Ebby Halliday

The Race For Dallas ISD's District 1 School Board Seat Is Going to Be Very Interesting

​Like I was saying, or writing, earlier this morning ...When Edwin Flores announced he wasn't going to seek re-election to the Dallas Independent School District board two weeks ago, the District 1 trustee said he'd hold off on making an endorsement. At the time, only one other candidate had annou ... More >>

DISD: Some at Ebby Halliday Elementary Used "Inappropriate Means to Instill Discipline"

​Speaking of the Dallas Independent School District's doings ... No doubt you recall the ugly allegations that came out of Ebby Halliday Elementary School in the fall, stories of abuse and intimidation that resulted in principal Kamalia Cotton going to another campus (Phillis Wheatley Elementary ... More >>

DISD Will Buy Out "Excess" Teachers & Other Highlights from Testy, Tear-Stained Meeting

Dalton Sherman, seen here in '08, showed up to defend embattled former Ebby Halliday principal Kamalia Cotton.​Thursday evening, Dallas Independent School District trustees approved resignation incentives for the 209 "unassigned" employees who are under contract but lack permanent positions af ... More >>

Jump at a Chance to Feed Your Face and Help White Rock Lake

​This weekend, For The Love of The Lake -- a group of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of White Rock Lake Park -- is hosting a benefit for the White Rock Lake Foundation and the Friends of the Bath House. This weekend's events also mark the finale of the Comerica White Rock Lake Centennial ... More >>

Hurry Now For a Sneak Peek at the City's New "Happy Trails" Safety Website and Videos

​The city's having a press conference Thursday morning during which Mayor Dwaine Caraway, Park and Rec officials and others will unveil the city's new "Happy Trails" campaign designed to make the 104 miles of the city's Dallas Trail Network jes' a little bit safer. You recall this campaign: We sne ... More >>

Mike Rawlings Clobbers Ron Natinsky and David Kunkle in Mayoral Fund-Raising Effort

Photos by Sam MertenWe're guessing this was Rawlings's reaction when he received bills from his consultants.​Former TracyLocke CEO Mike Rawlings easily outpaced the field of mayoral candidates by raising a whopping $1.03 million -- nearly three times the combined haul of Ron Natinksy and David ... More >>

Sendai's Response To Caraway's Missive: We're Kinda Busy Over Here, But Thanks Anyway

City of DallasCaraway chats with Ebby Halliday at her 100th birthday celebration today sponsored by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce. ​Mayor Dwaine Caraway sent a letter on Friday expressing the city's "deepest condolences" to his counterpart in Sendai, Japan, Mayor Emiko Okuyama. Caraway menti ... More >>

Oh, and Happy 100th Birthday, Ebby Halliday

As I was heading out, a Friend of Unfair Park wondered if I was going to that Ebby Halliday wingding underway at the Meyerson. No, hadn't planned on it. Too fancy. Nevertheless, it reminded me: Pete Sessions stopped down the U.S. House of Representatives and C-SPAN today to wish the Dallas real-esta ... More >>

Celebrating a Century

Kirby Schlegel Lives In a Freaking Ridiculous House And Other Super Tales

Photo by Andrea GrimesThe view from Kirby Schlegel's house is considerably better than that from, say, the Bud Light Hotel.​I gotta quit showing up to places where members of the Schlegel family live. It's bad for my morale. It makes me question whether my hard-working, up-by-their-bootstraps pare ... More >>

Ebby Halliday Knows How to Turn 100

Photos by Andrea GrimesEbby Halliday still has it, two months from her 100th birthday, which will be celebrated at the Meyerson Symphony Center on March 9.​Everybody who lives to be 100 years old should get a party in their honor at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. That should simply be a f ... More >>

A Deep Thought for the Late Hugh Prather III

​On January 10 of this year The Dallas Morning News ran a lengthy obituary for Hugh E. Prather Jr.: "one of the last surviving icons of the early 20th-century Dallas real estate industry, a former civic leader and a longtime Highland Park resident," wrote Steve Brown. Hugh Jr., who died the first ... More >>

Before White Rock Lake's Centennial Celebration Jam in June, 100 Days of Festivities

​White Rock Lake celebrates its 100th birthday next year -- why, matter of fact, here's historian Watermelon Kid's commemorative tee, offered "tongue-in-cheek," of course. And the city's got 100 days of events -- from regattas and runs to festivals and fashion shows -- planned to mark the occasion ... More >>

Mayor's Now a "Distinguished Business Leader"

Sam Merten​So says the press release forwarded this morning by Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh. It comes from the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Association of Business, which will honor Leppert with its annual Distinguished Business Leader Award early next year, at the 13th A ... More >>

For the Same Price, You Could Live on the Urban Reserve or a Creek in Rockport, Maine. Hmmm.

Ebby Halliday RealtorsThe porch of the Ford Tri-Motor House in the Urban Reserve​Thanks to The New York Times, I just spent the last little bit taking a virtual tour of the Dan Shipley-designed 25 Vanguard Way in the Urban Reserve off N. Central Expressway and LBJ Freeway. The Shipley house -- oth ... More >>

Reading Up on Former Dallas Public Libraries Director, Pioneer and Anti-Censorship Activist Lillian Moore Bradshaw, Who's Died at 95

Lillian Moore Bradshaw​I've spent the better part of the morning trying to get to know Lillian Moore Bradshaw, who has died at the age of 95. The memo City Manager Mary Suhm sent to the mayor and city council last night is brief, a few sentences containing a few notable accomplishments -- chief am ... More >>

Dallas, You're a "Shining Beacon" Filled with "The Most Retail Space Per Capita"

The Dallas Regional Chamber just posted to YouTube this short film made to commemorate its 100th anniversary, and it's star-studded: Ebby Halliday, Erle Nye, Ray Hunt, Jan Hart Black, Bob Estrada, Wright Lassiter and, of course, Mayor Tom Leppert talking Trinity. Also, it's absolutely loaded with ol ... More >>

What Summer Vacation?

School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

Good Lord, Who Isn't Supporting Ann Margolin's Bid for City Council?

Harry Thomason on His Good Bad Road

The Former Mayor Pro Tem Would Be Delighted to Sell You a New (Or Very Old) House

Ear Muffs, Tom Landry! Ear Muffs!

Gary Griffith Opens the Books. Has To, Really.

The Naked Truth

When it comes to Dallas' practice of prosecuting low-level porn clerks, jurors know hypocrisy when they see it

Letters

Silence Is Golden, Re: Wet Dog and Urine, Buy Me Some Peanuts...

The Little-People Tax

Dallas tax appraisers can't keep up with Ross Perot. But if you're Average Joe, they've got your number.

Locked In

Trinity Works says it helps poor people find housing and jobs. But an Observer investigation reveals questionable policies that do little except ensure its clients never leave.

Public defenders

A surprising number of parents are shunning the 'burbs, pulling their kids out of private schools, and embracing DISD

Buzz

Enough for a Rangers ticket?
Bush's old-time religion
D goes for M

Hash Over

Single with children

A year ago, Linda Koop took in two homeless boys on a moment's notice. Now she wants them to call her mom.

Accidental angel

A single Dallas businesswoman stumbles into parenthood