, Cain and McKinnon Fit in Stanley Marcus Film

  published Dec 23, 2011

  Michael Cain says he's this close to wrapping his long-in-the-works Starck Club documentary -- by February, fingers crossed. Just last night, the founder of the Deep Ellum-turned-AFI-turned-Dallas Int... More >>

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  To Her To-Do List, Add This: Judge Says Kathy Nealy Owes AAC Parent 'Round $200,000

  published Dec 23, 2011

  Speaking of the company that operates the American Airlines Center ...While going through some federal courthouse docs this morning, which is how everyone should spend the day before the day before Ch... More >>

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  For Your Hanukkah Listening Pleasure: Richard Thompson Turns the Tide at Poor David's in '91

  published Dec 22, 2011

  That crazy website I stumbled across at the end of last week, the one that turned up those Zevon shows from '93, is proving to be quite the treasure trove; and just when I was about to ditch this feat... More >>

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  TicketCity Bowl Execs Acknowledge: Sure, They Won't Sell Out Cotton Bowl. But They'll Do OK.

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Saw a piece in the Penn State paper this morning about how sales for the TicketCity Bowl in the Cotton Bowl are "struggling," at least when it comes to dispensing with Penn State's allotment of 6,000 ... More >>

• Park and Rec Posts New Pics of That Katy Trail Extension (The New Northaven Trail Too)

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Not sure I knew there was going to be a "Northaven Trail" till I drove past the under-construction path beneath the power lines on St. Michaels a few weeks ago. Very nice. Need proofr The City of Dall... More >>

• Almost Three Years After FBI Raided Downtown ISP, Its CEO Is Found Guilty of Conspiracy

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Way back in April 2009, you may recall, FBI agents raided Core IP Networks, an enormous Internet service provider HQ'd out of 2323 Bryan Street downtown. It made national news, in part because the fed... More >>

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  Former Rangers Prez Mike Stone Talks About Helping to Save the Fort Worth Cats

  published Dec 22, 2011

  Longtime Friends of Unfair Park will recall: In early 2009, United League Baseball co-founders John Bryant (yes, that John Bryant) and Byron Pierce said that come time for first pitch 2010, they would... More >>

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  How Much Does Perot Dislike Cubanr Enough to Try to Take Away Mavs, Stars Fans' Parking.

  published Dec 22, 2011

  It's become very clear in recent days that Ross Perot Jr. isn't about to walk away from his feud with Mark Cuban. On December 2, his attorneys notified the Fifth Court of Appeals that he intends to fi... More >>

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  This Year's Unfair Park Auction: The Ultimate GIft Package From the Texas Theatre

  published Dec 22, 2011

  We began this holiday tradition three years ago: auctioning off a hard-to-get-hold-of local trinket, with every last cent made going toward the North Texas Food Bank. This year's offering is a particu... More >>

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  City's Response to Flow Control Lawsuit: It's Our Landfill, And We'll Do What We Want

  published Dec 22, 2011

  On the first day of Hanukkah (that is to say, Tuesday) my city gave to me its response to the federally filed lawsuit in which the National Solid Wastes Management Association insists the city's new o... More >>

• Just Remember, Tom Leppert Isn't a Politician

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Janet Mefferd hosts a radio show on The Word, which sits at 100.7 on your FM dial. Per her program's description, she "takes a Christ-centered look at the news and events of the day," and on this day ... More >>

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  Pizza Hut Pulls Its Slice Out of Pizza Hut Park

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Speaking of local sports venues ...A Friend of Unfair Park sends this dispatch concerning FC Dallas's Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, which will no longer be called Pizza Hut Park. Leigh Anne Gullett, direc... More >>

• The Best Thing About Having a Kardashian in Town: People Now Know Where City Hall Is

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Were this a normal Wednesday, we'd be a couple of hours into a thrilling city council meeting, at which there'd be, oh, 20 or 30 people in the audience, a few just to get warm. But as we noted yesterd... More >>

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  City Sends Word That the Justice Department Doesn't Object to Its Redistricting Plan

  published Dec 21, 2011

  It's possible we're not yet done with issues concerning the city of Dallas's new council-districts map. Lawsuits, after all, have been threatened by Hispanic leaders demanding five majority Latino dis... More >>

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  Yet Again, The Question Is Asked: Is This the End of Fort Worth Cats' LaGrave Fieldr

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Speaking of the Texas League, or, at least, teams once affiliated with the mighty Texas League ...The Star-Telegram notes today that come January 3, LaGrave Field and the land around the Fort Worth Ca... More >>