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Annette Strauss

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    From Dallas ISD Teacher to Don Hill Prosecutor to North Texas's New U.S. Attorney

    ​Friends of Unfair Park who followed the federal City Hall corruption trial in 2009 may recall the name Sarah Saldaña; she was among the more prominent prosecutors on that team. But till I glanced at her U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary questionnaire, I had no idea, for instance, that from ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2010

    Don Dawns

    ​Friends of Unfair Park who followed the federal City Hall corruption trial in 2009 may recall the name Sarah Saldaña; she was among the more prominent prosecutors on that team. But till I glanced at her U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary questionnaire, I had no idea, for instance, that from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Cutting Another Ribbon at the Performing Arts Center, for Annette Strauss Square's Dedication

    Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter cutting the ribbon, Mayor Tom Leppert suggests Howard Hallam, chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, try the giant scissors out on his pinky as well. SMU President Gerald Turner looks on.​ Hundreds of art supporters and political types, from ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    The Battle Over Airport Contracts Opens a Rift Between the Mayor and Minority City Council Members.

    Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter cutting the ribbon, Mayor Tom Leppert suggests Howard Hallam, chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, try the giant scissors out on his pinky as well. SMU President Gerald Turner looks on.​ Hundreds of art supporters and political types, from ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    The Mayor's Retainers | Up the Sleazy River | Buzz

    Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter cutting the ribbon, Mayor Tom Leppert suggests Howard Hallam, chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, try the giant scissors out on his pinky as well. SMU President Gerald Turner looks on.​ Hundreds of art supporters and political types, from ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2009

    Up the Sleazy River At the Dallas City Hall Corruption Trial

    Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter cutting the ribbon, Mayor Tom Leppert suggests Howard Hallam, chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, try the giant scissors out on his pinky as well. SMU President Gerald Turner looks on.​ Hundreds of art supporters and political types, from ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2009

    Up the Sleazy River At the Dallas City Hall Corruption Trial

    Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter cutting the ribbon, Mayor Tom Leppert suggests Howard Hallam, chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, try the giant scissors out on his pinky as well. SMU President Gerald Turner looks on.​ Hundreds of art supporters and political types, from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    At the Don Hill Trial, the Definition of "Walking-Around Money" (Now, a Live Blog)

    So I am here, back in the overflow room at the Federal Palace of Justice downtown watching the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial, and I see that we have come to one of the most fundamental and time-honored traditions of Dallas politics: that fine old institution called "walking-around money. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Noise Abatement, or: Solving the Ruckus Over Annette Strauss Artist Square

    Speaking of band shells, really, Fair Park, anyone? Anyone? Back in the spring, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts realized they might have a wee bit of a problem, what with the DSO playing inside the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and the DCPA buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Wait, Florence Shapiro's Jewish? Thanks, Wick. Had No Idea.

    Speaking of band shells, really, Fair Park, anyone? Anyone? Back in the spring, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts realized they might have a wee bit of a problem, what with the DSO playing inside the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and the DCPA buildin ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Dallas' Political Designing Woman

    When Dallas' political elite need a win, Carol Reed cheers them on and calls the plays

  • News

    June 14, 2007

    No 'Doze

    With Democrats like Ed Oakley, who needs the GOP?

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Me

    Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2006

    Robert Altman: "Hollywood Will Want Me When I Die."

    Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Unfit to Print

    A vicious fight between John Wiley Price and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Angel Mayor

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

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Die-In

    Harriet Miers' conservative views drew threats of an ugly protest in 1989

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Die-In

    Harriet Miers' conservative views drew threats of an ugly protest in 1989

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    A Place of Their Own

    Tom Dunning's homeless task force learns an old lesson: If at first you don't succeed, try again.

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Absentee Minded

    Hey, Mr. Zillionaire Developer, got a big public project you want to sell? Black Dallas has the votes you need--dirt cheap.

  • Film

    October 12, 2000

    The Dr. Is In, Out, In, Out...

    Robert Altman nails Dallas' shallow society to a T

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Letters

    Mending fences; Texas export; The doctor is in; Judge not

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    The plantation burns

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

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Fowled Out

    Does City Hall's rooster ban signal the end of old Oak Cliff? Rose Farley goes to the front lines of a cultural war that threatens to turn the 'hood into something truly heinous...North Dallas

  • Culture

    December 31, 1998

    Break it down

    Praise and bellyaches for the Dallas art roller coaster that was 1998

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    Letters

    Praise and bellyaches for the Dallas art roller coaster that was 1998

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Saint Al

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

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    City Hall's Slam-Dunk Gang

    Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Letters

    Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Buzz

    Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Buzz

    Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

  • News

    June 5, 1997

    Nerds of a Feather

    In the competitive world of pigeon racers, it takes one fast bird to deliver the coo de grace

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Letters

    In the competitive world of pigeon racers, it takes one fast bird to deliver the coo de grace

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Clueless

    For city Councilman Al Lipscomb, taking handouts from power brokers has become a way of life. Is there a problem?

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Soul Power

    The city's future is in the hooves of a winged horse--and in the New Age musings of the Dallas Institute of Humanities.

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    The Truth About Townview (Part II)

    How John Wiley Price and Chad Woolery have made students pawns in Dallas' racial politics

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    Attack of the Killer Gadflies (Part I)

    You don't take Rick Finlan and Don Venable seriously? That could be a mistake you live to regret.

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    Blood sport

    There are two to blame for the Kirk-Fielding feud

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