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Subject: Al Lipscomb

  • Letters

    April 30, 1998
  • The plantation burns

    Al Lipscomb is on trial for bribery. The real charge is "traitor."

    January 20, 2000
  • Queeg's Revenge

    A strange case of stolen fruit costs one police employee her job. Now she's ready to sue.

    November 2, 2000
  • Clueless

    May 30, 1996
  • Blind-sided, again

    August 22, 1996
  • Buzz

    October 10, 1996
  • Year of the weasel

    January 16, 1997
  • Buzz

    April 24, 1997
  • Mr. Mayor, Meet Your Nightmare

    December 18, 1997
  • Look back in confusion

    January 7, 1999
  • Old times not forgotten

    February 25, 1999
  • Buzz

    March 11, 1999
  • Buzz

    March 18, 1999
  • When Al Lipscomb's the Voice of Reason About the Convention Center Hotel, We're All Screwed

    Sam MertenLeppert was too focused on the hotel votes to enjoy today's performance by the Dallas Black Dance Theatre.In separate 10-2 votes, the Dallas City Council approved developer and operator agreements with Matthews Southwest and Omni Hotels for the convention center hotel, leaving the $525 million bond issuance as the final vote remaining before the project is officially given the green light. While the city waits to float the bonds until the financial markets settle, the question everyone

    February 18, 2009
  • Letters

    February 17, 2000
  • Buzz

    Sticks and stones

    March 29, 2001
  • Jury of His Dears

    July 25, 2002
  • Cat Scratch Fever

    August 22, 2002
  • Al Lipscomb's grandson LeVar “LD” Thomas seeks council seat

    January 15, 2009
  • Damaged goods

    What do you get for 50 bucks a meeting? Thomas Korosec sizes up the man and woman most likely to succeed Al Lipscomb.

    April 27, 2000
  • Sob Story

    Buzz sheds a tear for 2003

    January 1, 2004
  • City Hall's Same Sick Story

    White guys bribing black guys at Dallas City Hall

    October 4, 2007
  • Sex, drugs, and city council

    Federal court records reveal the connection between city council ethics and dry-humping

    March 2, 2000
  • Go West

    With Dallas Democrats' return from the dead, state Senator Royce West is poised for bigger things, like maybe paychecks

    March 15, 2007
  • Angel Mayor

    Depending on this FBI probe, Miller gets either her wings or the boot

    December 1, 2005
  • Roots

    The mess at City Hall goes back to ancient times

    September 15, 2005
  • Al Redux

    Our reporter's take on Lipscomb

    August 18, 2005
  • No Shame

    At long last, Al, have you no sense of decency?

    March 10, 2005
  • Bubble Brains

    Think a strong mayor is a good idea? See who agrees with you.

    January 13, 2005
  • Disposable Cops

    Scratched or defective? Heave 'em and get new ones.

    April 1, 2004
  • Cops and Monsters

    Lipscomb takes high ground on cop pay, leaves Laura low

    March 18, 2004
  • Famous Last Words

    Did the intern blow it? No.

    August 7, 2003
  • 2002 Revealed

    An aging Buzz finds little to celebrate in the year gone by. What did you expect?

    January 2, 2003
  • Inquiring Minds

    Why is ignorance such bliss for so many when it comes to Al Lipscomb?

    August 1, 2002
  • SNAFU

    Buzz looks back on 2001 and proves once again that the boy just ain't normal

    January 3, 2002
  • Real Politics

    Feudal grudges and an imprisoned holy man in the Dallas mayoral race

    December 13, 2001
  • White Rampage

    Police Chief Terrell Bolton threatens a riot, but he's got the wrong folks in mind

    March 15, 2001
  • :cueless

    Buzz hacks through the past in search of the cool cats and fools of the year that was

    December 28, 2000
  • Al's atonement

    For starters, why not help undo the crooked cab laws he helped pass?

    May 4, 2000
  • The art of the touch

    Too bad Al Lipscomb never learned to do it like Judge Kendall and his wife

    April 13, 2000
  • Hot and bothered

    The city's ordinance governing topless clubs is a joke. But Bachman Lake-area residents are determined to get rid of the clubs by any means necessary.

    February 24, 2000
  • Buzz

    Image is everything; Death watch; Miracle cure

    February 10, 2000
  • The girl can't help it

    Laura Miller says she'd "love" to run for mayor

    February 10, 2000
  • To the rotten core

    The Lipscomb trial took us where the News don't shine

    February 3, 2000
  • Black out

    Lipscomb takes his story to Anglo Amarillo and hopes it plays better than prosecutors'

    January 13, 2000
  • A clockwork Buzz

    1999, the year Bill Rojas brought panic and paranoia to DISD. But was there any other good news? Buzz takes a look back.

    December 30, 1999
  • Business as usual

    April 16, 1998
  • Saint Al

    Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

    April 16, 1998
  • Far As Al Lipscomb's Concerned, Jury Oughta "Dump" Case Against Don Hill and Others, Feds Should Apologize to Fantroy's Wife

    Sam MertenAl Lipscomb, who was told during a trial break by Laura Miller that he was looking "dapper as always," stands outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building yesterday afternoon.Once again, we found former council member Al Lipscomb in the courtroom at the City Hall corruption trial yesterday, and he predicted the jury will "dump" the case. "The jury's gonna say, 'You've taken our time up on all this crap here. There's a hell of a lot of involvement. We don't know. They've all taken money,

    August 7, 2009
  • What Don Hill's Conviction Means for Dallas

    October 15, 2009