Ross Perot

Mike Rawlings is Drowning in Cash, Bobby Abtahi Laps the Field, and Campaign News

Yesterday was the deadline for state and local candidates to report their fundraising totals for the last six months of 2012, which meant a flurry of last-minute clicks on the City Secretary's website. The reported figures first real glimpse at candidates' fundraising prowess and a suggestion of whi ... More >>

How John Wiley Price (Allegedly!) Sold Dallas

OK, I've got my idiot coloring book out again. Sorry. Just have to do this. I just want to help people not get totally lost in the delicious detritus of the FBI affidavit released yesterday in the Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price corruption probe. The details are delectable -- a web-work ... More >>

Price Investigation's Royal Pains

"Queens for a day" could be a sign that feds are getting really ambitious.

As Weather Worsens, Dallas County Finds Itself With Stray Horses, Mules in Need of Homes

Two malnourished horses the county took in after they were abandoned.​I know we had some fun earlier in the week with Dallas County's stash of for-sale gas masks, which has climbed to $50 since last we checked. But I see the county's also auctioning off quite a few donkeys, mules and horses -- all ... More >>

Don't Look Now, But Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Won a Championship the Right Way

​Mark Cuban was fuming. His team had just blown a 23-point lead in a Game 4 loss to Portland in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Mavericks were two losses from another early-round exit, the likely firing of head coach Rick Carlisle and yet another in a seemingly endless re-shuffling of ... More >>

Chef Erron Star Depew: It's OK When She Slices at TopGolf

Erron Star Depew, up to par in TopGolf's kitchen.​Erron Star Depew is the chef at the new TopGolf location in Allen. Yes, you heard me right. Chef. TopGolf. Allen. Just because folks are swinging clubs doesn't mean they don't want to eat well too. At least that's what Depew figured when she cr ... More >>

Whitt's End: 1.14.11

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Jerry Jones is desperate to break the Super Bowl attendance record, set at the Rose Bowl back in 1980. To do so, he needs to pack 104,000 into Cowboys Stadium. Or around it? He wants to sell ticke ... More >>

Cutting Another Ribbon at the Performing Arts Center, for Annette Strauss Square's Dedication

Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter cutting the ribbon, Mayor Tom Leppert suggests Howard Hallam, chair of the AT&T Performing Arts Center Board of Directors, try the giant scissors out on his pinky as well. SMU President Gerald Turner looks on.​ Hundreds of art supporters and political types, from ... More >>

Big-Time Builders Insist Proposed "Effective Business Strategies" Are Quite the Opposite

​Earlier this month, the city council's Economic Development Committee was briefed on something called "Effective Business Strategies to Support Sustainable Growth." Translated, that means hiking building inspection fees in order to "recover the true costs of delivering services to our customers" ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.23.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *OK, OK,  I get it. So I write that Dez Bryant almost assuredly wouldn't be signed by Day 1 of Dallas Cowboys' training camp. "Barring an 11th-hour agreement ... " I think I penned. Never wish ... More >>

Mark Cuban, Owner ... Texas Rangers?

​Say it is so. And, I'll be damned, it is. Taking three of four at Fenway for the first time in 15 years is impressive and acquiring Cliff Lee is intriguing, but the Texas Rangers luring Mark Cuban as a potential new owner is down right life-changing. (All I had to do was go on vacation and a ... More >>

Who the Hell is Clay Jenkins, And Why Am I Being Told to Vote for Him for County Judge?

Drowned Out By Grandiose Doings in Arlington, the Dallas Mavericks Begin What Should Be a Loud, Proud Season

Mayor's New Pro-Hotel Pal Can't Defend Leppert's Promises During Trinity Campaign and Advocacy of Inland Port Delay

Sam MertenEd Oakley ran a below-the-belt ad attacking Tom Leppert in his attempt to beat him in the mayoral runoff. Now he's joined a group formed to defend Leppert against the negative attacks from the anti-hotel group. Got it?As mentioned in this week's cover story, one of the reasons former coun ... More >>

Has N9NE Steakhouse Closed? Nothing Official, But ...

Early this morning, Christina Hughes Babb wrote on the Advocate's blog that N9NE Steakhouse in Victory Park sent its employees packing last night. Nothing official, just the word of staffers who found their way to Kenichi last night in search of a drink or a job. It's been a difficult story to confi ... More >>

Dallas' Inland Port of Gall

Old boys act like a bunch of hicks over the inland port that could mean progress in South Dallas

A Dallas Real Estate Developer's Getting Into the Hockey Biz -- In Colorado

Monday Morning Meanderings

Current Energy Gets Big Push from Time (And Now, Apparently, Us)

The Last Word on the White Rock Marathon, From Our 17th-Place Finisher

Kenya See Why You Didn't Win the White Rock Marathon?

If You Got the Money, I Got the Time

That's a Wrap

Meet the new 800-pound gorilla of Dallas film festivals

Game Won

Say Anything

Plus: What a Boob, Sweet Lovin'

Ten Things Bob Mong Should and Shouldn't Do

A few tips for a better DMN

2002 Revealed

An aging Buzz finds little to celebrate in the year gone by. What did you expect?

How To

Mayor Miller hits the dusty trail to find out why downtown Cowtown doesn't suck

Brave New City

What if people downtown actually got smart?

Don't Ask

What are those green things in fruitcake?

Z.Z. Top

Bad break

An arena foe sets her sights on what she claims are unlawful tax exemptions

Ross on the ropes

Ross Perot inspired his Reform Party followers to throw the hypocritical rascals out of politics. They did.

Boo ball

How much longer must we suffer the woeful Mavericks? Well, that's too long

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I ate what?

Tei Tei Robata pushes the envelope on foodstuffs, and does it very well

Rebound

When Mark Aguirre left the Dallas Mavericks a decade ago, he became the fall guy for the team's decline. Now he's back, dealing with his ghosts and trying to help the franchise regain its former glory.

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Study this

Teachers, parents, and black and Hispanic activists say no to the Perot-funded DISD survey

Who's the boss?

Ross Perot Jr. owns the Dallas Mavericks, but--for better or worse--it's Don Nelson's team

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Dining in the dark

Hotel St. Germain forgets a culinary dictum: "The eye has its rights"

Letters

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The racer's edge

Hunt alliance gives weaker track developer big edge