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April 3, 2012
Predicting Mike Miles' Future at DISD: Broadly Speaking, I See Blood and Privatization
Not sure what to think of Mike Miles, the Dallas school board's pick for new superintendent? Here's a shortcut. Decide what you think of the Broad Superintendents Academy (BSA). Miles is a 2011 graduate of a boot camp for school superintendents in Los Angeles founded and funded by a foundation nam ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
DISD Teachers, Custodians Hold Candlelight Vigil In The Rain To Protest Job Cuts
Photo by Anna MerlanRena HoneaUndaunted by last night's cold drizzle, around 30 Dallas ISD teachers, custodial workers and other support employees held a quiet march and candlelight vigil outside 3700 Ross Avenue. The reason? DISD's budget-cutting plan to outsource custodial services and HVAC ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Do the Zoo, You
Photo by Anna MerlanRena HoneaUndaunted by last night's cold drizzle, around 30 Dallas ISD teachers, custodial workers and other support employees held a quiet march and candlelight vigil outside 3700 Ross Avenue. The reason? DISD's budget-cutting plan to outsource custodial services and HVAC ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Dallas Gets Occupied
Doubtless you've heard about Occupy Wall Street, the protests against corporate greed and Wall Street bailouts (among other things) that have been going on for the last three weeks in New York. The protesters call themselves "the other 99 percent" or just "The 99," and this morning in Pike Park o ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Council Members Wrestle Over Park Clean-Up, Pothole Fixing and Cleaning Up After TxDOT
Scott Griggs and Jerry Allen at this morning's meetingA little after 9 this morning, the city council just took up those budget amendments we mentioned Saturday morning. First up was the slam dunk: the en masse suggestion, led by Mayor Mike Rawlings, to eliminate one more city-worker furlough day ... More >>
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September 3, 2011
Memos to the Council: This Week, Filling In a Few Big Blanks on the FY2011-12 Budget
Photo by Harry WilonskyJust what you wanted to kick off your Labor Day Weekend -- 16 pages' worth of budget Q's and A's prepared by the City Manager's Office for the city council following the August 8 budget briefing. There are 49 questions, all told, ranging from Big Picture to footnotes that f ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Your First Look at the City of Dallas FY2011-12 Budget, Which Includes a Water Bill Hike
On the other side is the budget briefing handed to media members when we arrived at City Manager Mary Suhm's fourth-floor conference room for a 3:45 meet-the-presser. Long story short: She managed to balance the budget without cutting too much, she said, thanks to the state taking less than origi ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Before the Council Talks Trash This Morning ...
No doubt most of you aren't all that concerned where your garbage gets dumped, so long as it's picked up and hauled off on time. That said, the subject's slowly but surely becoming a hot topic at City Hall, as City Manager Mary Suhm and Sanitation Services Director Mary Nix make their solid-waste ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
From the Mailbag: What Happened to City's Plan to Privatize Dallas Farmers Market?
Fingers crossed, we'll get to this asked-and-answered more than once a month. But not a week goes by that four, five e-mails don't pop up in the in-box wondering what in the wide, wide world of sports became of City Manager Mary Suhm's plan to take the downtown Dallas Farmers Market private? Matt ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Unfair Park Exclusive: Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm Confirms City Is Looking at Privatizing Dallas Farmers Market, Fair Park
Flickr photo: jlusterAfter 70 years of municipal control, it now sounds like City Hall could be handing over the management of the Dallas Farmers Market, as well as Fair Park, to the loving hands of the private sector. City Manager Mary Suhm confirmed for Unfair Park today that the city is reque ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Dallas County Commissioners Decide to Leave Security Issues With County Administrator
Photos by Kimberly ThorpeThe Dallas County Commissioners Court at today's meetingSo, yes, the Dallas County Commissioners Court did discuss privatizing security at all Dallas County courthouses and other county-owned-and-operated buildings. Problem was, the commissioners couldn't agree on what to ... More >>
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January 5, 2010
Dallas County Commissioners to Discuss Privatizing Security Forces at County Buildings
There's a chance Dallas County could privatize security at buildings like the George Allen Courthouse downtown.Flipping through the agenda for today's meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners Court, I came across an interesting item on page 193 concerning potential plans to privatize "all secur ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
The New Dallas Zoo Revue Will Be Coming Right at You By No Later Than October 1
If the discussion at Dallas City Hall today is any indication, that outta-nowhere proposal to privatize the Dallas Zoo and the Aquarium at Fair Park is all but a done deal. Expect the city to turn over the keys to the Dallas Zoological Society by October 1 following a vote next week by the city c ... More >>
News
January 27, 2000
No class
New York-based Edison Schools flunked out with trying to privatize Sherman's public schools. Why should things be any different in Dallas?
News
December 30, 1999
Grandma goes electric
Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander wants to take the state into the 21st century -- and herself into higher office -- with her vision of "e-Texas"
News
October 28, 1999
Quick Fix
After years of financial neglect, the state is hoping a shot of privatization will cure Dallas County's addicted and mentally ill population
News
September 19, 1996
Static Quo
The City of Dallas could make a fortune from WRR-FM. But powerful friends don't want anything to change at their little radio station.

Privatization and Nationalization

Blogs

Predicting Mike Miles' Future at DISD: Broadly Speaking, I See Blood and Privatization

Blogs

DISD Teachers, Custodians Hold Candlelight Vigil In The Rain To Protest Job Cuts

Calendar

Do the Zoo, You

Blogs

Dallas Gets Occupied

Blogs

Council Members Wrestle Over Park Clean-Up, Pothole Fixing and Cleaning Up After TxDOT

Blogs

Memos to the Council: This Week, Filling In a Few Big Blanks on the FY2011-12 Budget

Blogs

Your First Look at the City of Dallas FY2011-12 Budget, Which Includes a Water Bill Hike

Blogs

Before the Council Talks Trash This Morning ...

Blogs

From the Mailbag: What Happened to City's Plan to Privatize Dallas Farmers Market?

Blogs

Unfair Park Exclusive: Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm Confirms City Is Looking at Privatizing Dallas Farmers Market, Fair Park

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Dallas County Commissioners Decide to Leave Security Issues With County Administrator

Blogs

Dallas County Commissioners to Discuss Privatizing Security Forces at County Buildings

Blogs

The New Dallas Zoo Revue Will Be Coming Right at You By No Later Than October 1

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No class

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Grandma goes electric

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Quick Fix

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Static Quo

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