John Barr

Dallas County Constables, Commissioners Court Agree to End Federal Lawsuit. At Least For Now.

​Noticed on PACER this morning something that's gone unnoticed since its filing at the end of last week: That heated lawsuit pitting Dallas County constables against the Dallas County Commissioners Court -- the one involving allegations of retaliation and corruption, the one that dragged everyone ... More >>

Before This Morning's Constables Hearing in Federal Court, Let's Review the Filings

​Today's The Big Day (well, all right, a big day) for Dallas County Constables Ben Adamcik, Beth Villareal and Roy Williams and many of the deputy constables who say Dallas County is eliminating their jobs because some of them blew the whistle on Dallas County Precinct 1 Constable Derick Evans and ... More >>

The John Wiley Price Investigation: Setting the Record Straight In More Ways Than One

​I need to correct an error and an omission. Yesterday I posted an item identifying the lawyer who defended Dallas County Judge Jim Foster from an intimidation attempt by Commissioner John Wiley Price as Ken Barr. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Ken Barr is a former mayor of Fort Worth and member of the ... More >>

Tagged, You're It! Terrific Short Film Takes a Look at the History of Graffiti in Dallas.

A couple of weeks back I got sucked into watching, yet again, Bomb It, Jon Reiss's extraordinary documentary about graffiti culture from NYC to Tokyo and all spray-painted points in between. Seemed a good time to stop down for the video rewind, what with Oak Cliff attorney John Barr's having been ap ... More >>

Just In Time For the Super Bowl, Dallas Is Making One Last Push to Wipe Away Graffiti

Photos by Patrick MichelsDallas is cleaning up its image before the Super Bowl. We'll start with Dealey Plaza.​As quiet as Dealey Plaza's been since the truth-bearing publishers were cleared out, you could forgive a few tourists for being concerned this morning to find the place crawling with cops ... More >>

Having a SodaBlast! The City Is Not Screwing Around When It Comes to Graffiti Removal.

Soda Blast Systems​Had a very long, very off-the-record chat with don't-call-him-Graffiti-Czar John Barr late last week, during which he dropped the hint that this week, the city would roll out some new tech aimed at power-washing the hell out of the city. But the Oak Cliff attorney, who's been re ... More >>

Some Suggestions for Our New Graffiti Czar

Flickr user: Marcia CirilloFrom '06, some of Tony Bones's work on the Kelly-Moore Paint Co. building on Garland Road​OK, so Oak Cliff lawyer John Barr doesn't want to be called the graffiti czar. Fine. Not the point. This is: Scott Henson, who serves Grits for Breakfast, penned an item this mornin ... More >>

Just Don't Call John Barr the "Graffiti Czar"

​Sam's at City Hall for the council's Love Field briefing, but he got there in time for the 1:30 announcement of the city's new "graffiti czar," attorney John Barr. Only, Barr told Sam in their post-announcement chat, "Don't write that I'm a czar." Whoops. My bad.Anyway. You remember Barr, right? ... More >>

Was County Judge Jim Foster Really the Disaster His Own Party Claimed. Maybe, Maybe Not.

Richard Allen Blames Economy, Not John Wiley Price For Bankruptcy, Amazed Voters Chose to Replace Jim Foster

Richard Allen​Space restraints prevented us from including our interview with Richard Allen, CEO of The Allen Group, in this week's look at departing Dallas County Judge Jim Foster -- available wherever paper versions of Unfair Park are given away tomorrow. Of course, TAG is developing the Dallas ... More >>

Who Gets Constable Jaime Cortes's Computer Data? Not Cortes. For Now, It's the Court's.

Constable Jaime Cortes​During a last-minute hearing this afternoon, a judge ordered that data seized from Precinct 5 Constable Jaime Cortes's office computer be returned -- only, not to Cortes, as his lawyers, Larry Friedman and Domingo Garcia, had demanded, but to the court, where it will remain ... More >>

Wannabe Kingmaker

Though out of the mayor's race, Don Hill remains in sight

Don Hill Responds

Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Me

Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

Love's Not Blind. It's Just Stupid.

The Things Dupree Do For Love

Letters

Mayor Nuke

The bad guys in the Sheetrock drug cases better be up on their game

Mr. Mayor, Meet Your Nightmare

Frustrated, fed up, and ready to fight, Laura Miller trades muckraking for a run at City Hall

Bad Judgement

State District Judge John Marshall is snared in allegations of misconduct

Boomer bust

In the rockin' '80s, Bill Brosseau's sexy success story put his face in Money and Cosmopolitan. Times and fortunes change. Now he's a broke former cocaine addict facing a stint in federal prison.

Year of the weasel

From Al Lipscomb to Paul Fielding, it was hard to find straight talk in '96