Joyce Foreman

Last Night's Vote in Dallas ISD Was a Win for Mike Miles and a Loss for John Wiley Price

Look, life is not football. It's more important. I do get that. But, sorry. At a certain point in last night's Dallas ISD board meeting, a big scoreboard flashed in my mind. MIKE MILES, 7. JOHN WILEY PRICE, 0. Very, very superficial of me, I know. But, hey, I am not the one who set it up this way. ... More >>

Mike Miles versus The World

In Dallas ISD, a fight over principals, race and a slice of the pie.

Dallas ISD Trustees Voted to Fire Two Principals and Hundreds of Teachers Tonight

In a key win for the district's embattled administration, Dallas Independent School District trustees voted tonight to fire two principals and as many as 400 teachers, over the often heated objections of employees and activists. It was the culmination of months of debate and protests over Superinte ... More >>

South Dallas Shamrock Kwik Stop Story Ends With TABC Squeezing $1,500 Out of Store Owner

Looks like the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission may have written the last sordid act in the ugly saga of Thomas Pak and the Shamrock Kwik Stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Records released yesterday reveal a settlement last August between Pak and the state alcohol agency by which Pak acce ... More >>

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.

Goodbye for Now, Young Damarcus Offord

The Dallas Independent School District elections were held last weekend, and as we maybe should have known all along, Elizabeth Jones, Dan Micciche and Bernadette Nutall -- the candidates with tens of thousands of PAC dollars and personal endorsements from the Citizen -- blew out their competition. ... More >>

This Bernadette Nutall and Damarcus Offord Race for DISD Just Keeps Getting Better

In two days, DISD school board trustee elections will be upon us, and we of Unfair Park are way more stoked than we have any right to be. Obviously, we're particularly excited about the District 9 race between the incumbent Bernadette Nutall and her 20-year-old challenger, Damarcus Offord. You can ... More >>

How a Battle Over a Korean-Owned Kwik Stop Divided, Then United, South Dallas

Led by a little-known minister, protesters rallied to run a Korean store owner out of business. Then they learned a little more about that minister.

The Diamond Shamrock Protest May Be Canceled Due to Lack of Interest. 'Bout Time.

A week ago Monday, two people picketed outside Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. "Don't Stop, Don't Shop," and "They're Using the 'N' Word," their signs read. The day after that, there were three. One snapped my picture for crossing the picket line and entering the stor ... More >>

In South Dallas, the Neighborhood Wants to Buy Out That Shamrock Gas Station's Owner

Photo by Anna Merlan​Schutze broke the story a while back about a group of black people in South Dallas picketing the Diamond Shamrock gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. People in the neighborhood claimed the station's Korean owner had called black customers "broke-ass niggers, ... More >>

Dallas ISD Trustees Closed 11 Schools Last Night, and It Got Ugly Before It Got Done

They argued, they reasoned, they pleaded, they threatened, they chanted, they cried. But in the end, it just didn't matter. It never really did. It's over, and it was never in doubt. Under budget pressure, and after a final, five-hour session, the Dallas Independent School District's board of trust ... More >>

Live, From Atop Schutze's Head, a Battle Between Races at Local Convenience Store

​Well, I think my hat-cam is going to change my life. Now I can take you along on my daily adventures. You don't especially want to go? Come on. Try it. Be a sport. What I do every day may not be high drama, but it beats working. I go to a lot of stuff that doesn't "make" as a story -- that i ... More >>

Kathlyn Gilliam, Dallas ISD Pioneer and South Dallas Activist, Has Died at the Age of 81

Dallas Independent School DistrictKathlyn Gilliam​Friends and allies of former Dallas School board president Kathlyn Gilliam quietly mourned her death early Sunday afternoon. She had fought a 13-month battle with cancer. Gilliam, 81, was the first black woman in history to serve on the Dallas scho ... More >>

Farewell to Philanthropist Nancy Hamon, Who Helped Foot the Bill For Dallas's Arts Scene

​When word came down earlier this evening that Nancy Hamon had died at 92, I immediately thought of the unfortunate dust-up three Julys ago, when some folks, among them Joyce Foreman and Carla Ranger, voiced their displeasure with the Dallas ISD's decision to put Hamon's name on the side of Booker ... More >>

Michael Hinojosa's Gone, But As He Begins New Job, His Time in Dallas Is Not Forgotten

Photo by Patrick MichelsMiss him yet?​Former Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa officially begins his new gig in Cobb County, Georgia, today. Hence, this morning's piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "New Cobb superintendent's job 1: Close students' achieveme ... 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 >>

Trifecta of Dallas Mayoral Candidates Offers Little Substance at First Forum

Photos by Sam MertenThe three announced mayoral candidates -- Ron Natinsky, Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle -- squared off for the first time last night in North Oak Cliff.​Although he typically exhibits a dry temperament, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle nabbed some much-needed laughs f ... More >>

Democrats! Are you going to let John Wiley Price run your party? Really?

Jerry Allen and the Former Dallas City Council ... All-Stars? Sure. Go With That.

Bill Blayes, Alan Walne and Donna Halstead -- The Ex-Council Members out of costume!Few days back we peeked at Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway's what-updates as served up on Dallas Delivers, the city's riotous no-holds-barred talk show served up on Time Warner Cable Channel 16. Alas, some of us don ... More >>

Foreman on Fantroy

DISD's Confederacy of Jerks

Extremely pushy parents—Latino, black and Anglo—must rise up to save DISD from itself

One Step Forward, Ten Steps Backward

DISD Board of Trustees No Doubt Thrilled About Tomorrow's Meeting

An Arts Magnet By Any Other Name

Hitting Where It Hurts

Fluid Victory

DART acts as though it is accountable to no man. Especially my man Betz.

Hardballs

DART comes up a billion bucks short, no worries. DART gets sued by a taxpayer for $5,000, watch the lawyers fly.

What's Good For Mayor Tom and the DART Board Is Bad for Dallas

Tom Leppert and Dwaine Caraway Try, Try Again to Fill DART Board Seat

Leppert and City Council Loyalists Retreat on Convention Center Hotel Plan

DART Needs to Build a Subway Downtown

If DART backtracks on its subway promise, downtown traffic will be even more congested

Leppert Throws DART Board Appointments Under the Bus Today

So, About that Convention Center Hotel ... Um, Not So Fast There, Tom.

Missing the Bullseye, Caraway Derailed DART Board Interviews

At the Shaws' Funeral, a Symphony of Themes

What Rufus Wrote

Giving Joyce Foreman a Break

Apparently, the Council Thinks She's the Right Foreman For the DART Job

Be Ware: Mayor Tom Leppert's Trying to Get the Former City Manager on DART's Big Board

DART Made a Billion-Dollar Goof

New DART lines to cost $1 billion more than promised

Trinity River? Check. Jim Foster? Check. Dwaine Caraway? Check.

City Hall's Same Sick Story

White guys bribing black guys at Dallas City Hall

Color Bind

Who says the mayor is a racist? You'll be surprised by the answer.

No respect

DISD trustee Se-Gwen Tyler explains why she cast her controversial vote for an Anglo board president