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2012 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

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  Dallas News Publisher Moroney's Memo on Exit of John McKeon, The Man Behind Briefing

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Yesterday we got word that John McKeon, the president and general manager of The Dallas Morning News since October 2007, was leaving, which publisher Jim Moroney confirmed via email. At which point a ... More >>

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  Earthquake Hits North Dallas! Well, Sure.

  published Jan 06, 2012

  A Friend of Unfair Park dispatches this report from the U.S. Geological Survey: My near-neck of Northwest Dallas had itself a teensy-tiny earthquake in the wee small hours of the morning -- at 12:11:4... More >>

• From the Archives: A Great Old Photo of Gale Hess and Cafe Noir, Along With a Soundtrack

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Many have asked since yesterday if there will be a memorial of some kind for Gale Hess. Today I was told: No, not yet. There will be a small service for family and close friends, and there may be some... More >>

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  Grand Prairie ISD Would Like My DISD Student to Enroll There. Everyone Else Also Welcome.

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Saw this when I got home last night -- an invite to attend a Grand Prairie Independent School District open house  January 21 at the South Grand Prairie High School Coliseum. The postcard thinks ... More >>

• Will It Ever Get Really Cold in Dallas This Winterr Well, As a Matter of Fact ... Mayber

  published Jan 05, 2012

  A few days back the great Alan Melson, KERA's director of interactive, directed his Facebook friends to a great weather-geek (said with all due respect) site where folks are currently having a great d... More >>

• It Ain't Easy Judging Photos of the Trinity River

  published Jan 05, 2012

  When I directed your attention to those pretty pictures filling City Hall's 2012 calendar yesterday, I forgot to note: Those are the latest top-prize-getters in the third annual Trinity River Corridor... More >>

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  Before Council Votes on Making South Dallas Building a Landmark, Read About Its Past

  published Jan 05, 2012

  In June 2010 we told you the remarkable tale of a rather unremarkable-looking building that stands at 4526 Leland Avenue, near the intersection of Hatcher Street and S. Central Expressway in South Dal... More >>

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  Survey Says American, Southwest Are the Top Two Carriers When It Comes to Losing Bags

  published Jan 05, 2012

  A Friend of Unfair Park passes along The Wall Street Journal's latest look-see at how well the big carriers handle passengers and their luggage, and per the annual Middle Seat survey the two locally b... More >>

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  Charging Up City Hall: They're Plugging in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations All Over

  published Jan 05, 2012

  A couple of months back we noted that as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's $115-million EV Project, which will spend a few years analyzing if and how much folks actually charge their rides, San ... More >>

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  Feds' Complaint Adds More Screenplay Details Leading to "Handsome Guy" Bandit's Arrest

  published Jan 05, 2012

  On Tuesday Mike Byrd provided us with his high-speed, first-hand account of how, along a rural stretch of Mississippi highway, the sheriff there used his .40-cal Sig Sauer to shoot out the tire of a f... More >>

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  Dallas Federal Grand Jury Indicts Sam Hurd, Co-Conspirator For Cocaine Distribution

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Seems like only three weeks ago Sam Hurd was just another former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys who was on his road to journeyman status, which, in his case, ran through Soldier Field. Then it w... More >>

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  To the Inventory of "Art" Pavilions Filling City Parks, Add Another (Well, Almost, Anyway)

  published Jan 04, 2012

  For the last several months we've watched construction crews buzzing up and down the scaffolding erected in Webb Chapel Park, on Cromwell between Royal and Marsh. We knew what was coming: the latest "... More >>

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  Suhm: Bond Package Is "Absolutely Critical Stuff." Some on Council Have Their Own Ideas.

  published Jan 04, 2012

  City Manager Mary Suhm reminded the council, again and again, by way of introduction: Today's presentation on the 2012 bond program is very, very, very, very preliminary. There will be many more meeti... More >>

• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year -- Time For Your New Dallas City Hall Calendar, That Is!

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Before the city council comes back from lunch-time recess for some Bond, 2012 Bond talk -- a belated Christmas miracle! -- allow me to direct you to City Hall's annual post-holiday gift: the 2012 cale... More >>

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  Fort Worth Avenue Development Group Rides In With Money For Bike Lanes City Can't Fund

  published Jan 04, 2012

  We ended the year by lamenting City Hall's inability to implement the new Bike Plan due to two speed bumps -- the need for public hearings and the lack of money. But we begin the new year with word th... More >>

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  Perry's Down, But, Apparently, Not Out

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Below we noted that after his dismal showing in Iowa last night, Governor Rick Perry went back to Austin to pray and fast -- so sad. But minutes ago he tweeted this magnificent photo, accompanied by t... More >>

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  Say Farewell to Cafe Noir's Gale Hess, Who Made Some Extraordinarily Beautiful Music

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Word began to spread late last night: Gale Hess, said friends, died two days ago. Cancer is to blame, say those who've been close in recent years. Gale was young -- young enough to have been first vio... More >>

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  Alan Govenar to Oversee, Curate "Museum of Street Culture" Planned for 508 Park Avenue

  published Jan 03, 2012

  We were reminded just last week: First Presbyterian Church plans not only to install a recording studio inside 508 Park Avenue, a nod to the building's storied history as one of only two spots where b... More >>

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  "When America Is On Its Knees": Some Jeffress, Perry Video Before the Iowa Caucus Results

  published Jan 03, 2012

  We're about four hours away from finding out who won those long, hard-fought caucuses in Iowa, which Rick Perry is trying like holy hell to win based on the newly minted video you'll find on the other... More >>

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  "Handsome Guy" Bandit's Arrest in Rural Mississippi As Hollywood as His Mask

  published Jan 03, 2012

  By now you're probably aware that the so-called "Handsome Guy" Bandit wanted in connection with close to a dozen bank robberies in and around Dallas is actually one Steven Milam, according to authorit... More >>

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  City Manager's Office to Tell Council: Expect 2012 Bond Program to Run 'Round $500 Million

  published Jan 03, 2012

  It was something we heard an awful lot from City Hall in 2011: We expect that to be funded in the 2012 bond program. City officials said it about the Elm Fork Soccer Complex, expanding the Cotton Bowl... More >>

• If You See Yu Darvish 'Round Town, Be Cool

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Reports out of Japan this morning had Yu Darvish visiting Arlington today -- why, they do not say. ESPN Dallas's Richard Durrett reports the pitcher and his pops and their peeps are here "to take a lo... More >>

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  Those Brand-New, Up-to-Date Maps of the Downtown Tunnels Are Ready For Unfolding

  published Jan 03, 2012

  I met Friend of Unfair Park Noah Jeppson for breakfast this morning and traded him a bagel for a stack of his maps to the downtown tunnels; I got the far better deal. Way back in June, you may recall,... More >>

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  Titanium Metals Shareholder Sues Harold Simmons Over His "Rampant Abuse of Power"

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Radioactive-waste-burying, Rick Perry-money-giving, Swift-Boating Harold Simmons begins his new year with a federal lawsuit brought by a shareholder in LBJ Freeway-HQ'd Titanium Metals Corporation, wh... More >>

• DPD Says It Arrested 31 Drunk Drivers Over the Long New Year's Holiday Weekend

  published Jan 02, 2012

  Channel 11 had a piece last night about the breastfeeding mom and the party of 12 greeted by a New Year's Eve stray bullet coming through their bedroom ceiling. That footnote, as you'll no doubt recal... More >>