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February 14, 2011
Two District 14 City Council Candidates Promise Not to Raise Taxes But Don't Have Concrete Solutions to Pending Budget Shortfall
James NowlinLate last week, we took a look at three of the five potential candidates for Angela Hunt's District 14 city council seat -- Jim Rogers, Vernon Franko and Brian Oley -- one of which (Rogers) said Hunt's decision to run for a fourth and final term caused him to put his campaign on h ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
The Unrepentant Tax-Hiker.
James NowlinLate last week, we took a look at three of the five potential candidates for Angela Hunt's District 14 city council seat -- Jim Rogers, Vernon Franko and Brian Oley -- one of which (Rogers) said Hunt's decision to run for a fourth and final term caused him to put his campaign on h ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Kunkle Says As Mayor, He Wouldn't Hike Taxes
Last week, Ron Natinsky made it official, taking the missus down to City Hall on Valentine's Day to file his petition to run for Dallas mayor. This morning at 10 a.m., David Kunkle will follow in his footsteps, filing his paperwork with the city secretary after gathering enough signatures to get ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Mayor Leppert's Last Day is Friday
Moments ago, after the last of the afternoon speakers came to the council chambers microphone to denounce Mayor Tom Leppert and the media one last time, the mayor said what we've known was coming since last night, if not well before: He's outta here."This will be my last city council meeting. Eff ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Concealed Guns on Campus a Fait Accompli?
Moments ago, after the last of the afternoon speakers came to the council chambers microphone to denounce Mayor Tom Leppert and the media one last time, the mayor said what we've known was coming since last night, if not well before: He's outta here."This will be my last city council meeting. Eff ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Want to Jump at the Chance to Be Mexico's Prez?
Moments ago, after the last of the afternoon speakers came to the council chambers microphone to denounce Mayor Tom Leppert and the media one last time, the mayor said what we've known was coming since last night, if not well before: He's outta here."This will be my last city council meeting. Eff ... More >>
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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 >>
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March 3, 2011
Council Candidate Says Angela Hunt "Embarrassed Our Entire City" By Walking Out During Tom Leppert's Farewell Speech
District 14 candidate Chad LasseterAs he explained to us a couple weeks ago, Chad Lasseter has some grand ideas, including moving the Texas Rangers to either Fair Park or West Dallas and providing free Wi-Fi downtown. He also disagrees with District 14 council member Angela Hunt on a handful ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Endorsements Aplenty For Ron Natinsky, Including Mayor Dwaine Caraway, Who Says There's No Time to Learn About Anyone Else
Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway asked mayoral candidate Ron Natinksy to put an endorsement sticker on his blazer this afternoon.Mayor Dwaine Caraway and 11 current and former council members endorsed council member Ron Natinksy for mayor this afternoon at City Hall Plaza. Caraway urg ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
A Pro-Guns-On-Campus Buzz! (Someone Else Wrote It)
Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway asked mayoral candidate Ron Natinksy to put an endorsement sticker on his blazer this afternoon.Mayor Dwaine Caraway and 11 current and former council members endorsed council member Ron Natinksy for mayor this afternoon at City Hall Plaza. Caraway urg ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
"Regionalism" Just Means Dallas is Going to Get Drilled When It Comes to Fracking
So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
We Need a Mayor Who'll Cut Up City Hall's Credit Card.
So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Billy MacLeod Steps Up Fight to Move Polling Location From Medrano Elementary
The polling location in disputeBy week's end, District 2 council candidate Billy MacLeod expects to file in state and federal court a lawsuit over the city's decision not to remove Esperanza "Hope" Medrano Elementary School from its list of polling locations for the May 14 election. As you're no ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Dallas' Next Mayor Will Face Tough Budget Choices. Too Bad The Candidates Won't Talk About Them.
Welcome To The Dull House
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April 20, 2011
Reliving the Trinity River Toll Road Campaign With Mayoral Candidate Ron Natinsky
Photo by Sam MertenRon NatinskyIn our cover story about the mayoral race, perhaps you read the section about council member Ron Natinsky and noticed a glossing over of sorts when it came to his public comments during the contentious 2007 Trinity River toll road referendum. As is often the ca ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Mike Rawlings Says He Wants to Fix the Schools. Sure, But Talk is Cheap.
Ah, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I call "rubber meets road" on the school district issue in the mayor's race. Candidate Mike Rawlings has been getting himself some political mileage on the hustings by saying that, as mayor, he will help fix the city's beleaguered public school system. I hav ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Mayor Dwaine Caraway Refers to Mike Rawlings As "Payday Loan King" in New Radio Ad
Photo by Sam MertenCaraway and Natinsky at the candidate's endorsement press conference last monthMoments ago, during Robert Ashley's show on KHVN-AM, an ad ran attacking mayoral candidate Mike Rawlings and his ties to Ace Cash Express -- though it never mentions Rawlings by name. The speaker: no ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Rawlings Takes Shot at Natinsky For Not Speaking Up When Council Loosened Ethics
Photo by Sam MertenRon Natinsky and Mike Rawlings at an early mayoral candidate forumTwo weeks ago, Schutze noted that the city council -- very quietly, very nonchalantly, very consent-agenda-y -- loosened up its own restrictions governing when and how developers with zoning cases at City Hall co ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Unethics Reform: Would the Author Please Stand Up? (We'll Bring the Tomatoes.)
Oh, now the city council has decided it needs to revisit its vote weakening the ethics rules on donations to city council members. Maybe they've decided to have themselves re-virginized. We pointed out here a thing that seems to have slipped past most media eyes: The council voted two week ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
The Greatest Sideshow on Earth: When The "Transparent" (Cough) City Council Talks Ethics
City council members Angela Hunt and Vonciel Jones Hill are kicking ass at today's contentious hearing on the city council's recent unethics reform, which is about to wrap up. (Or not.) The council voted last April 13 to gut its ethics policy and allow political contributions from representatives ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Solid Waste-rs Tell Caraway They Really Don't Want to Be Told Where to Dump Trash
Last June, we took a look at some moneymaking brainstorms Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm presented to the city council, which Suhm hoped would offset some of the $131-million budget shortfall with which she was faced at the time. Among them was one in particular that didn't get very far, or so it ... More >>
News
May 12, 2011
The Dallas City Council's Ethics Relapse
Two years after passing tighter ethics rules, City Hall tried to loosen them on the sly. You won't believe who blew the whistle.
News
May 12, 2011
Is Mexico a Tea Party paradise?
Two years after passing tighter ethics rules, City Hall tried to loosen them on the sly. You won't believe who blew the whistle.
News
May 19, 2011
Saying Goodbye to Dwaine Caraway, the Mayor of our Dreams
Here's hoping the next guy is just as bold and bumbling.
Blogs
May 19, 2011
Kunkle: Free The Trinity Docs! And Other City Hall Ethics Proposals Unveiled This Morning.
Patrick MichelsMayoral hopeful David Kunkle, backed by his squadron of crime-fighting supporters. Backed by a new group of law-enforcing backers calling themselves "Crime Fighters for Kunkle," former Dallas police chief and mayoral hopeful David Kunkle took a minute this morning to cast himself as ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
It's Time To Take Dallas In a New Direction, Say Mike Rawlings and All His Friends at City Hall
Photos by Patrick MichelsLois Finkelman was among the City Council members, past and present, who reiterated their support for Mike Rawlings today. Even casual campaign watchers will not be surprised to hear that Mike Rawlings has the support of all but a few current city council members, and plent ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Dwaine Caraway Bids Goodbye to the Mayor's Seat. Don't Expect a Return Visit.
This was Dwaine Caraway's last day as temporary unelected mayor of Dallas. He is now the former temporary mayor or FTM. But he thinks he's prime material for full-time elected mayor at some point in the future. That's not true. The reason why it is not true may not be what everybody thinks. ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
A Few Council Members Take in Gasland, But Not Before Mayor Mike Makes a Promise to City
Photos by Leslie MinoraAngela Hunt was asked whether it's likely Dallas will be sued by gas drillers awaiting their SUPs.Mayor Mike Rawlings took the mic before last night's Observer co-sponsored Gasland screening and told the audience of council members, activists and concerned locals, "I wi ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Small-Town Muckraker Joey Dauben Will Run the World Some Day. Just Ask Him.
In the little towns outside of Dallas, publisher and aspiring politician Joey Dauben is on a crusade to expose abuses of power, civic mischief and -- most of all -- himself.
News
July 14, 2011
Mike Rawlings Vowed to Clean Up Dallas, But the Feds Are Spilling Dirt Everywhere
To keep his promise, Dallas' new mayor will have to distance himself from the city's political machine. Good luck with that.
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Mayor Mike's Dinner With Council Conflicts With Gas Drilling Task Force Public Hearing
Photo by Mark GrahamMayor Mike Rawlings's office confirms: From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on August 2 he's throwing a dinner for the city council -- a sort-of get-to-know-me BBQ-flavored wingding in advance of the council getting back to work. Problem is, that conflicts with one of only two public hearin ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Well, So Much For That Redistricting Redo Deadline. It's Been Pushed Back to Monday.
Forget what I just wrote below about council members turning in their redistricting amendments by 5 p.m. today. I just got a call from someone at City Hall informing me that, no, that deadline was just changed -- at the request of the mayor's office. The Redistricting Commission office confirms: ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Before He Sipped the Tea, Rick Perry Had a Much Different Take on Voting
The old Rick Perry -- back before he discovered the Tea Party -- would have swept into Dallas on a white horse shootin' his Ruger and kickin' up dust to defend the embattled Medrano family, accused of faking a family member's voter residency in a justice of the peace election. In fact, I just ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Feds, Researchers Raise More Questions About Texas's New Voter ID Law
The voter ID law passed by Texas lawmakers in May continues its circuit among activists, lawmakers, academics and social commentators as a discriminatory, unjustified and absolutely necessary measure, depending on who's yelling. Words like "voter fraud" on the right and "disenfranchisement" o ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Top Chef Producers Sue to Suppress Details of Their Deal With Texas Taxpayers
If Padma's rider includes 19 boxes of whole grain pasta to chew on longingly, the taxpayers oughta know.Chris Christie, the seriously-non-president-running governor of New Jersey, recently pulled the plug on $420,000 in government subsidies for Jersey Shore, calling the tax incentives "wastef ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Rick Perry's Manufactured Miracle
Rick Perry's Texas is a job-making, low-taxing oasis of prosperity. It's also pure fantasy.
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Race to the Finish: After Ugly Redistricting Meeting, Council (Barely) Settles on Map
This is how you explain a map to council members when you don't have time to print a new one.Yesterday afternoon, around 5:30, as a tiny audience sat in the city council chambers, former Mayor Dwaine Caraway came by and declared to Unfair Park, "I think we got something." That's right. A final re ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
"It's Time to Take Action": Latino Redistricting Task Force Pledges to Fight New Council Map
Photo by Anna MerlanDomingo Garcia and, sitting to his right, Scott Griggs at last night's meeting over the map in Oak CliffLast week we sat through a very long, very ugly city council meeting, which ended with the members narrowly adopting a new redistricting plan. At that time, council member D ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
The Ad Man Cometh: One Mayor's "Great Value" Is Another Council Member's Waste of $30,000
Photos by Anna MerlanFrank Lutz addressing the council yesterdayThe Degolyer Estate at the Dallas Arboretum is a beautiful spot, a big house set back from a broad lawn, edged this time of the year with pumpkins and purple flowers. In the library, retreating Dallas City Council members and various ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Council Field-Trips to SMU For a Lecture on Ethics From Someone in Federal Gov't. Oh, Boy.
Photos by Anna MerlanIt would appear the council got a standing o for appearing, briefly, at a lecture about ethics.Ethics reforms, or at least the earnest discussion thereof, are in the air over at City Hall lately. Mayor Rawlings won his seat, after all, at least partially based on a "pro-e ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Firing City Manager Mary Suhm Won't Fix What's Broken at Dallas City Hall
In my column in this week's paper, I talk about that "flow control" deal, which has to do with how much trash gets trucked into southern Dallas. As usual, some of the responses I'm getting are from people mad about the way it came out who think the answer is to fire City Manager Mary Suhm. E ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
An Offended Occupy Dallas Responds to City's Demands; Last Arrestee Due Out of Jail Today
Photo by Chris HowellAt the end of business yesterday City Hall sent that memo from City Manager Mary Suhm and that letter from First Assistant City Attorney Chris Bowers. Both said more or less the same thing: Occupy Dallas has till 5 p.m. Saturday to clean up its mess behind Dallas City Hall, o ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Mayor Mike Rawlings Last Night: "Everything I Look At, I Ask, 'Is It Right for Southern Dallas?'"
Photo by Anna MerlanRawlings, Atkins and Caraway last nightLast night, Mayor Mike Rawlings hosted a community forum at Cedar Crest Golf Course, billed in the invitation as an "update on the City of Dallas." Backed by council members Dwaine Caraway and Tennell Atkins and a large supporting cas ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Fear and Fracking in Southlake
In one of America's wealthiest suburbs, an unlikely band of drilling opponents helped drive away the world's biggest energy companies. Did they save the town or ruin it?
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Wiping the Sheen off Conservative Rich Guys' Morality
Today, a commenter on a previous blog item of mine about GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain suggested it was mighty mysterious that President Obama doesn't have any sexual peccadilloes in his closet when so many Republican presidential contenders seem to. "Joshua," the commenter, suggest ... More >>
News
December 8, 2011
Is Mexico's Narco War a Revolution?
And why won't my gay boyfriend's Mexican family acknowledge our relationship?
Blogs
December 11, 2011
State Maps Stayed, Texas AG Abbott Now Wants Supremes to Delay Candidate Filing Period
Carol Kent's hoping to run for House Disrict 107, if there is a House Distict 107.As we were leaving the office Friday, word came down that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement) got what they wanted from the U.S. Supreme Court: a ruling that, for now, ... More >>
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December 17, 2011
Ethics Reform: You've Got to Know What Needs Changing Before You Can Change It
Ethics: They're hidden somewhere in City Hall, and it's a tough case to crack.Since becoming Mayor, Mike Rawlings has been consistently passionate about a few key things: South Dallas, DISD, pizza, economic development, Halloween, ethics reform -- not necessarily in that order. On Rawlings's ... More >>
News
December 22, 2011
Beating Up Babes in Toyland
Perry and Tea Party make a blue Christmas for needy kids.
Blogs
January 28, 2012
Before Mayor Mike's Meeting With LGBT Leaders, A Rally Outside City Hall Last Night
Photos by Anna MerlanDaniel Cates of GetEQUAL, who got angry with the mayor for not signing the same-sex marriage pledge. He was not alone.Mayor Mike Rawlings has a closed-door, no-press-allowed meeting this morning with 25 LGBT community leaders to discuss something that's become, say, a sma ... More >>
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