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Ron Kirk

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Matrice Ellis-Kirk's NTTA Appointment Gets Diversity Without Greasing the Price Machine

    ​So, Lakewood is in southern Dallas now. Either that, or all black Dallasites are residents of southern Dallas, no matter where they live. Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price tells The Dallas Morning News in a story today that the proposed appointment of Matrice Ellis-Kirk to serve on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Barack Obama Show Hits Dallas

    ​Our Sara Kerens was on the Love Field tarmac when President Obama arrived yesterday; revisit that moment via this slide show. Then hop on over to the White House website, where all three of the president's Tuesday speeches are preserved -- not only his Eastfield College American Jobs Act remarks, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Ron Kirk: Democrats Can Take Texas. One Day?

    Photo by Patrick Michels​USA Today's Richard Wolf attended this morning's Third Way breakfast, where former Dallas Mayor-turned-U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk insisted the demographic shift in Texas over the last decade -- where 38 percent of the population is now Hispanic, 12 percent African- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Kirk on Leppert and Dallas's Next Mayor

    Last week, the Texas Tribune sat down in Austin to chat up U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Today, the Trib posted some of that interview, during which Kirk reveals that when he stepped down as Dallas Mayor, he cried. So did Schutze. Like a baby.You can watch the video. Or read the transcript. Yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Ex-Mayor Kirk Addresses Soon-To-Be-Ex-Mayor Leppert and Other Tom Tidbits

    U.S. Conference of MayorsMayor Tom Leppert at a panel on job retention and creation yesterday in Washington, D.C.​That's not exactly what happened, sure, but this afternoon in Washington, D.C., at the 79th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk delivere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    No, Ron Kirk Will Not Change Seats With You

    ​Flipped over to the Kennedy Center Honors late in the show, just as a certain Arts Magnet grad was foo-fighting over Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed."  And first thing I saw was former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, now the United States Trade Representative. Clearly, it still pays to be the Firs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    If Nothing Else, You Can Always Go to Booker T. to Watch Obama's Speech With Ron Kirk

    ​A few minutes ago, I spoke to Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander concerning his voice-mail message this morning. I wondered if today's decision, to let teachers and principals decide whether their classes could watch President Obama's speech to students on Tuesday, was a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Before the Swearing-In, a Texas-Sized Ball

    Last night from the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in D.C., site of the Texas State Society's 2009 Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball, a good Friend of Unfair Park sent the following message: "The Texas ball is not only a celebration of a new president, but a display of wealth via ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Oh, Say, Can You D.C.: Ron Kirk and Tom Leppert at the U.S. Conference of Mayors

    Dallas mayors former and current were in D.C. over the weekend for the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual winter meeting: Tom Leppert, to once more make Dallas's case for stimulus dough-re-mi; Ron Kirk, to calm mayors' fears concerning his unpopular position on free trade. Leppert, like every other in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    No Surprises: Ron Kirk is Being Vetted for Obama Cabinet Position

    Flickr photo: Obama__Dallas (Adam Jefferson) Ron Kirk, speaking briefly at an Obama victory party at Gilley's on Election Night On November 5, the day after his friend Barack Obama was elected president, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk told Unfair Park he had "no expectations" concerning an appointme ... More >>

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Dallas' Political Designing Woman

    When Dallas' political elite need a win, Carol Reed cheers them on and calls the plays

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2007

    Cotton Goes to Arlington

    When Dallas' political elite need a win, Carol Reed cheers them on and calls the plays

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Rock Star

    The smart money wants a mayor with sex appeal

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Mayorzilla

    Inside the monster battle over strong mayor

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    With Friends Like These...

    Unlikely allies form a coalition of the willing--for now

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Riding Coattails

    Plus: The Snub; A Dog’s Life

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Color Bind

    Who says the mayor is a racist? You'll be surprised by the answer.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Can It

    Hunting can be a cruel sport in Texas

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Muddy Waters

    Mayor Miller rafts down the Trinity in search of truth

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Kirk's Race

    Plus: Man's World, Keep On Busing, Knocked Out

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    SNAFU

    Buzz looks back on 2001 and proves once again that the boy just ain't normal

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Real Politics

    Feudal grudges and an imprisoned holy man in the Dallas mayoral race

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Down the River

    Dallas is still using flood control money to scam black people

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Bottle Rockets Downtown

    A lawsuit complaining about election fraud could bust things wide open

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    :cueless

    Buzz hacks through the past in search of the cool cats and fools of the year that was

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Letters

    Money for Nothing Going Public Rave On Britney Bares It Testing, Testing

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Buzz

    Head hunting

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Pecked to death

    During a marathon meeting, Dallas City Council guts a proposed ethics code

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    The girl can't help it

    Laura Miller says she'd "love" to run for mayor

  • 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

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    Strikes and spares

    Will Donna Blumer and Laura Miller ever join the mayor's team? Only if they rent shoes.

  • Culture

    March 4, 1999

    Pickin' Cotton

    While Dallas fools around with the Olympics, the Cotton Bowl crumbles

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Buzz

    While Dallas fools around with the Olympics, the Cotton Bowl crumbles

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Mayor potty mouth

    A telephone blooper catches Ron Kirk as he turns the air blue

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Buzz

    A telephone blooper catches Ron Kirk as he turns the air blue

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    City Hall's Slam-Dunk Gang

    Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Flood money

    The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Buzz

    The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.

  • News

    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

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Flying blind

    With the mayor and city manager leading the charge, the city council moves full speed on an arena deal that doesn't even exist yet

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    Letters

    With the mayor and city manager leading the charge, the city council moves full speed on an arena deal that doesn't even exist yet

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Artful dodger

    Ray Nasher wants to give the city his sculptures, but first there's a small zoning matter

  • Calendar

    August 8, 1996

    Events for the week

    Ray Nasher wants to give the city his sculptures, but first there's a small zoning matter

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Quarterback sneak

    How Ron Kirk secretly pulled the strings in city's Big 12 deal

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Who killed April Dabney?

    Parents of retarded adults blame city's failure to heed plea for sidewalks

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    Buzz

    Parents of retarded adults blame city's failure to heed plea for sidewalks

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    Blood sport

    There are two to blame for the Kirk-Fielding feud

  • News

    June 22, 1995

    Wide open town

    Unlike Big D, Houston thrives on open government

  • News

    June 15, 1995

    Buzz

    Unlike Big D, Houston thrives on open government

  • News

    May 11, 1995

    BeloWatch

    Unlike Big D, Houston thrives on open government

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