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Ned Fritz

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    $ucker$

    Forget Brooklyn -- Dallas' own Trinity River boosters aim to con you out of tax dollars for seven silly bridges

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    They Saved Texas's Land, Piece by Piece. He Saved Their Stories.

    As you may know, Dallas attorney Edward "Ned" Fritz died Friday at the age of 92. Said Laura Huffman, state director of The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Fritz is often referred to as "the father of Texas conservation," because, among other things, he was the co-founder of the state chapter of Nature ... More >>

  • 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.

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    All wet

    Supporters call the Trinity Plan a flood-control project. It isn't.

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Bait and switch

    The Trinity Project hits some expensive setbacks, but leave it to the News to look on the bright side

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Big Brother does Dallas

    Jim Schutze unmasks the Orwellian Dallas Plan Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Destiny Does Dallas, or: Why the Corps' "Unacceptable" Levee Rating is a Blessing

    Back during the campaign season for the 2007 referendum on the Trinity River toll road, Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow and I got into this really high-flown intellectual debate where I said, "Steve, you're stupid," and he said, "Jim, you're dumb," and I said, "Steve, you're a ninny," and ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008
  • News

    October 18, 2007

    Gunfight at the Trinity

    The biggest shoot-out in Dallas' political history

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    What's the Catch?

    This new Trinity River plan is suspiciously reasonable

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Been There, Done That

    For supporters of an improved and expensive Trinity River, everything old is new again

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    By the way...

    The News finally reports the danger of the Trinity River project. Did you notice?

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    A (Small, But Spirited) Effort Afoot to Shine a Little Light on Dallas's Buried Creeks

    Dallas Public Library/Dallas History and ArchivesAn old map of one Dallas's buried creeks, Peak Creek, which SOS would like to dig up and "daylight."In the high-ceilinged shadows of the old Pump House at White Rock Lake, Bud Melton clicks through PowerPoint slides of apartment complexes, shopping ma ... More >>

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Rockin' in the Suburbs | Buzz | Sand? What Sand

    Dallas Public Library/Dallas History and ArchivesAn old map of one Dallas's buried creeks, Peak Creek, which SOS would like to dig up and "daylight."In the high-ceilinged shadows of the old Pump House at White Rock Lake, Bud Melton clicks through PowerPoint slides of apartment complexes, shopping ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    When It Comes to the Trinity River Project, History Keeps Repeating Itself, Repeating Itself

    John W. Carpenter Papers, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library,Ben Carpenter, son of John, is the one seen here pointing to a Trinity River canal master plan​Your Trinity River correspondent and advice-to-the-lovelorn columnist, which would be me, had two interesting e ... More >>

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