Subject:

Barbara Mallory Caraway

  • News

    May 10, 2012

    The Trinity River Toll Road is Now an (Almost) Unstoppable Force

    With Mayor Mike Rawlings' support, only deep pockets can thwart the $2 billion river-ride.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Blood in the Trinity, Crow on My Plate and Respect for the Caraways

    Two years ago I toured the area around Columbia Packing Company on East 11th Street in Oak Cliff with city council member Dwaine Caraway and his wife, state Representative Barbara Mallory Caraway. The Caraways told me shocking stories of guts from nearby meat-packing operations piled in steaming hea ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    The Rewards of a Good Buzz

    Special thanks to those who made 2011 so very, very special.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Perennial Dallas Mayoral Candidate Edward Okpa Is Not Impressed EBJ's Running Again

    ​From what I can tell, Jessica Huseman and Shawn Williams were the sole media members to attend Eddie Bernice Johnson's campaign kick-off held yesterday at the beleaguered Southwest Center Mall. The event was also attended by three council members: Pauline Medrano, Vonciel Jones Hill and Tennell A ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Saying Goodbye to Dwaine Caraway, the Mayor of our Dreams

    Here's hoping the next guy is just as bold and bumbling.

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Mayor Dwaine Caraway still doesn't get how he abused the system.

    Here's hoping the next guy is just as bold and bumbling.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    What the Caraway Police Records Reveal: A Fight Over Aprons Led to "Dangerous" Situation Between Husband and Wife

    From Angela Hunt's Flickr accountDwaine Caraway, Sheila Jackson Lee and Barbara Mallory Caraway in Austin in 2006​The same police recording that Mayor Dwaine Caraway fought bitterly to suppress actually makes him sound like a concerned husband -- calm, cool and collected -- trying to protect the g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Mayor Caraway: "It's Time to Move On."

    Sam MertenState Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway, Dwaine and Dave Neumann at Dallas City Hall​Below, of course, you can listen to Mayor Dwaine Caraway's account of what happened between him and his wife on the night of January 2, per a recording made by Dallas Police after Chief David Brown sent offic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    What If Judge Snelson OK's the Release of Mayor Dwaine Caraway's Police Records?

    Hon. Teresa Guerra Snelson​[Update at 3:52 p.m.: Jim sends word that Mayor Dwaine Caraway has just taken the stand during the evidentiary hearing now expected to stretch into the evening. More to come.][Update at 1:41 p.m.: Jim reports that Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson has denied Caraway's request ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    At Today's Hearing, Mayor Caraway Throws Most of City Hall's Highers-Up Under the Bus

    Sam Merten​[Update at 8:09 p.m.: Jim sends word from the courthouse that Judge Snelson has denied that request for an injunction, leaving the temporary restraining order to dissolve at midnight -- and the records will be released after all. Tomorrow, maybe, no word yet on when.] Jim's at the Georg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Mayor Caraway Loses Legal Battle to Bury Police Recordings Made at His Home In January

    Sam Merten​Arthur and Archie did it. At 8 p.m., after a marathon hearing, Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson shot down Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway's request for an injunction barring the release of an audio recording Dallas Police officers made at his home on January 2, when cops showed up to to investi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Sendai's Response To Caraway's Missive: We're Kinda Busy Over Here, But Thanks Anyway

    City of DallasCaraway chats with Ebby Halliday at her 100th birthday celebration today sponsored by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce. ​Mayor Dwaine Caraway sent a letter on Friday expressing the city's "deepest condolences" to his counterpart in Sendai, Japan, Mayor Emiko Okuyama. Caraway menti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Mayor Dwaine Caraway: Dallas "Praying for Hope and Strength" for Devastated Sendai, Our International Friendship City

    Via.Then-Mayor Laura Miller arriving in Sendai in 2007​As the Japan-American Society of Dallas/Fort Worth's website points out, "Dallas and Sendai became International Friendship Cities in August 1997, when Mayor Ron Kirk and Mayor Hajimu Fujii signed a formal agreement in Sendai." Which is why, s ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    What's on Those Caraway Tapes? Let's Guess.

    Via.Then-Mayor Laura Miller arriving in Sendai in 2007​As the Japan-American Society of Dallas/Fort Worth's website points out, "Dallas and Sendai became International Friendship Cities in August 1997, when Mayor Ron Kirk and Mayor Hajimu Fujii signed a formal agreement in Sendai." Which is why, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Mayor Dwaine Caraway Sues the City of Dallas to Stop Release of Police Report

    Sam Merten​Never mind what I wrote yesterday. Because yesterday, when I checked the Dallas County District Clerk's computers, there was no record of it. But early this morning I took another look, and sure enough, there it was -- a suit filed yesterday afternoon in the 68th District Court, Judge M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Mayor Caraway's Police Records to Remain Hidden For At Least Another Two Weeks

    Hon. Teresa Guerra Snelson​Jim's on his way back from that court hearing involving Mayor Dwaine Caraway's request for a temporary restraining order that would, at least temporarily, block the release of police records documenting Dallas PD officers' visit to the home of Caraway and his wife, state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    The Longer Mayor Dwaine Delays the Inevitable, The More Stuff We Get to Keep Making Up

    ​Two things. The first is serious business. The second, not so much. As you know by now, a Dallas judge today granted lawyers for Mayor Dwaine Caraway their request for a temporary restraining order forbidding the Dallas City Attorney from releasing an embarrassing police investigative tape of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Mayor Dwaine Caraway's "Calling a New Play"

    Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway, his wife and council member Dave Neumann this morning at the City Hall Flag Room.​Just minutes before presiding over his first meeting as the city's newly minted mayor, Dwaine Caraway assured a group of around 150 folks gathered for a light breakfast i ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Hey, Dwaine Caraway: You Can Be Either One of Us, or One of Them.

    Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway, his wife and council member Dave Neumann this morning at the City Hall Flag Room.​Just minutes before presiding over his first meeting as the city's newly minted mayor, Dwaine Caraway assured a group of around 150 folks gathered for a light breakfast i ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Why Do The Powers That Be In Dallas Want To Regulate A South Dallas Scrap Metal Yard Out Of Existence?

    Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway, his wife and council member Dave Neumann this morning at the City Hall Flag Room.​Just minutes before presiding over his first meeting as the city's newly minted mayor, Dwaine Caraway assured a group of around 150 folks gathered for a light breakfast i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Something Stinks Near Cadillac Heights, And It's Not the Sewage Plant

    ​Couple weeks ago I wrote a column about the sudden anomalous enthusiasm of The Dallas Morning News editorial page for getting rid of scrap yards and a dead animal transfer station on Pontiac Street at Cedar Crest, next to the Cadillac Heights neighborhood. The News said they wanted to do it becau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Bill White Wraps Up Gubernatorial Primary Campaign at Gilley's With Craig Watkins and Barbara Mallory Caraway

    Claire JordanWhite and Watkins, along with county judge candidate Clay Jenkins.​We're still trying to figure out why Bill White continues to burn through campaign dough since his only significant competition in the Democratic primary is Farouk Shami, but perhaps the former mayor of Houston is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Tiffinni Young Sets Record Straight on Ties to Caraway, Endorses LeVar Thomas

    Three weeks ago, we briefly mentioned Tiffinni Young's name in a story about Mayor Tom's potential bid to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison if she decides to run for governor. If Leppert leaves office early, the mayor pro tem would take his place, with either Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway or Voncie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Caraway Cares About The Kids

    Three weeks ago, we briefly mentioned Tiffinni Young's name in a story about Mayor Tom's potential bid to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison if she decides to run for governor. If Leppert leaves office early, the mayor pro tem would take his place, with either Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway or Voncie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    At the Shaws' Funeral, a Symphony of Themes

    Three weeks ago, we briefly mentioned Tiffinni Young's name in a story about Mayor Tom's potential bid to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison if she decides to run for governor. If Leppert leaves office early, the mayor pro tem would take his place, with either Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway or Voncie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2006

    Mayoral Race or Girlfight?

    Three weeks ago, we briefly mentioned Tiffinni Young's name in a story about Mayor Tom's potential bid to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison if she decides to run for governor. If Leppert leaves office early, the mayor pro tem would take his place, with either Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway or Voncie ... More >>

  • News

    March 23, 2006

    Butt Naked

    Jesse Jones, emperor of Singing Hills, had no clothes, it seems

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    The Real Cheaters

    Officials showed courage by cracking down on Dwaine Caraway's campaign

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    The Race Race

    In the battle for the District 6 council seat, the dark horse has a white face

  • News

    February 8, 2001

    Big Murk's Kids

    Politics and mismanagement closed the books on the city's anti-gang program, but try telling this South Dallas fixture the problem's solved

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Deadbird

    How vicious racial politics, mismanagement, and dirty dealing turned Dallas' Redbird Airport into a Third-World airfield

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Budget Blues

    This year's round of Town Hall budget meetings shows we get the government we deserve

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    The exterminator

    Black politico Dwaine Caraway sounds a lot like a redneck when it comes to slamming his enemies

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Buzz

    Isn't it ironic; The poop scoop

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Pecked to death

    During a marathon meeting, Dallas City Council guts a proposed ethics code

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Deepest depths

    City council members find ingenious ways to screw poor kids out of their swimming pools

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    The shallow end

    Personal vendettas drain Dallas' wading pools for poor kids

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Readin', writin', racism

    A zoning fight over a neighborhood school raises claims of bias

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    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.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    The untouchables

    A whistleblower learns the hard way that you don't rat on your betters at Dallas City Hall

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Buzz

    Cheap eats from the Dallas Morning News

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Taking It to the Street

    Want to get elected to city council in southern Dallas? Forget the race card and patch that pothole.

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Buzz

    Want to get elected to city council in southern Dallas? Forget the race card and patch that pothole.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    It's the money

    And it's nowhere near enough to attract a slate of decent city council candidates in southern Dallas

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Buzz

    And it's nowhere near enough to attract a slate of decent city council candidates in southern Dallas

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Look back in confusion

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Buzz

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    Buzz

    Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    Peep-hole power

    It's a scary world out there, but someone's gotta keep it under control. Jim Schutze uncovers the secret agony of the Dallas Citizens Council.

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Technical difficulties

    Local NAACP President Lee Alcorn is running for re-election--if his opponents don't get him disqualified first

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