Bill Richardson (Politician)

Mosquitoes Are Already Testing Positive for West Nile

The West Nile virus is officially back. Public health officials got their first confirmation of that last week when mosquito pools in Richardson tested positive for the disease. Today, Highland Park announced a positive test of its own. Dallas County is already urging residents to use insect repella ... More >>

North Texas Tollway Authority Now Officially Suing the Pants off Habitual Toll Violators

We knew this was coming. The North Texas Tollway Authority kind of telegraphed it when the agency announced that some 6,000 of its top scofflaws would be referred to an outside law firm for possible litigation over their toll-ignoring ways. And now, it's here. The NTTA filed more than a dozen civil ... More >>

As Supreme Court Debates Gay Marriage, Texas Politicians Explain How it Violates God's Law

The attention of the country, or at least that segment of it that's politically aware enough to pay attention, is focused squarely on the U.S. Supreme Court,which this week is debating a pair of potentially momentous cases. Hollingsworth v. Perry, which was argued today, could do away with Californi ... More >>

Bystander Shot by DART Cop During Arapaho Station Shootout is Suing the Transit Agency

Russell Weinstein was waiting on a train at Arapaho Center DART station one afternoon last February, en route to the first day of a new job, when he was caught in the middle of a shootout between police and and a gun-wielding bus passenger. Weinstein was relatively lucky. Another bystander was kill ... More >>

Highway-Closing Dallas-to-McKinney Bike Ride Cancelled in Sketchiest Way Possible

Last month, Gary Lacara was "100 percent" sure that Bike the City, his 30-mile, Dallas-to-McKinney charity bicycle tour scheduled for a Sunday morning in April, was a go. "I wouldn't attempt this if I wasn't," he told Unfair Park at the time. And there was no reason to think he couldn't organize a ... More >>

The Story of the Handsome Guy Bandit Was Made for Hollywood*

(*The Handsome Guy Bandit thinks so, anyway.)

Did George Clayton Lose His SBOE Seat Because He's Sane, Gay, or Had No Money?

Two years ago, when George Clayton announced that he was seeking to represent Dallas and Collin countie on the State Board of Education, the first question was, "Who?" It soon became clear that Clayton was, on the surface at least, a mild-mannered administrator at North Dallas High School who believ ... More >>

How Rape Victims Cope When Their Alleged Attackers Are Exonerated

Debbie Jones spent decades coming to grips with the fact Thomas McGowan raped her. Then she found out he didn't.

In Dallas As in Miami, It's Time to Build Low-Income Housing Where the Jobs Are

​Who's a liberal these days, and who are the conservatives? I look in the mirror, I don't even know. I look in The New York Times this morning, I'm even more confused. The Times has a story out of Miami about major cuts in federal housing subsidies. The story calls them "some of the deepest c ... More >>

Jillian Edwards Dives Head First Into Nashville

Judging by Jillian Edwards' recently released sophomore effort, Head First, the Richardson-bred singer-songwriter shouldn't have much trouble making it in Nashville. Tunes such as "No Other Plans" and "Mind Made Up" show Edwards wiser than her 23 years might indicate. Speaking from her parents' ho ... More >>

Occupying the Westboro Baptist Church's Protest at the TicketCity Bowl in Fair Park

Photos by Stephen MaskerWe have a whole slide show from today's doings right here.​Football fans who came to Fair Park for the Houston-Penn State match-up at the Cotton Bowl couldn't help but see the sideshow: As promised, the Westboro Baptist Church showed up at the TicketCity Bowl to remind ... More >>

Critter Control or Cruelty: Do-Gooder and Trapper Both Get Tickets In Richardson

Christ, it's hot.​Here's a moral conundrum for you, Friends of Unfair Park: Do personal property rights trump the exigency of a wild animal dying in a live trap? Apparently, they trump each other, because when certified wild-animal rehabilitator Bonnie Bradshaw loosed a raccoon from pest-contr ... More >>

Laura Bush Announces Million-Dollar Grant to School Libraries at Jack Lowe Elementary

Courtesy the Dallas Independent School DistrictLaura Bush amongst the third-graders at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School this morning​Former First Lady Laura Bush announced this morning that her foundation, which has provided more than $14 million in grants intended to fill school libraries with mor ... More >>

Before Council Takes Out a Payday Loan, Sneak a Peek at Possible New Regulations

​If nothing else, the timing's certainly good: Just three days after Mayor Dwaine Caraway branded mayoral candidate Mike Rawlings the "Payday Loan King" in a series of ads to which Rawlings later responded, the city council's Budget, Finance & Audit Committee is about to take up the subject of ... More >>

Chair of GOP Hispanic Group Explains Change of Heart on Mayoral Candidate Edward Okpa

Courtesy Haynes and Boone, LLPJason Villalba, chair of the Dallas Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly​In case you haven't seen the updates to Friday's item about tomorrow's mayoral debate at Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assem ... More >>

In Search of America's Next "Sputnik Moment," Obama Points to Local Teen as Country's Future

Amy Chyao and President Obama at the White House in October​Before the first bell rings this morning, this inspirational moment ... Perhaps you recall: Back in October, 16-year-old Amy Chyao, a junior at Plano's Williams High School, was among the whiz kids invited to the White House to show-and-t ... More >>

Bollywood Lysistrata Puts An Indian Spin On A Greek Classic With Mixed Results; Kitchen Witches Places Comedy On Slow Boil

Sampling Lucky Layla's Raw Milk;
So Far, No Fever

​The Lucky Layla Farm Store in Plano is the local hub of raw milk activity. As the only certified raw milk dealer for miles, Lucky Layla sees a steady flow of older milk drinkers who grew up drinking milk straight from the cow and conscientious mothers carrying babies in wraparound slings. " ... More >>

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Names Gov. Perry "Worst"

Rachel Parker​Moments ago, D.C.-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released its report Worst Governors, which claims to serve up "in-depth analyses of 11 elected officials who have pushed their states' best interests aside in favor of their supporters, families, political p ... More >>

Whitt's End: 4.9.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your rope, welcome to Whitt's End: *Don't care if you're a puckhead or merely a fan of storybook endings, you had to have been moved (to tears?) by Mike Modano's swan song at American Airlines Center Thursday night. In his final hom ... More >>

Seeking a Mellower Political Tone, Dallas Coffee Partiers Talk Amongst Themselves

Photos by Patrick MichelsJackie Sawicky (in blue), who organized the Garland meet-up, flanked by Julie Spears and "Tea Party interloper" Robert Linenweber.​Hands up, waiting for their turn to talk and asking the woman across the table to speak up a little louder, please, about 20 people gathered a ... More >>

Buzz Gives '09 a One-Fingered Wave Goodbye

Project Runway First Episode Recap: The Two Local Contestants Play Safe and Stay Safe

The sketch and final red-carpet dress from Richardson's Shirin Askari, featured last night on Project Runway's return​Dear Lifetime, thank you. I've really, truly missed Project Runway. Last night I was visibly excited to have it back. One thing though: Go high-def, for crying out loud. Not being ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.6.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *So Jerry Jones wanted Dan Reeves to pledge working X amount of hours per week. Maybe it's part of the owner's new get-tough policy, but isn't that ridiculous? I seem to remember a head coach around h ... More >>

Mom Likes Them Best

Life on the edge, 1960s style

Jon Stewart on Bush's Chest-Bumping "While Rome is Burning"

Indefinite Detention? That'll Set Those Damned Kids Straight.

The Dark Horse?

Mexican attitudes on black and white is a gray issue

Suffer from "Islamophobia"?

One Less Cock to Fight

Bill Richardson's Coming to Town. He Wants Your Money. Who Doesn't?

Patriot Acts

Far from his Kurdish home, Adnan Kirkuki seeks out soldiers to defend his new one in the United States

Walk It Like You Cock It...Or Something?

Chicken Man

Parting words from the greatest cockfighter who ever lived

Press Time

Is Screwing Hip?

We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?

Groundswell, Sort Of

Richardson stylist mixes politics and hair

Rag 'Em Up

Ain't missin' this

Sob Story

Buzz sheds a tear for 2003

Talkin' Trash

Earth Day needs schooling

The View From the Bottom

What's it like surviving the telecom bust? Numbers alone don't tell the story.

Like, You Know

Floored offers a reminder that irony isn't just about bringing the funny

Radio Gaga

Dallas sommelier hotshot Daryl Beeson takes a break

Here Comes Judge

Mike Judge is King of the Hill at the Dallas Video Festival

Buzz

Buzz

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Spouting rubbish

Dallas has run out of recycling excuses

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