Farmers Branch

JP Morgan Plaza Evacuated after Worker Finds Box Labeled "Bomb Do Not Touch"

At 7 a.m. today, a maintenance worker in the main building of JP Morgan Plaza, facing the Dallas North Tollway in Farmers Branch, was working on the seventh floor when he spotted a box. On the box was the simple message "BOMB DO NOT TOUCH." The worker didn't touch, instead backing away and calling ... More >>

Hispanics Now Have A Shot At Getting Elected in Farmers Branch

Farmers Branch Latinos have a better chance today at seeing a little color introduced into the all-white tableau of elected city government. Under orders from a federal judge, who determined that the town's at-large-style districts robbed Latinos of representation, the city council approved single-m ... More >>

Judge: Farmers Branch Voting System Robs Hispanics of Representation

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Farmers Branch's voting system is depriving the Latino population of representation on the City Council. City leaders have 60 days to address the violation of federal voting law. Farmers Branch's ethnic history has been troubled over the last six years or so. The ... More >>

Farmers Branch Gets A Rehearing Before Appeals Court on Immigration Law

A controversial Farmers Branch immigration ordinance will get a second chance in court after a sound rejection back in March, and the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration bill will play a determining role. Farmers Branch has three times passed a "housing" ordinance whi ... More >>

In Farmers Branch Immigration Fight, Competing Readings of Supreme Court's Arizona Ruling

Opposing counsel in a six-year legal battle over a proposed Farmers Branch immigration ordinance are trading letters to the judge, arguing, naturally, that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's immigration law supports their side. Last month, the high court struck down every provision of Ari ... More >>

While Dallas Chokes on the Trinity, the Suburbs Show Us How It's Done

Hop in the canoe with Schutze as he cries himself down the river.

What the Supreme Court's Ruling On Arizona's Immigration Law Means for Farmers Branch

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down much of Arizona's illegal immigration law Monday morning, leaving its most controversial, show-me-your-papers provision standing, and that only provisionally. Experts say the decision provides a road map to federal courts evaluating immigration laws enacted in plac ... More >>

Farmers Branch Has Spent Five Years and Millions of Dollars Trying to Keep Out Mexicans. Is It Time for a Truce?

You Never Know Where Someone's Allegedly Assembling Guns to Smuggle Into Mexico

​Looking through a stack of federal cases this morning I espied something odd, a file titled USA v. ... well, let's just say an address all of four blocks from my Northwest Dallas house, and a house I drive by at least once a day. A foreclosure, perhaps? A tax issue? Something perfectly benign? No ... More >>

Good Friday: Memorial Day Weekend Edition!

The Twilight SingersSam Holden​This week, since we won't be around on Monday, we're going to include Monday's shows in this here weekend round-up of sorts. And it just so happens that what may be the biggest show of the weekend is on Monday: The Twilight Singers and Margo & The Nuclear So & ... More >>

They All Become Blueberries

SMU Profs Turn Fight Over Farmers Branch Apartment Ordinance Into Race Case Study

​In the four years since Farmers Branch has been trying to get that ordinance barring illegal immigrants from renting apartments to stick, the suburb's racked up $3.4 million in legal fees. And so far, all it has to show for its efforts is, well, an enormous legal bill. But SMU anthropologists Car ... More >>

Yet Again, a Federal Judge Tells Farmers Branch it Can't Enforce Immigration Law

Illustration by Craig LaRotonda​Since ex-Observer'er Megan Feldman's done moved back to Colorado, it falls to me to direct your attention to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's announcement today concerning U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle's order that "permanently enjoins enfo ... More >>

Villafranca's Bid for Farmers Branch Council Has Very Little to Do With Immigration Issues

Steve SatterwhiteElizabeth Villafranca with daughter Natalie, who's now 9 and ... working on a documentaryElizabeth Villafranca entered the limelight in 2006, as Farmers Branch began its illegal-immigrant battle that rages to this day. As we mentioned earlier this week, the Cuquitas co-owner has dec ... More >>

In the USA Today Today, a Tale of Two Cities: Oak Point and Farmers Branch

Illustration by Craig LaRotondaThis morning's USA Today visits cities "revisiting immigration laws" for various reasons: exorbitant legal bills, the high price of implementation measures and "the barrage of publicity and accusations of racism that come with such laws." Up in Denton County, Oak Point ... More >>

Bill Brewer and the Battle for Farmers Branch

Bill BrewerThis morning the Associated Press catches up with Dallas attorney Bill Brewer, who's leading the legal charge against Farmers Branch's efforts to keep illegal immigrants from renting apartments and houses in the suburb. Says Brewer, who was recruited into the battle in November 2006 by Ad ... More >>

"Unfortunately, the City of Farmers Branch Doesn't Know When to Quit."

Farmers Branch Mayoral Election Could Solidify the City's Intolerant Backwater Ways

The Unique Story of Unique Performance's Unique Way of Not Selling Unique Cars

The Case Against Farmers Branch's Election Methods Will Move Forward

Say This For Farmers Branch: They Do Stick to Their Guns

Dallas Flashes Back to 1997

A Trinity River vote, the return of the Citizens Council, a corruption case at City Hall. Buzz is confused. Was this 2007 or 1997?

Mustang? Mustank, More Like It.

Yes, Carlos, Sure, They're Out to Get You

Romo's Riches|Legacy of Hate|There Goes the Neighborhood|Farmers Branch Again

Farmers Branch Pulls in the Welcome Mat

Just Not During the Movie

I'm Sorry, Doctah!

See Brookhaven's Horrors

Waste, Want Not

Looking on the Bright Side

U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay Votes "No" on Farmers Branch Ordinance

Massacred

Are all men racists?

MALDEF and ACLU Begin Their Full-Court Press in Farmers Branch

At Dallas City Hall Yesterday, Signs That the Fight in Farmers Branch Is Closer to Home

Immigrant Song

Your kind ain't welcome around here, Julio

Voter Drive to Commence in Farmers Branch. That Won't Be Interesting. Not At All.

Farmers Branch Needs Dough to Fight "Frivolous Lawsuits." Yeah, Frivolous. Right.

Jesus and Mary: Stay Outta Farmers Branch

The High Cost of Segregating a City

Coming Out Swinging

Latino activist Carlos Quintanilla's combative style makes enemies, even among his friends

Re: Farmers Branch, Where the Lawsuits Are Piling Up

Farmers Branch, Where the Lawsuits are Piling Up

Race on Over

Bilingual in the Branch? Say It Ain't So.

Fed Up in Farmers Branch | There She Goes Again | Borat on Rock and Roll

"Un-American, un-Texan and un-Christian"

O'Hare of the Dog

Splitsville

No border fences make for mad neighbors in Farmers Branch

Grape Escape

Go ahead and stomp