George Dealey

Blogs
July 29, 2011
It's Official: DISD Now Has More Academically Unacceptable Schools Than Exemplary Ones
This never gets old.The Texas Education Agency won't officially release its based-on-TAKS-scores state accountability ratings till 'round 1 this afternoon (here, for those so interested), at which point Commissioner of Education Robert Scott will hold a press conference in Austin. But the Dallas ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2011
For Sale, An Amazing Piece of Local History: The "Last Fool Flight" of the Dallas Spirit
eBay seller "jamber1y"Captain William P. Erwin and his airplane, somewhere near Oakland, more than likely, in 1927Yesterday, Friend of Unfair Park PeterK sent me the link to yet another vintage photo with local ties that's presently up for grabs on eBay: "20s Swallow Airplane, Dallas Spirit, Dole ... More >>
News
April 15, 2010
Schutze Says We Should All Do a Badu and Get Naked at Dealey Plaza--and That Includes Him
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Dallas ISD's Long and Winding Road to Broad Prize Just Hit a Dead End
Perhaps you've seen the promotional materials -- they've been everywhere during the past five years, as the Dallas Independent School District (and superintendent Michael Hinojosa, especially) eased on down that Road to Broad, so named for the $2 million award given to urban school districts who ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
DISD Lawyer Says There Are No Waivers For Magnets. But, You See, He's Wrong.
Woodrow Wilson High SchoolAt about 5:50 pm today, I received a call from a Fort Worth attorney, Ben Barlow, representing the Dallas Independent School District on the magnet school and learning center issue. He informed me that my piece posted to Unfair Park on Friday night was dead wrong and that ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2007
Dallas' One-Man Newspaper Dynasty
News
March 16, 2006
SMU's Shame
Even people who like the president shouldn't want his library here
News
July 4, 2002
Been There, Done That
For supporters of an improved and expensive Trinity River, everything old is new again
News
August 5, 1999
Caged and confused
While critics howl, the SPCA of Texas dreams of opening a rural animal utopia. Meanwhile, Dallas kills hundreds of pets every day.
News
February 19, 1998
Not as dome as you think
Dallas attorney Darrell Jordan wants to cover the Cotton Bowl--anyone got $150 million to spare?
News
January 22, 1998
Flood money
The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.