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March 5, 2012
Council to Get Sneak Peek at Muni Building Redo, Update on UNT's Downtown Law School
Mighty kind of Dallas City Hall to offer all these briefings wrapping up a few loose ends before I get up outta here. First Sylvan Thirty, then the old Dallas High School, then the Cotton Bowl, and now Old Dallas City Hall, which one day should become the University of North Texas at Dallas Colle ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
While Dallas City Hall Debates Ethics Reform for the 72nd Time, Let's Storm the Castle, Eh?
So the city council is actually going to put itself through another ethics reform debate. They do this every year. It keeps coming around again on a regular cycle like some kind of unpleasant bodily function. Ask me. I know why. It keeps coming up again because it's absolutely lipstick-on-a-pig fu ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
City Hall Wants Your Cell Phone Number So It Can Warn You About Emergencies. Riiiiight.
A few years back Dallas City Hall made a big push for folks to sign up for its Reverse 911 Emergency Notification System, which called you when danger was near. Or, at least, that was the idea. But this morning the city sent a heads-up: Reverse 911 is dead, long live GeoCast®Web, which is suppos ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2012
Since You Gotta Spend Money to Make It, City Looks Outside For Help Growing Small Biz
Far as Dallas City Hall's concerned, it's hard out there for a small start-up, which is why it's spent years loaning and granting money to businesses via, say, the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund and the Southern Dallas Development Corporation, both of which have suffered their share of sputter ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Go Ahead, Be a Turkey ... and Trot
Far as Dallas City Hall's concerned, it's hard out there for a small start-up, which is why it's spent years loaning and granting money to businesses via, say, the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund and the Southern Dallas Development Corporation, both of which have suffered their share of sputter ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2011
Through the Looking Glass at OCP HQ
Photos by Justin TerveenTo those who helped made last night's RoboCop-at-OCP HQ event happen -- Downtown Dallas, Inc.; Brent Brown and his staff at the CityDesign Studio; the Dallas Film Society; and, of course, the promotions staff at the Observer -- a mighty "much obliged" this morning. Couldn' ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
"Let's Focus on Great Expectations, Not our Limitations": Mayor Mike's Inaugural Speech
Photo by Mark GrahamLeslie's already summed up Mayor Mike's first-ever official speech as Dallas mayor, which was given at this morning's swearing-in of the new council. And she's up shortly with a recap from the ad hoc gas drilling committee vote, which took a bit of a twist; she'll let Scott Gr ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
How Much Will the Mavericks Victory Parade Through Downtown Cost Mark Cuban?
Photo by Mike MezeulThis just in from Dallas City Hall: One week after last week's Dallas Mavericks victory parade rolled from the Dallas Convention Center to the American Airlines Center, the city's done totaled up the receipts and is ready to submit an invoice to Mark Cuban, who said he's happy ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Roddy Beaubois, Caron Butler Get Into Mavs Starting Lineup For Letterman's Top 10
Some of the staff's already downtown for the parade -- along with the thousands already on hand both at Victory Park and behind the barricades stretching back to the Dallas Convention Center starting point. And, this just in from Dallas City Hall:Accommodations will be made for people who are handic ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
The View From the Convention Center. And: Dallas PD Has Already Closed Victory Plaza.
Photos by Nick RalloNick and Patrick are at the convention center; another photographer's embedded with the Mavs inside the barricades; another is posted at the American Airlines Center. That said, we won't beat you down with all-day posts from today's parade; only when it's appropriate and when ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Sure, Traffic Will Suck Downtown Tomorrow. On the Plus Side: Muni Court's Canceled!
Down below, a few Friends are arguing the pros and cons of tomorrow's downtown shutdown courtesy Your Champion Dallas Mavericks. But this surely has to fall into the good-thing column, no? From our friends at Dallas City Hall: "Municipal Court canceled for tomorrow." The details, such as they are ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
City Sues Texas Attorney General to Keep From Releasing Trinity Project Docs We Requested
All your solar-powered water taxis are belong to us, says Dallas City Hall.OK, now we're really curious. We're talking to you, Dallas City Hall, about those Trinity River project emails and memos you're fighting to keep us from seeing. What, has someone been unduly candid in his or her assessment ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Today, City Hall Bleeds Blue. Go, Mavs!
Photos by Patrick MichelsThat reflecting pool at City Hall looks extra enticing this morning.Those lightweights at Dallas City Hall didn't go full-frat with, say, a blue-painted bare chest workday to support the Mavericks before tonight's big game. But with a few gallon jugs of pond water-tint te ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Want to Be on Dallas's Gas Drilling Task Force?
After council member Angela Hunt pushed the city council to form the gas drilling task force Dave Neumann only talked about, it's time to assemble the dream team: Moments ago, Dallas City Hall sent word that it's taking applications from those interested in serving on the task force. For those wh ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Dallas City Hall Gets Its "S" Straight
Photos by Jesse SidlauskasAfter Chris Heinbaugh's heads-up yesterday about the city repairing its broken seal, Intern Jesse stopped by Dallas City Hall toward Wednesday's end to check that "S" out. I showed the photo to the boy this morning before he left for school. He grinned and demanded a hi ... More >>
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January 22, 2011
Hey, City Hall, You Might Wanna Get Off Yer "S" and Fix That Thing Before Visitors Arrive
This morning, the 7-year-old who lives in my house and I got way tangled in downtown traffic -- hundreds, if not thousands, of anti-choice protesters filled the streets, with Dallas police officers blocking off every other intersection between the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe and t ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
The City's Giving Away Shepherd Composting Bins. Say, Can I Borrow Your Christmas Tree?
Over on the city's Official Website there's a list of the four Christmas tree recycling stations accepting your yule logs till January 14. Says nothing about Hanukkah bushes, though, which is a bit of a bummer, since City Hall just sent word it's added an incentive to this year's recycling effort ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2010
City Manager Mary Suhm Clarifies That New "No Public Parking" Policy at Dallas City Hall
Patrick MichelsA couple of weeks back, as you no doubt recall, Assistant City Manager Forest Turner sent the mayor and city council a memo in which he wrote that come January 3, the general public would no longer be able to park beneath Dallas City Hall. One James Reginald Calloway Schutze was no ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
The Public May No Longer Park at City Hall
The memo, just in from Dallas City Hall, speaks for itself. Meters or private lots only. Well, hell, read it for yourself. Weekend listening tomorrow morning. Me, I'd start with this.Parking at City Hall Memo
Blogs
November 17, 2010
Watch As Dallas Animal Services and Sanitation Crews Free Deer From a Fence Near White Rock
As you'll see in this video just posted by Dallas City Hall, a six-point buck got stuck, then put in a truck. At the end, a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden explains what happened, but long story short: The city was called out after TPWD received reports of two deer seen fighting in a street wit ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
High Above the Calatrava in an RC Spy Plane
As Friend of Unfair Park Ed D. notes in the comments below, Dallas City Hall just posted to its Facebook page six photos of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge taken by -- let's see if I get this right -- "remote control plane." Oh, so that explains why I saw Schutze with this yesterday, giggling.
Blogs
October 14, 2010
Tired of Getting Your City Hall Updates From Unfair Park? I Hope Not. But If You Are ...
Frank Librio, the fine PIO at Dallas City Hall, just sent word: The city's introducing E-Alerts today, intended to keep locals "connected to City Hall," which I assume isn't some kind of a threat. Says the memo, all you gotta do is go to the city's website, where, at the top right-hand corner, yo ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2010
Your First Look at the Dallas Bike Plan's Bikeway System Draft Network Map
Let's be honest: Even if you embiggen this you won't be able to read the proposed downtown bike plan. It's ginormous.Whilst, below, some of you debate who's more dangerous -- drivers or cyclists or bears, oh my -- this just in from Dallas City Hall: The maps showing the proposed paths for the new ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Fun Fact About Calatrava Construction Cam
So, back on Wednesday, when it was, ya know, raining, more than a few Friends of Unfair Park wondered: Why, whenever it rains, does the city's Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge construction-cam revert to a dry, sunny day -- in this instance, August 29? I asked Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall, What the w ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Freedom Isn't Free
So, back on Wednesday, when it was, ya know, raining, more than a few Friends of Unfair Park wondered: Why, whenever it rains, does the city's Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge construction-cam revert to a dry, sunny day -- in this instance, August 29? I asked Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall, What the w ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Up in the Air, On Top of the Calatrava Bridge
Dallas City Hall Facebook pageAlas, Rudy beat me to it in pointing out that someone at Dallas City Hall posted to the city's official Facebook page this morning two pics taken from the very tippy-top of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. But Rudy opted for the view of the city (I can see my office fr ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2010
Free Lunch and a Show at City Hall
Photos by Evan ClintonBecause an intern's always up for a free meal, we sent ours to that PETA lunchtime giveaway in front of Dallas City Hall -- where, from the looks of things, meatless weenies were quite the draw. Another two looks on the other side, with, no kiddin', a slide show to follow.
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Irony Alert: Council's Trinity River Committee Gets Some Bad News
Frank Librio, in the Public Information Office at Dallas City Hall, just forwarded along the following memo sent today to the members of the city council's Trinity River Corridor Project Committee:
Blogs
March 18, 2010
City Hall, City Hall, How Does Your Community Garden Grow? Oh, It Doesn't.
Showed up at Room 5ES in Dallas City Hall this morning at 9 a.m. to cover an officially posted hearing of the Dallas Zoning Ordinance Committee on community gardens. Sat there. Alone.After a span of time I am not willing to divulge, I snapped to the fact that something wasn't right. City Hall bri ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2010
Well, There Will Be Another Budget Shortfall, Most Likely, and Every Penny Helps
Spike JohnsonEarlier this morning, a picture you might have espied on FrontBurner a little while ago showed up in the Unfair Park in-box with the subject header, "Dallas City Hall for sale - a steal for 900k." At about 9:45 a.m. I spoke with the guy whose number is on the sign, and he claimed to ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2009
Brent Brown, Who Rebuilt Congo Street, Will Head Dallas CityDesign Studio in City Hall
Brandon ThibodeauxBrent BrownCouple of weeks back we debuted the Dallas Urban Design Studio, a Trinity Trust-funded endeavor that'll get its own office in Dallas City Hall in order to "elevate the design consciousness and culture of Dallas, while working to balance social, economic, environmental ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2009
Now That Don Hill's Been Found Guilty, What About "Business as Usual" at Dallas City Hall?
Sam MertenDon and Sheila Hill and attorney Victor Vital after the jury handed down its guilty verdicts today in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trialSo, it turns out Patrick "Buzz" Williams was right. No matter how you do the accounting, how you structure the contracts, how you interpret ... More >>
News
October 1, 2009
Are the Plans To Build A Green, Sustainable Building of Tomorrow Smack in the Heart of Downtown Dallas Some Pipedream or A Reality?
Sam MertenDon and Sheila Hill and attorney Victor Vital after the jury handed down its guilty verdicts today in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trialSo, it turns out Patrick "Buzz" Williams was right. No matter how you do the accounting, how you structure the contracts, how you interpret ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
In About an Hour, We'll Have An Idea How Suhm Cut $190 Million From City Budget
Dallas City Manager Mary SuhmUnfair Park might be a little slow-going 'round 1:30 this afternoon, when I'll be down at Dallas City Hall to pick up the executive summary of City Manager Mary Suhm's final budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. Media attending this afternoon's shindig won't be ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2009
Ooooh, Shiny: There Won't Be a Trinity Toll Road For a While, So a Photo Contest Instead!
Patrick MichelsOne of our submissions for the Trinity River Project photo contest. Pay up, city.Meant to get to this yesterday, when Dallas City Hall first sent word, but was otherwise distracted -- the whole point, perhaps, of this city-sponsored Trinity River photo contest for which we'd like to s ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2009
Caraway: If You Vote Against the Hotel, Dallas Will Look the Same "50 Years From Now"
We missed the pro-convention center hotel wingding in front of Dallas City Hall last night. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway did not. Here's his pitch for the hotel, and it apparently has something to do with ... cell phones?
Blogs
April 9, 2009
Bring a Towel, as Mark Davis is Set to Explode with Righteous Indignation
Last night's Passover seder no doubt kept some of you from attending the Dallas Tea Party planning session in advance of next Wednesday's rally in front of Dallas City Hall, scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. -- and, do note, the time's been changed as the group says it's "been notified that a national news ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2009
Why Corporate America Loves Dallas
The short film below, posted to YouTube by Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall, isn't actually a city-made production. Rather, Librio tells Unfair Park, Destination Dallas is a Quin Matthews Films production made for the Dallas Citizens Council, which touted corporate relocations to the city during a r ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2008
Scenes from the Protest Redux
Our correspondent for yesterday's anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there's but the slightes ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2008
Economic Development Committe to Hold Special Meeting Friday. You're So Invited.
Our correspondent for yesterday's anti-Prop 8 protest at Dallas City Hall had last-minute business to attend to, but plenty of folks among the thousand-plus on hand captured the event for the YouTubes. Probably the best of the video lot comes courtesy TreyCruz.com, where there's but the slightes ... More >>
News
November 21, 2002
The Emperor's Checkbook
Dallas City Hall finances could be our own little Enron
News
March 8, 2001
Crocodile Tears
City Hall is sorry it can't help the White Rock water main victims... or anybody else, for that matter
News
December 18, 1997
Mr. Mayor, Meet Your Nightmare
Frustrated, fed up, and ready to fight, Laura Miller trades muckraking for a run at City Hall
News
January 23, 1997
Mommie dearest
Why I'm trading my typewriter for diapers and drool cloths
News
December 26, 1996
Should Paul Fielding go to jail?
He's violated the public trust and betrayed his own ethical standards. But is Dallas' perpetually annoying councilman guilty of fraud, perjury, and extortion?
News
September 19, 1996
Combat zoning
Lincoln Property and Ray Nasher play it down and dirty with homeowners
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
July 27, 1995
BeloWatch
For city Councilman Al Lipscomb, taking handouts from power brokers has become a way of life. Is there a problem?
News
June 22, 1995
Wide open town
Unlike Big D, Houston thrives on open government
News
March 2, 1995
Blowup in City Hall
Councilman Duncan summons city staff for personal errand
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