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August 4, 2011
Price Investigation's Royal Pains
"Queens for a day" could be a sign that feds are getting really ambitious.
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July 7, 2011
Hot or Not: Are You on Feds' JWP List?
Photo by Sam MertenWillis JohnsonLooks like at 11:18 this morning, John Wiley Price attorney Billy Ravkind, or someone in his office, faxed to Channel 5 the search warrant issued on June 24 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Stickney. It's a seven-page catalog of everyone and everything with whom the ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Some SALT to Season Those Subpoenas
So, the feds want Pettis Norman and Jon Edmonds to appear before a grand jury on July 20 -- can't imagine why. Oh, wait. My bad. And speaking of the Inland Port, for those who knocked off early for the Christmas holidays in '08, after the jump is a doc you might want to read (or re-read) this mor ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Watch Carefully as The Dallas Morning News Tippy-Toes Away from John Wiley Price
If you are a regular reader of The Dallas Morning News, Dallas's only daily newspaper since 1991, and if you are following the federal corruption investigation of John Wiley Price, the county's most powerful black politician, then from here on out you need to put on your magnifying specs and ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Flanked by Cowboys Legend Roger Staubach, Mike Rawlings Kicks Off Mayoral Campaign
Photos by Sam MertenMike Rawlings and Roger StaubachMike Rawlings formally announced his candidacy for mayor this morning to a group of approximately 150 supporters in front of Dallas City Hall, claiming he'll utilize public-private partnerships to protect both the city's infrastructure and i ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Mike Rawlings Taps Captain America For Tomorrow's Official Campaign Kick-Off
As Sam pointed out in February 2007, when he covered Tom Leppert's mayoral campaign kick-off at St. Philip's School in South Dallas, Roger Staubach served as his campaign co-chair alongside Elaine Agather. But Staubach couldn't make it four years back; he was "not in attendance." He is expected a ... More >>
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March 23, 2010
Richard Allen Blames Economy, Not John Wiley Price For Bankruptcy, Amazed Voters Chose to Replace Jim Foster
Richard AllenSpace restraints prevented us from including our interview with Richard Allen, CEO of The Allen Group, in this week's look at departing Dallas County Judge Jim Foster -- available wherever paper versions of Unfair Park are given away tomorrow. Of course, TAG is developing the Dallas ... More >>
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April 23, 2009
Richard Allen brings jobs to the black community.That makes him racist?
Richard AllenSpace restraints prevented us from including our interview with Richard Allen, CEO of The Allen Group, in this week's look at departing Dallas County Judge Jim Foster -- available wherever paper versions of Unfair Park are given away tomorrow. Of course, TAG is developing the Dallas ... More >>
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February 27, 2009
Skunked! C'mon, John Wiley Price, Jim Schutze Does Not Smell That Bad.
Last night, after that town hall meeting, I spotted Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price standing alone outside the Harold Wendell Lang Middle School. I approached him, because the commissioner had been ducking my calls and e-mails for a couple months, and I had some business to transact with ... More >>
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December 24, 2008
A Dash of SALT, or: Inside the Infamous Inland Port Proposal
Santa came to my desk a day early. I have been papering City Hall with public-records requests for several weeks, and today, just in time, I finally got the one document I was hoping for: the written proposal to developer Richard Allen from three businessmen who wanted to be his Southern Dallas con ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Congresswoman Calls Out John Wiley Price for Shaking Down Development Deal
Local pols back off a master plan that would have put the squeeze on a major southern Dallas development
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October 19, 2000
The Resurrection of Sandy Kress
Or, how a Democrat and reviled former DISD board president found a happy home pushing "educational acoountability" for the GOP
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August 6, 1998
Buzz
Or, how a Democrat and reviled former DISD board president found a happy home pushing "educational acoountability" for the GOP
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December 18, 1997
Mr. Mayor, Meet Your Nightmare
Frustrated, fed up, and ready to fight, Laura Miller trades muckraking for a run at City Hall
Culture
December 18, 1997
The high cost of winning
An insurance company has been paying ex-Cowboys workers comp, but Jerry Jones insists it's not his problem
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January 23, 1997
'It's all a matter of power.'
When Sandy Kress was school board president, he and Dan Peavy held private discussions on how to limit the influence of black school board members. Their conversations were captured on the Peavy Tapes, which Kress has fought hard to keep secret. Now, U.S.
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June 27, 1996
Leave it to Keever
DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting
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May 23, 1996
Ready For Battle
DISD hired Clarence Glover to defuse a racial crisis. But is he tough enough for the job?
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March 14, 1996
The Truth About Townview (Part II)
How John Wiley Price and Chad Woolery have made students pawns in Dallas' racial politics

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