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2012 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

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  DA Craig Watkins Tells AP He Wants Texas to Take a Long, Hard Look at the Death Penalty

  published Feb 23, 2012

  As Leslie noted yesterday, in her piece about Judge Andy Chatham finally, officially declaring Richard Miles innocent two years after he was let out of prison, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Wa... More >>

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  City Hall: The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Won't Be Drivable Till March 29 Now. Or Close To.

  published Feb 23, 2012

  That item below -- the one that says the Texas Department of Transportation is still hoping to open the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge to vehicular traffic on March 5, immediately following the Trinity Tru... More >>

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  The U.S. Postal Service Has Decided to Shutter Dallas's Main Processing Center After All

  published Feb 23, 2012

  We've known for months that the United State Post Office might shutter the Dallas Processing and Distribution Center on IH30; the USPS has been talking about doing it since, oh, 2009, for that matter.... More >>

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  Jeffress Has Faith in Santorum Because "He's Not Some Nutjob Out There on the Fringe"

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Like I said yesterday, Rick Santorum's in town today raising money for his campaign. This morning it was coffee at a country club -- Royal Oaks, to be specific, on Greenville Ave., where cups were fil... More >>

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  What Some Locals Want in a "Complete Street." (Hint: More Lights, Trees and Buried Utilities.)

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Speaking of "complete streets" ...For many months now City Hall's been trying to wrap its head around the Complete Streets concept in the hopes of finishing up a street-design manual and implementatio... More >>

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  TxDOT Says Despite Recent Rains, They're Still Hoping to Open the Calatrava to Cars March 5

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Speaking of putting cars on bridges over the Trinity River, or not ...Couldn't quite tell from last night's Channel 8 piece if the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge will indeed be open to vehicular traffic fo... More >>

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  On April 14 You Won't Be Able to Drive on the Houston Street Viaduct. But Cycler Sure Thing.

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Last March council members Delia Jasso and Pauline Medrano joined Dallas Bike Coordinator Max Kalhammer and others for a bike ride through Seville, Spain, with Jasso sending word that the locals were ... More >>

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  Three Years Later, Billy Reid Brings the Warehouse Sale Back to Deep Ellum. Like, Now.

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Three long years ago the frugally fashionable bid farewell to the Billy Reid corporate offices on Canton, which adiosed to Alabama with one last warehouse-purging sale offering Best-of-Dallas-winning ... More >>

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  Tomorrow, the Museum of the American Railroad Begins Rolling Some Pieces to Frisco

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Couple of months back we noticed that the Museum of the American Railroad hadn't pulled out of Fair Park as planned -- or as stipulated by its agreement with the city of Dallas following the resolutio... More >>

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  Another Texas Icon's Caught Between Dublin Bottling Works, Plano-Based Dr Pepper: Big Red

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Ever since Jack Perkins got his Dublin Bottling Works soda fountain at Maple & Motor, well, let's say I've had way too many cane-sugar soft drinks in recent weeks. (May I recommend mixing the Tart... More >>

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  Speak of the Devil: Santorum's Coming to Town as Jeffress Joins O'Reilly to Talk "Satan" Speech

  published Feb 22, 2012

  Says here Rick Santorum's coming back to town tomorrow for a fundraiser on behalf of his Red, White and Blue Fund super PAC, which declined to nail down the Dallas date; it also doesn't appear on his ... More >>

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  During Debate Over Supportive Housing Near Farmers Market, Suhm Reveals City Will Seek Private Operator For Market Within 10 Days

  published Feb 22, 2012

  For the last two days my inbox has been flooded -- flooded -- with emails from residents and property owners around the downtown farmers market, each one of which more or less says the same thing: Tho... More >>

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  Ending "Political Catfight," Council Votes to Help Uplift Sell Cheaper Bonds For Expansion

  published Feb 22, 2012

  The Dallas City Council council didn't waste much time getting 'round to the most eagerly awaited showdown of the day: Item No. 53 on its agenda, which creates that nonprofit that would allow Uplift E... More >>

• Dallas-Based Hotels.com Says It'll Match Any Rate For Any Room. Lawsuit Says: No It Won't.

  published Feb 22, 2012

  North Central Expressway-based Hotels.com promises, right here, that if you book a room through its website and then find "a lower publicly available rate online for the same dates, hotel, and room ca... More >>

• Dallas PD Asks: Do You Know The Gunman Who's Been Holding Up 7-Elevens This Weekr

  published Feb 21, 2012

  The video you see above was taken in the wee small hours of Saturday morning at the 7-Eleven located at 5123 W. Lovers Lane, just off Inwood -- you know, the one next to Neighborhood Services, which, ... More >>

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  It'll Take Until Fall 2013 to Create "Culture of Ethics" at City Hall. First, Call the Consultants.

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Yesterday we took a sneak peek at City Auditor Craig Kinton's audit that reveals the city's code of ethics comes up awful short. As in, for starters: It doesn't explicitly offer whistle-blowers protec... More >>

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  Watch as Jason Roberts Spreads the Gospel of Building a Better Block on the OU Campus

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Whilst browsing through the YouTube moments ago I stumbled across the video you see above, which was just posted by the TEDx'ers: Jason Roberts on the OU campus talking, at times breathlessly, about h... More >>

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  Vonciel Jones Hill Asks Fellow Council Members to "Catch the Vision" of Texas Horse Park

  published Feb 21, 2012

  The "piece of dirt," per Vonciel Jones Hill, where some on the council hope the Texas Horse Park will roam sooner than laterrIn the end, the council's Economic Development Committee didn't want to ta... More >>

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  Last Night on The Voice, Anthony Evans Moved From Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship to Team Xtina

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Might as well put my faithful Voice viewing to good use, though no doubt in coming weeks Audra will follow Anthony Evans's reality-TV travails over on DC9 at Night. But even before the Marvin Gaye-co... More >>

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  DART Working With "Reasonable, Affordable" Number of Police, Fare Enforcement Officers

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Last night, on WFAA, Byron Harris reported: "DART says it doesn't have enough police to put an officer on every train, but it is trying to place uniformed officers on platforms, where they can be seen... More >>

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  For Sale: "Most Complete, Correct Map Ever Compiled and Drawn" of Dallas. From 1882.

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Back in October 2010 Schutze and I really did spend a good half hour poring over The Official Map of Dallas from 1875, which Heritage Auctions never did did sell off; guess the $1,500 asking price was... More >>

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  Homes for the Homeless: MDHA's Plan to End Chronic Homelessness in Dallas By 2015

  published Feb 20, 2012

  One of the more intriguing council briefings tomorrow will be given by an old friend of Mayor Mike Rawlings: Mike Faenza, president and CEO of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance. The title of his Powe... More >>

• City Staff Won't Recommend Low Income Housing Tax Credits If Project Doesn't Fit Mayor Rawlings's Plan to Grow Southern Dallas

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Earlier this month the city council's Housing Committee was told during this briefing the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs doesn't have much coin to spare this year when it comes to... More >>

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  Having Lost Its La Vista Home, Paperbacks Plus Makes a Move to, Where Else, Oak Cliff

  published Feb 20, 2012

  I haven't been to Paperback Plus's La Vista location in about, oh, two months or so, when I picked up a copy of Schutze's book ... for Schutze, who collects such things. But a Friend of Unfair Park sa... More >>

• A Strange Derek Holland Photo I Would Frame

  published Feb 20, 2012

  Whilst awaiting some return calls on this slow Presidents Day I was flipping through Mike Brooks's two TicketStock slideshows, taken over the weekend at the Irving Convention Center. Toward the end of... More >>