Garrett Boone

News
June 14, 2012
The North Dallas Plot to Take Over DISD
Rich, white, North Dallas businessmen are plotting to take over Dallas' schools. Maybe this time it'll work.
Blogs
February 19, 2012
From This Moment Forward, Woodall Rodgers Deck Park Will Be Known As Klyde Warren Park
Behind the paywall this morning is The News's exclusive concerning "stealth billionaire" (Band Name Alert™) Kelcy Warren's purchase of the naming rights for the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park, which henceforth shall be known as Klyde Warren Park -- so named for the Energy Transfer Equity CEO and cha ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2012
Residence Evil: DISD Trustees Can't Decide Which Employees Should Actually Live in Dallas
Container Store co-founder Garrett Boone and the Star Employee Commission told the Dallas ISD trustees last month that the HR department was ... how did they put it ... well, let's just go with completely, totally and utterly effed. (Look, my kid reads Unfair Park, all right?) And they offered pa ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
DISD's Department of Uselessness
In the ever-lasting debate over whether and how and how well our teachers are living up to their charge -- that charge, of course, being simply to save their country from a slow, seamless descent into collective idiocy -- a lot of buzzwords get buzzed: evaluations, testing, metrics, merit pay, longe ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
What the Flunk: Commission's Report Says Dallas ISD's HR Department Is Basically Useless
Just returned from a funeral to find the Dallas Independent School District board discussing 21 ways to get better candidates down to 3700 Ross and how to restructure human resources -- which, I know, sounds boring on the surface. But this is the so-called Star Employee Commission's report to the ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Chase's $3 Mil Will Fund the Sidewalk. But The Park Still Needs $25 Mil For a Few Amenities.
Sam MertenContrary to how Sam (always) manages to capture the mayor, he was actually quite thrilled with today's gift.So sorry. As you can clearly see below, naming rights for the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park won't be going to 7-Eleven or Ray Hunt or Southwest or American Airlines. Syd Nancy, though ... More >>
News
September 18, 2008
Clearing the Air
Former County Judge Margaret Keliher keeps trying to blow away the smoke over pollution plans
News
September 6, 2007
Choke On It
North Texas gets schooled on the nasty politics of dirty air
News
February 1, 2007
Money-Huggers
How can all the top dogs in Dallas come out against TXU and coal?