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May 20, 2010
Mayor Leppert Just Stopped Checking His E-Mail to Chime In on the Love Field Concessions
Sam MertenMayor Leppert, five minutes into the presentation.Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano began this afternoon's Love Field Concession Committee meeting by letting folks know why the committee was formed -- to clear up "perception issues reported by the newspaper" -- and what the groun ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Hopes Dallas Does an International Search for Bike Plan Consultant
It's been a year since the city council's Transportation and Environment Committee got word that Dallas had plans -- and $300,000 courtesy the Regional Transportation Council -- to update The Greater Dallas Bike Plan, created in 1985 and updated, barely, only a few times since. According to a mem ... More >>
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July 27, 2009
Rasansky Says Supporting Leppert Was His Biggest Regret, Explains Support of Trinity River Toll Road And Much, Much More
Sam MertenAfter serving eight years as a city plan commissioner and another eight as a council member representing some of North Dallas's more upscale neighborhoods, 72-year-old Mitchell Rasansky is no longer roaming City Hall when he's most needed. Replaced last month by Ann Margolin because of ter ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Grand Prairie Has the AirHogs. But Dallas Has the "Water Hogs."
RetroRazorDon't know what's more interesting: This morning's Wall Street Journal story that ties together Dallas's efforts to take a long drink from the Neches River and Oklahoma's water supply, or the comments attached to the story. Let's start with the story, in which outgoing assistant city manag ... More >>
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July 14, 2009
With "Considerable Regret," Mary Suhm Breaks News of Ramón Míguez's Resignation
Assistant city manager Ramon Miguez, for three more daysIn the memo below, written by Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm and sent to Mayor Tom Leppert and the city council (as well as other city officials), you'll find a list of all Assistant City Manager Ramón F. Míguez's accomplishments -- as well as ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
The Easy Answer to the Trinity River's Levee Problems? Just Blame Katrina.
Sam MertenKevin Craig of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wasn't given a chance to speak when Mayor Leppert and other politicos announced a two-year, $29 million levee study.After Mayor Tom Leppert announced the need to pony up $29 million to study Dallas's levees resulting from "unacceptable" ratings ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
When You Go Down to City Hall Today, Just Make Sure You Pay the Parking Lot Box
Should be an interesting Dallas City Council meeting today -- if, that is, the Deep Ellum Association knows it needs to send its people to City Hall before 1 p.m., as the council will vote on the parking-boot ordinance well before lunch break, according to city officials to whom we spoke last night. ... More >>
News
June 11, 2009
Who knew sand flowed under the Trinity? Everybody but the folks building bridges there.
Should be an interesting Dallas City Council meeting today -- if, that is, the Deep Ellum Association knows it needs to send its people to City Hall before 1 p.m., as the council will vote on the parking-boot ordinance well before lunch break, according to city officials to whom we spoke last night. ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2009
No Love Field Lost at Briefing Today
Assistant city manager Ramon Miguez, at left, is having no fun today at the council's Transportation and Environment Committee briefing.If you want to drive yourself insane, dial up the Dallas City Council's Transportation and Environment Committee meeting, where, at this very moment, the committee ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Angela Hunt: City in Serious Denial About Effect Corps' Report Has on Trinity Toll Road
For those willing to fight through the poor video quality, I condensed my footage from yesterday's city council meeting, where Angela Hunt and Mayor Tom Leppert had different ideas about how the report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers affects the city's plans to jam a toll road in its flood ... More >>
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February 28, 2008
Headache Hotel and Other Dallas City Council SUPs and WTFs
For those willing to fight through the poor video quality, I condensed my footage from yesterday's city council meeting, where Angela Hunt and Mayor Tom Leppert had different ideas about how the report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers affects the city's plans to jam a toll road in its flood ... More >>
News
December 7, 2000
Love's Labor Lost
The silence is deafening at City Hall over expanding Love Field, but Jim Schutze has some advice for airport neighbors: Buy earplugs.
News
October 12, 2000
Deadbird
How vicious racial politics, mismanagement, and dirty dealing turned Dallas' Redbird Airport into a Third-World airfield
News
September 2, 1999
Busted
Even in these boom times, Dallas is broke, thanks to a city council that has been giving away the store
Culture
January 15, 1998
Mavs held hostage
Did Ross Perot Jr. strike out when Tom Hicks bought the Rangers?
News
March 7, 1996
This Gross House
How a junk-collecting man and his gun-toting son are holding city inspectors and a North Dallas neighborhood at bay
News
November 2, 1995
Razing Hopes (Part II)
Thousands of people in Dallas need a cheap place to live. So why is the city destroying homes that could be saved?
News
July 13, 1995
Lies on Tape
Secret city documents expose arena-study coverup at City Hall.
News
December 1, 1994
Who's the boss?
Council needs to take charge in arena debate
News
November 24, 1994
The scapegoat
A mid-level staffer bears the brunt of a sleazy City Hall coverup

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