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Marvin Crenshaw

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Council Votes Not to Suspend Its Rules, Which Means Jasso's New Map Won't Get Look-See

    ​In the end, the most surprising part of this afternoon's discussion at City Hall over whether to suspend the rules and allow redistricting brought back to the horseshoe is that there was no discussion at all. Sure, a few speakers came to the mic, among them Roy Williams and Marvin Crenshaw, the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2011

    "Please, Respect": Council Seems to Settle on Combo Platter During Redistricting Meeting

    Photo by Anna MerlanRoy Williams, whose lawsuit helped lead to 14-1, addresses the council during Saturday's redistricting meeting.​As the redistricting process goes on (and on and on), you might expect the public to become less involved, especially when a meeting takes place late on a college-foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Tennell Atkins, Dwaine Caraway Demand Four African-American Seats Stay On City Council

    Photo by Anna MerlanCaraway and Atkins at this morning's press conference​Did you wake up this morning wondering what all the arguing's going to be about at Saturday's redistricting forum with Mayor Mike Rawlings and the city council members? Wonder no longer! At a City Hall press conference just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Marvin Crenshaw, Dwaine Caraway and Sandra Crenshaw on the Fate of Dallas's Black Districts

    Anna's gotten to know the city awfully well in a very short amount of time -- that's what sitting through every single redistricting meeting will do to and for you. And she was there for four hours last night, even though she's got a cover story due, like, now. And she'll be there all d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    This Whole Commission's Out of Order: City of Dallas's Redistricting Fun Really Begins

    Wonder if Ruth Morgan's having fun right about now​OK, no one has actually studied the effects of redistricting on the human body, but after last night it seems safe to say that the longer a redistricting process goes on, the grouchier everybody gets. At the county level, we have Maurine Dickey's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Mayor Dwaine Caraway's "Calling a New Play"

    Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway, his wife and council member Dave Neumann this morning at the City Hall Flag Room.​Just minutes before presiding over his first meeting as the city's newly minted mayor, Dwaine Caraway assured a group of around 150 folks gathered for a light breakfast i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Who's No. 1? Dallas City Council Candidates Pick Ballot Positions.

    Sam MertenPauline Medrano and Sheffie Kadane were two of only three (Vonciel Hill was the other) incumbents who showed up this morning.City Secretary Deborah Watkins and her staff this morning in the Flag Room at City Hall announced the ballot positions for the May 9 city council elections, as Billy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Mayor Tom: Man, What An Amazing Year! And It's Gonna Get Awesomer.

    Sam MertenPauline Medrano and Sheffie Kadane were two of only three (Vonciel Hill was the other) incumbents who showed up this morning.City Secretary Deborah Watkins and her staff this morning in the Flag Room at City Hall announced the ballot positions for the May 9 city council elections, as Billy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    Get a Sneak Peek at KERA's Special on Sharing the Power in Dallas

    Sam MertenPauline Medrano and Sheffie Kadane were two of only three (Vonciel Hill was the other) incumbents who showed up this morning.City Secretary Deborah Watkins and her staff this morning in the Flag Room at City Hall announced the ballot positions for the May 9 city council elections, as Billy ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Unfit to Print

    A vicious fight between John Wiley Price and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Die-In

    Harriet Miers' conservative views drew threats of an ugly protest in 1989

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Die-In

    Harriet Miers' conservative views drew threats of an ugly protest in 1989

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Roots

    The mess at City Hall goes back to ancient times

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Get on the Bus

    For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Bottle Rockets Downtown

    A lawsuit complaining about election fraud could bust things wide open

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    The Race Race

    In the battle for the District 6 council seat, the dark horse has a white face

  • News

    May 11, 2000

    Paranoia will destroya

    Judge Kendall's wife sends the black helicopters after Southlake's "Citizen of the Year"

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Saint Al

    Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    X marks the spot

    A plan to rename Oakland Avenue for Malcolm X raises cries of racism in Deep Ellum

  • News

    November 23, 1995

    BeloWatch

    A plan to rename Oakland Avenue for Malcolm X raises cries of racism in Deep Ellum

  • News

    November 16, 1995

    Letters

    A plan to rename Oakland Avenue for Malcolm X raises cries of racism in Deep Ellum

  • News

    November 9, 1995

    Kress and the merry morons

    Dallas' political rabble takes after minority students' best friend

  • News

    December 15, 1994

    Buzz

    Dallas' political rabble takes after minority students' best friend

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