Paul Fielding

Maybe Northern and Southern Dallas Should Consider a Free-Trade Pact

Actionable Jackson

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Buzz hacks through the past in search of the cool cats and fools of the year that was

Pecked to death

During a marathon meeting, Dallas City Council guts a proposed ethics code

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Image is everything; Death watch; Miracle cure

It's the money

And it's nowhere near enough to attract a slate of decent city council candidates in southern Dallas

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Business as usual

City Hall's Slam-Dunk Gang

Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

Parting shots

As Laura Miller rides off to tilt at political windmills, we recall some of her choicest words

Letters

Mr. Mayor, Meet Your Nightmare

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

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Priced to sell out

City Manager John Ware ramrods a patched-together arena deal

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Publicity Paul

U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins loves feeding his name to the papers. But what's he done that's news?

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Charlotte's web

Sloppy reporting forces a councilwoman to deny being soft on porn

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Letters

Mommie dearest

Why I'm trading my typewriter for diapers and drool cloths

Year of the weasel

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

Letters

Should Paul Fielding go to jail?

He's violated the public trust and betrayed his own ethical standards. But is Dallas' perpetually annoying councilman guilty of fraud, perjury, and extortion?

Clueless

For city Councilman Al Lipscomb, taking handouts from power brokers has become a way of life. Is there a problem?

Dallas' lawyer joke

A legal comedy of errors led to a $5 million tragedy for the city

Quarterback sneak

How Ron Kirk secretly pulled the strings in city's Big 12 deal

Letters

Private dealing

How Ron Kirk killed the public arena briefing

Look back in anger

From an arena that never was to a judge in a jam, ordinary folks took a beating in 1995

Bad planning

Commission chairman's departure leaves panel in weaker hands

Big D upside down

North Dallas council members complain they've been disenfranchised

Dog bites mayor

How a lost mail sack, a rubber check, and a bogus letter brought out the worst in City Hall

Sex and city hall

How strip bars have their way with the Dallas city council

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Arenas in the sky

A Fort Worth businessman wants to give Dallas a sports arena--for free

Blood sport

There are two to blame for the Kirk-Fielding feud

Lies on Tape

Secret city documents expose arena-study coverup at City Hall.

Behind closed doors

What the council says in secret.

Wide open town

Unlike Big D, Houston thrives on open government

None of your business?

Closed council sessions scorn open-meetings law

Desperate dealing

City scrambles to finance arena privately--and steal racetrack back from Fort Worth

Letters

Arena stonewalling

Amid lies, John Ware's moment of truth is here

Let them cast ballots

Why can't citizens vote on new arena?

How to renovate Reunion

Architect details low-cost plan to save arena--and poll shows public wants it done

The racer's edge

Hunt alliance gives weaker track developer big edge

The Arena Papers

Inside the secret City Hall files: A tale of dupes and deception

Who's the boss?

Council needs to take charge in arena debate

Whose city is it, anyway?

Arena documents, discussions remain hidden from the public