Charlotte Mayes

Money for Nothing

A fund aimed at boosting South Dallas is hammered by deadbeat borrowers and city hall neglect.

Ethical dilemma

It was reformers vs. the business-as-usual crowd on Dallas' ethics task force. Somehow the reformers won. Sort of.

Strikes and spares

Will Donna Blumer and Laura Miller ever join the mayor's team? Only if they rent shoes.

Taking It to the Street

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

It's the money

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

No means yes

City council speaks with forked tongue on tax funding for the Olympic bid

Pickin' Cotton

While Dallas fools around with the Olympics, the Cotton Bowl crumbles

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.

Give her what she wants

Olympics committee finds Dallas boosters' attitudes toward our city council a little scary

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.

Flying blind

With the mayor and city manager leading the charge, the city council moves full speed on an arena deal that doesn't even exist yet

X marks the spot

A plan to rename Oakland Avenue for Malcolm X raises cries of racism in Deep Ellum

Charlotte's web

Sloppy reporting forces a councilwoman to deny being soft on porn

Private dealing

How Ron Kirk killed the public arena briefing

BeloWatch

Dog bites mayor

How a lost mail sack, a rubber check, and a bogus letter brought out the worst in City Hall

Sex and city hall

How strip bars have their way with the Dallas city council

Arena games

City Hall finds $35 million--and toys with turning Reunion into a reflecting pool

Blood sport

There are two to blame for the Kirk-Fielding feud

Buzz

Who ya gonna call?

City Hall's top brass use taxpayer-provided mobile phones to call sweethearts, power brokers, and Pizza Hut.

Let them cast ballots

Why can't citizens vote on new arena?