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Laura Leppert

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    May 3, 2011

    Charter Chain Harmony Public Schools Celebrates 10 Big Ones at the Winspear

    Photos by Patrick MichelsLaura Leppert accepts an award for support of education, on behalf of her husband Tom Leppert, from Harmony Superintendent Soner Tarim.Harmony Public Schools, Texas' largest chain of charter schools, packed all but the uppermost tier of the Winspear last night for a celebrat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Portrait of the Mayor as a Young Baller

    Courtesy the Leppert Family​This photo of Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, taken when he was adorable years old, ran with this morning's New York Times piece to which I linked earlier. But because I didn't want to lift it from the paper of record, I asked Chris Heinbaugh, the mayor's chief of staff, if w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Doing the Math After Today's Tax Rate Vote

    City of Dallas Facebook pageFrom yesterday's Pavaho Pump Station groundbreaking, though feel free to write your own caption​Didn't even get my print-edition column out the door this week before I got a major correction, and this one from a person who would know -- city council member Angela Hunt. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    There's No AFI Anymore, But Film Fest Has New Honorary Chairs: Tom and Laura Leppert

    Danny HurleyMayor Tom, with Peter Bogdanovich and other film and local luminaries (and Rick Perry) at an AFI Dallas closing event last April​A few weeks ago we mentioned some fairly significant changes at The Film Festival Formerly Known as AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Today comes word ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Catching Up With Mayor Leppert in Asia If Only Because We Miss Him When He's Gone

    All photos courtesy of the Office of the MayorLeppert and the trade delegation make a stop during their trip to Daedeok Innopolis (Hmm ... seems familiar)From the looks of the photos sent along by Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh, it appears as though Leppert and the other 21 memb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Things Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Apparently Hates: Rick Perry, Iran, Iraq, Obama's Health Care Plan and TxDOT

    Sam MertenSenator Kay Bailey Hutchison criticized Governor Rick Perry in a speech to the local Republican Jewish Coalition this afternoon, claiming Texas has the country's highest property taxes, an education system with the worst dropout rate in the nation and a government growing faster than the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Against a Dream Team Like This, Diabetes Doesn't Stand a Chance

    Sam MertenSenator Kay Bailey Hutchison criticized Governor Rick Perry in a speech to the local Republican Jewish Coalition this afternoon, claiming Texas has the country's highest property taxes, an education system with the worst dropout rate in the nation and a government growing faster than the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2007

    All's Quiet on the Northwestern Front

    Sam MertenSenator Kay Bailey Hutchison criticized Governor Rick Perry in a speech to the local Republican Jewish Coalition this afternoon, claiming Texas has the country's highest property taxes, an education system with the worst dropout rate in the nation and a government growing faster than the ... More >>

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