Don Hill

Bill Fisher handed the FBI a chance to clean up City Hall. Does that make Fisher Mr. Clean?

Guilty! Guilty! And: Guilty! The Final Verdict of the Federal City Hall Corruption Trial.

Hey, Don Hill, how many verdicts left to come down in the City Hall corruption trial?​[Update at 10:23 a.m.: The judge's office sends word that Ron Slovacek was found guilty on all three counts of the superseding indictment -- counts 10, 12 and 19, to be specific. More details to come.]The staff's ... More >>

Judge Hands Down Two More Lengthy Sentences in City Hall Corruption Case

Sam MertenBetween the four of them -- from left to right: D'Angelo Lee, Sheila Hill, Darren Reagan and Don Hill -- you're looking at 55 years of federal prison time.​And speaking of the U.S. Attorney's Office ...Jim and Sam were otherwise occupied this morning and couldn't make it back to the Earl ... More >>

The Day Before Spring Is Sprung, Brian and Cheryl Potashnik Will Receive Sentences

Sam MertenBrian Potashnik, outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building in July​Sorry, but one last bit of bookkeeping before I hit the nog: We've known for a while when Don Hill and the missus, former City Plan Commissioner D'Angelo Lee and two others found guilty in the federal City Hall corruption ... More >>

Judge Agrees Two Charges in Corruption Case Warrant Further Consideration, Dismisses Motions for New Trials

Sam MertenDon and Sheila Hill cross Commerce Street this afternoon after Judge Lynn said she'd consider arguments against honest services and money laundering charges.​Four of the five defendants convicted last month of bribery and extortion in the City Hall corruption trial gained traction in ... More >>

Feeling sorry that the politically gifted Don Hill got convicted of corruption. Please don’t.

How the Feds Convicted Don Hill

Don Hill's Back on the Stand. For the Last Day? We Sure Hope Not! A Live Blog, Of Course.

Sam MertenDon Hill and Sheila Farrington Hill after Don't first day of testimony, which was, like, what? A month ago?​So, the third-string team is in to cover what will probably be Don Hill's last day of testimony. Appropriate, then, that the morning's starting off with technical difficulties wit ... More >>

Prosecution "Salivating Like a Junkyard Dog Staring at a T-Bone Steak" As Defense Continues Questioning Don Hill (A Live Blog)

Sam MertenD'Angelo Lee and Don HillAs testimony concluded yesterday in the City Hall corruption trial, it appeared as though the prosecution would begin its cross-examination of Don Hill after Doug Greene, D'Angelo Lee's attorney, finished what is expected to be his relatively short questioning of H ... More >>

Best Defense is a Good Offense: Former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill Takes the Stand in City Hall Corruption Trial. And We're Live Blogging It!

How many witnesses until you take the stand, Don? Wrong. You're up!As expected, former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill has taken the stand to defend himself against charges of corruption and extortion, as U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn reminded him that he has a constitutional right not to testify, which h ... More >>

Jim's Play-By-Play From the Inside Baseball Coming From City Hall Corruption Trial

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection/Library of CongressAt this point, Schutze is like the Mel Allen of the City Hall federal corruption trial.​Today at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, defendant John Lewis, who has pleaded guilty and is testifying for the ... More >>

As the City Hall Corruption Trial Wraps For the Week, Schutze Gets a Clear Look At the Feds' Case.

Sam MertenThe government has cast plan commission member D'Angelo Lee as Don Hill's henchman.​O.K., this morning I think we are getting a more clear look at the government's case in the Dallas City Hall bribery case, in which former city council member Don Hill is accused of using racial affir ... More >>

Don Hill's Latest Defense: He Just Wasn't Powerful Enough to Influence Deals

Sam MertenWhat, them worried? D'Angelo Lee, Don Hill and Sheila Farrington outside the federal courthouse​[Editor's note: Jim's on deadline, and Sam's on vacation. So Trey Garrison's down at the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse live-blogging the City Hall corruption trial for Unfair Pa ... More >>

Prosecution Looks to Right Stumbling City Hall Corruption Case By Calling Brian Potashnik

Sam MertenDon and Sheila Hill left the courthouse Tuesday afternoon in good spirits.An admittedly nervous Steve Williams spent all of Tuesday afternoon on the stand discussing his eight-year tenure as Don Hill's administrative assistant, pushing the anticipated debut of developer Brian Potashnik to ... More >>

Mitchell Rasansky Says He "Got the Sense" Some Council Members Tried to Kill FBI Informant's Affordable Housing Deals

Brian HarkinWill the jury get to hear from Mitchell Rasansky? Based on what he told us, we're going out on a limb and saying yes.Mitchell Rasansky, who served with Don Hill on the Dallas City Council for six years and is listed as a potential witness in Hill's ongoing federal corruption trial, says ... More >>

Don Hill’s Legal Defense May Be Less About the Facts and More About Martyrdom

It's Early Yet, But So Far, No Quid Pro Quo (Updated: Now, Finally, a Live Blog)

Hey, Don Hill, how you feeling after yesterday's testimony and tapes?I will miss some of this morning's testimony in the City Hall corruption case, because this is the day of the Observer's weekly story meeting. But based on what has happened already in court, a certain summary or caution is appropr ... More >>

Wonder If Judge Lynn's Seen This

In the comments to our earlier Don Hill item this morning, a Friend of Unfair Park points our direction to this Web site: DonHillTrial.com. Hoo-boy. What gag order indeed. But, this question: Is this the first public corruption trial in history to provide its own logo?

Don Hill Files Motion to Dismiss, Claiming Government Withheld Exculpatory Evidence

Kimberly ThorpeDon Hill and Sheila Farrington filed a prayer of their own in federal court yesterday.Late yesterday, Don Hill's PR man, Ken Carter, sent to media an objection filed in federal court in which the former Dallas mayor pro tem and his wife, Sheila Farrington, want U.S. District Judge Bar ... More >>

The Night Before Their Trial, Don Hill and Sheila Farrington Talk to God in a Parking Lot

Kimberly ThorpeIf nothing else, we now have a hundred new pictures of Don Hill praying, as he was tonight outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building with wife Sheila and friends.Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill's public corruption case finally heads into an Earle Cabell Federal Building courtroom ... More >>

What Gag Order? Yet Again, Don Hill Claims He's the Victim of a Witch Hunt.

Clearly, Don Hill will no longer take this prosecution sitting down.We're still waiting on the preachers' letter to U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, but in an interview with Gromer Jeffers Jr. just posted to The Dallas Morning News Web site, Don Hill yet again claims he's being subjected to federal prosec ... More >>

So Help You God, Don Hill

Hey, Don Hill, who just joined your legal defense team? You don't say.Earlier this afternoon, Ken Carter at Focus Communications sent along an invite to a Sunday-night prayer vigil in front of the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse -- where, so happens, one week from today former Dallas Ma ... More >>

At This Rate, Don Hill's Gonna Be Awful Lonesome When His Trial Starts

Hey, Don Hill, how many weeks till your trial starts? Wrong. It's two, not one.First, there was Allen McGill. Then, Andrea Spencer. Then, John Lewis. To that roster of names of folks who've pleaded guilty in the Dallas City Hall corruption case, add a fourth: Kevin Dean, president and a principal of ... More >>

Running Down That Hill: Yet Another Person Pleads Guilty in City Hall Corruption Case

Hey, Don Hill, how many more folks pleaded guilty today in that City Hall corruption case?And then there were three -- which is to say, three folks who have pleaded guilty in the Dallas City Hall corruption case, scheduled to go to trial in June. Taking his cue from Andrea Spencer and Allen McGill, ... More >>

Serving the "Ends of Justice," Judge Delays City Hall Trial Till June

How many shopping days left till Christmas, Don Hill? Dang, then we'd best hurry! A couple of housekeeping items this morning, including the disappointing news of a scheduling change. You can cross January 20 off your calendar if you were planning on attending the trial of former Dallas Mayor Pr ... More >>

Don Hill Really, Really, Really, Really Doesn't Want to Go to Trial in January

How many hours should we stay home this morning till the bridges and overpasses thaw, Don Hill? One? Gotcha. Thanks. Former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, indicted about 28 years ago in that City Hall low-income-housing bribery and extortion case that started back in the days of eight-tracks and bell-b ... More >>

Don Hill's Genius Idea

Judge Provides a Generous Sneak Peek at Feds' Case Against Don Hill, Others

Look Out, Don Hill. Because Allen McGill Isn't Going Down Alone.

Mrs. Don Hill Speaks! And Says She and Her Hubby Are Innocent! No, Really?

Don Hill Slides From Mayoral Candidate to Alleged Criminal

How did that happen?

Got Time to Kill? Here's That 166-Page City Hall Indictment You've Been Waiting For.

Street Tax

Wannabe Kingmaker

Though out of the mayor's race, Don Hill remains in sight

Don Hill Responds

Don Hill's Open Letter to You

Who Made the Call to Make That Call?

Only 73 Precincts Left to Go...

Running up That Hill for the Last Time (sniff)

Don Hill Goes Down the River with Sam Coats and Angela Hunt. Say What?

Don Hill Has "Courage." So, Thanks, FBI!

Re: Brief Comment About Comments

Don Hill's Faith-Based Plan For...Crime-Fighting?

Nonissue

Set Don Hill free

Deny or Approve?

Hill and Heinbaugh: Issue-Makers

Why All the White Wanna-Be Mayors Might Be Rooting For a Don Hill Candidacy After All

Don and Sheila Sitting in a Tree...

Leading man

Don Hill could be a contender

A Real Double Feature