While we wait for Sam to post from the city council briefing -- where, for the first time, the entire council will discuss the smoking ordinance -- a few random notes. First, a Friend of Unfair Park points us toward the latest earnings report from Irving-based arts-and-craft emporium Michaels Stores, which posted a net loss for third quarter of $20 million. That's $2 million more than it lost in the same time period last year -- and the chain notes a loss of $70 million for the year to date. On
