Ron Kirk

Ron Kirk Could Come Home and Teach Texas Dems how to Win, but Don't Bet On It

What will Ron Kirk do when he returns to Dallas after leaving the Obama cabinet next month? If I had to bet, I'd say he won't return to Dallas, which will be a shame. If he did come home, maybe he could do something about these local Democrats. Former Dallas mayor Kirk is getting high marks from bo ... More >>

Ah, So This Was All Mary Suhm's Idea: Patting Backs, Drinking Drinks on Margaret Hunt Hill

​The speeches went on and on and on and on ... and on, everyone on the stage thanking everyone else on the stage for having a hand in building this thing we were all standing on: the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. Mayor Mike Rawlings, Friday night's emcee, introduced "our new skyline" and the structu ... More >>

If Ron Kirk Were NBA Commissioner ...

​At this very moment, President Obama's chief of staff, William Daley, is looking for someone to replace Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, who Obama tapped on March 9 to become the next ambassador to China. An afternoon Wall Street Journal item reminds: "Ron Kirk, the U.S. trade representative, is wi ... More >>

You Can Take the U.S. Trade Representative Out of Dallas, But You Can't ... Well, You Know

​Late yesterday, as the boy grew fidgety from yet another day stuck at home, we flipped on the teevee hoping to find something interesting, educational. Which meant: No Disney Channel, no nonsense. A few flips later, and there we were on C-SPAN2, listening to former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk address t ... More >>

Ron Kirk Injured in Grand Prairie Car Wreck. And DPS Has Answers About Tollway Crash.

Rock CunananDPS has determined what led to Wednesday morning's crash on the tollway.​Didn't intend to end the day with three (or four, if you will) auto-related items, but that's how we roll:First, this breaking news courtesy KTVT-Channel 11: Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk, now President Obama's tra ... More >>

Steer Clear of the Crescent on Monday

Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in D.C. earlier this month​That is, unless you have business with former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, who, in his position as U.S. Trade Representative, will be holed up at the hotel Monday talking North American Free Trade Agreement. But, ... More >>

After President Obama's Speech, Ron Kirk Begs Students To Be Cool and Stay in School

Photos by Patrick MichelsRon Kirk answers students' questions at Booker T. Washington High School after President Obama's speech this morning.​While President Obama's speech to students met a lukewarm reception at some schools around Dallas-Fort Worth, former Dallas mayor and current U.S. Trade Re ... More >>

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So Far, Ron Kirk is "Pleasantly Surprising"

To keep this brief, here's the takeaway from this morning's New York Times profile of former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, who's now "the unlikely new U.S. trade representative," as the paper puts it. The gist of the story is this: Everybody likes Ron Kirk. Everybody. So far. Because, well, they always hav ... More >>

Ambassador Kirk Is ... So ... So ... So Outraged Over Corps' Trinity Levee Report. Great.

I'm already getting calls from my Republican friends (I have some! Swear!) who have seen the Todd Gillman story that just went up on The Dallas Morning News's site. In it, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk tells Gillman he's really pissed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bringing up all this dumb ... More >>

Ron Kirk's About to Trade Up

'Bout 20 minutes from now, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk will go before the Senate Committee on Finance for his confirmation hearing as U.S. trade ambassador -- finally, right? We're having a watch party at Unfair Park HQ: Schutze brought the churros; Merten, the Moosehead. And I brought the Maker's ... More >>

Yes, Your Honoraria: Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk Has a Small Tax Matter to Tend To

Flickr photo: Obama__Dallas (Adam Jefferson)A Friend of Unfair Park sends along this just-posted piece from Politico detailing Ron Kirk's taxing issue before the Senate Finance Committee, which just today announced it was pushing back his confirmation hearing as U.S. trade ambassador till next Monda ... More >>

Ron Kirk's Doing Just Fine, Thanks

The Senate Committee on Finance doesn't have Ron Kirk's confirmation hearing penciled in on the schedule; so, for now, Bush appointee Peter F. Allgeier is the acting U.S. Trade Representative, the position to which then-President-elect Barack Obama appointed Kirk last month. But the former Dallas ma ... More >>

Merry Christmas, Ron Kirk! You're the New U.S. Trade Representative!

See, told you: No way former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk would be named secretary of anything by President-Elect Barack Obama -- all that lobbying, yech. (Or not.) Nope, ever since Monday it's looked more and more likely that First Buddy Kirk would be tapped for something a little less high-profile: U.S. ... More >>

Ron Kirk Still Mum on Possible Place in Barack Obama's White House

This morning, a Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention to The New York Times' page featuring Barack Obama's "New Team" -- those folks who've either been appointed to the new administration or who're being rumored for the short list of maybe-so's. And nowhere on the page does former Dallas Mayo ... More >>

Who Doesn't Have Something at Arts Magnet With Their Name On It?

During today's closed-door meeting of the Dallas Independent School District board, the trustees will tell superintendent Michael Hinojosa whether or not they, ya know, trust the dude. As in: The board will "deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or di ... More >>

Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk on "Good Friend" Barack Obama's Election: "For Once, The Good Guys Won."

Jim Did Not Ruin Ron Kirk's Night

Not Even Jim Schutze Can Ruin Election Day for Ron Kirk

Ron Kirk Spent His Weekend in North Carolina on Behalf of Obama

Ron Kirk Tells CBS News He Suffers From "Bush/Clinton Fatigue."

Kirk Beams to Austin for Obama

Ron Kirk is Not Cheap

Angela Hunt to Laura Miller and Her Thugs: Back That Shit Up, Pronto.

At Tower, Everything Must Go!

How about "Captain"?

Sticker Shock

Our bill finally comes in for the Kirk/Ware era

Odd Ends

Attorney Shelton sues Morning News for libel

The Real Ron Kirk

Plus: Liner's Spitefest

Ron Kirk's Crying Game

When he said it was time to end the blame game, he meant that he had won

Selling Ron

A pro-business black Democrat who appeals to white voters, Ron Kirk is the sport utility vehicle of Senate candidates. But will voters buy him?

Chinatown

Some really nasty secrets pollute the Trinity River deal

Crocodile Tears

City Hall is sorry it can't help the White Rock water main victims... or anybody else, for that matter

Outta Here

Cadillac Heights residents don't want levees, they want out

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Isn't it ironic; The poop scoop

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Look back in confusion

Buzz remembers the year that might have been and proves that not only the winners write the history

Mr. Mellow

John Wiley Price, the man who once toted a bullhorn in protests outside Mayor Ron Kirk's home, learns that it helps to have friends in high places

Parting shots

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

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Tough choices

Being major is hard work. If it isn't the Jews, it's a fight in Vegas.

Leave it to Keever

DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting

Private dealing

How Ron Kirk killed the public arena briefing

Bad planning

Commission chairman's departure leaves panel in weaker hands

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Big D upside down

North Dallas council members complain they've been disenfranchised

The Kirk connection

How Dallas' new mayor pulled it off