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9:45 am
Feb. 8, 2012
LGBT Leaders Ask Council to Help Mayor Rawlings Sign That Same-Sex Marriage Pledge
By Robert Wilonsky
Daniel CatesThe leadership of the Thomas Jefferson High School student council (sniff), guests of Ann Margolin at this morning's meeting of the Dallas City Council, got quite the treat this morning: a parade of public speakers once again thoughtfully, kindly... More >>

Unfair Park

8:25 am
Feb. 8, 2012
After Yesterday's Shooting at DART Station, Caraway Wants Agency To Do "Something"
By Robert Wilonsky
One month ago Dallas Area Rapid Transit released its 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey, with nine out of 10 riders insisting they would recommend DART to others. But Pages 19 and 20 of the 23-page report are filled with concerns over... More >>

Unfair Park

5:43 pm
Feb. 7, 2012
Before Council Votes to Help Uplift Sell Bonds, More Questions, Answers and Concerns
By Robert Wilonsky
Earlier today Rudy posted an explainer to the City Hall blog about those so-called "conduit bonds" Uplift Education hopes to sell with City Hall's backing. But long story short, per a Los Angeles Times piece last year, they "allow private... More >>

Unfair Park

4:07 pm
Feb. 7, 2012
DISD Says It's Not Sitting on Federal Funds. It's Actually Trying to Keep From Wasting Them.
By Robert Wilonsky
We started this morning by noting Brett Shipp's piece from last night suggesting the Texas Education Agency is threatening to withhold Dallas ISD from close to $80 million in federal funds birthed by No Child Left Behind. The reason, says... More >>

Unfair Park

3:13 pm
Feb. 7, 2012
A MoveOn Petition, And a Really Tiny Protest, Outside Komen's LBJ Headquarters Today
By Anna Merlan
Photo by Anna MerlanIt probably hasn't escaped the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's notice that an awful lot of people are very, very unhappy with the organization lately. Just to drive the point home a little further, reps... More >>

Unfair Park

1:54 pm
Feb. 7, 2012
Comerica Donates $15,000 Worth of E-Books and Readers, Setting a Trend, Rawlings Hopes
By Leslie Minora
Photo by Leslie MinoraMayor Rawlings holds one of 30 new e-book readers donated by Comerica Bank. With its budget shrinking and shrinking over the past several years, the Dallas library system has an acute need for a Daddy Warbucks. Several,... More >>

Unfair Park

1:10 pm
Feb. 7, 2012
Do You Like Websites? Because the City's Parks Page Is Terrrrrible And Needs a Do-Over.
By Robert Wilonsky
The city's main website is OK, though every time I visit it -- which is way too often -- I do wonder when City Hall's going to begin planting those Seeds of Change it's been promising since December. But the... More >>

Unfair Park

12:11 pm
Feb. 7, 2012
Why Does Karl Rove Hate America So Much?
By Jim Schutze
Oh, boy. Another chance to say something good about Detroit. Nothing gets a bigger rise out of a certain element among you loyal Lawners than when I utter anything even faintly complimentary about my hometown. For reasons I may never... More >>

Unfair Park

11:28 am
Feb. 7, 2012
To Promote New Play About '66 Cowboys and Sportswriters, Mike Shropshire Tells All
By Robert Wilonsky
Via.As I've noted a few times, Mike Shropshire's Seasons in Hell, about the "worst team in baseball history" (the '73-'75 Texas Rangers), is my favorite sports book; probably has something to do with being raised on the '73-'75 Texas Rangers.... More >>

Unfair Park

10:00 am
Feb. 7, 2012
Hours Before Protest Planned in Front of Susan G. Komen HQ on LBJ, Karen Handel Resigns
By Robert Wilonsky
Karen HandelFor days now Nancy Brinker has said, over and over, that Karen Handel -- the one-time gubernatorial candidate from Georgia and Palin pal -- had nothing to do with Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut its... More >>

Unfair Park

9:18 am
Feb. 7, 2012
A Very Short Film About Erykah Badu's Very Short "Funeral Procession" Down Main Street
By Robert Wilonsky
When we joined, which is to say "stumbled," into Erykah Badu and the Rebirth Brass Band's 407-foot-long drive-n-dance down Main Street a few weeks ago, we noted the many cameras on hand to film the brief trek; word was, per... More >>

Unfair Park

8:20 am
Feb. 7, 2012
DISD Has Plans For Two Schools Left Behind. But What About the 29,349 Kids Also In Need?
By Robert Wilonsky
The Texas Education Agency released its federally mandated, No Child Left Behind-backed Adequate Yearly Progress report back in August, at which point it was revealed that the Dallas Independent School District missed the mark for the third consecutive year --... More >>

Unfair Park

5:45 pm
Feb. 6, 2012
The Race Is On to Save the 2012 Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade
By Joe Tone
Photo by Roderick PullumDo it for this lady. If you feel so inclined.About 34 seconds after we reported Friday evening that the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade was on life support, reader Julie C left the first of 93... More >>

Unfair Park

4:33 pm
Feb. 6, 2012
What's the Hurry? Why Does Council Have to Vote on Helping Uplift Sell Bonds This Week?
By Jim Schutze
The map of Uplift schools, present and future, as presented in this morning's briefing to the council's Economic Development CommitteeYou know the cell phones must have been burning all weekend when the first city council committee briefing of the week... More >>

Unfair Park

3:38 pm
Feb. 6, 2012
Ghost of "War on Christmas" Past Continues to Haunt Plano ISD as Judge Lets Case Live On
By Brantley Hargrove
This case has rattled through the halls of federal and appeals courts for eight years now -- the Ghost of War on Christmas Past, a moaning hydra who's been sliced, diced and now winnowed down to one remaining question on... More >>

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By ANNA MERLAN

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Who's Guarding the County's Guardians? Who's Guarding the County's Guardians?
By Jim Schutze

Let's check back in, shall we, on our county's "homeland security" program by which it is supposed to protect us from terrorist attack, massive flooding, tornado, pandemic, poison gas, things… More >>

The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax Returns The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax Returns
By Pete Kotz

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By GUS GARCIA-ROBERTS

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Bill Fisher is the Good Guy, So Why Are We Making Him Pay? Bill Fisher is the Good Guy, So Why Are We Making Him Pay?
By Jim Schutze

The worst thing that happens in this town, and it happens on a cyclical basis, is the official Scarlet Letter shunning of some person who did the right thing. It's… More >>

Who you calling wimp, gabacho? Who you calling wimp, gabacho?
By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: It's so sad to see your wimpy answers. Your replies scream self-hatred and self-shame for your raza. No plan or desire to fix Mexico's problems. You're a puto… More >>

Who'll Stop the Rain? Rick Perry's Pals, That's Who. Who'll Stop the Rain? Rick Perry's Pals, That's Who.
By Jim Schutze

Rick Perry wasn't able to seize private property and build a Spanish toll road four football fields wide from Mexico to Oklahoma. He's probably not going to get away with… More >>

Mexicans, Mormons and Mitt: More Alike Than You Think
By Gustavo Arellano

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