Subject: Steve Salazar

• No Homes for the Homeless, Again

  January 19, 2007

• Expenses Sure are Expensive

  October 18, 2006

• Rasansky Wants a Do-Over

  October 13, 2006

• Red Light District

  September 14, 2006

• Cleaning Up the Filth

  May 16, 2006

• At the Crossroads

  April 4, 2006

• Getting Racked By City Hall

  June 20, 2007

• The Unholy Trinity: Kirk, Miller and Leppert

  August 15, 2007

• Tom Leppert: Predictable and Classy

  September 12, 2007

• Headache Hotel and Other Dallas City Council SUPs and WTFs

  February 28, 2008

• Towing the Line at City Hall

  May 30, 2008

• They're Not Free Tickets. Live Nation's Just Paying Back the City, Silly.

  June 17, 2008

• Ross for Less

  August 6, 2008

• Oh, God, Make It Stop; And Other More Important Notes From Street Level

  August 6, 2008

• Ross for Mess: How We Got Into This Renaming Thing in the First Place

  August 27, 2008

• Before Council Votes to Ban Smoking, a Lot of Smoke is Blown at City Hall

  After nearly three hours of discussion, the city council wrapped up yesterday's briefing on the proposed strengthened smoking ordinance seemingly prepared to vote on the item at next week's agenda meeting. Council members appear poised to approve a ban on smoking in bars, pool halls and within 15 feet of public buildings at the December 10 meeting, with council members Jerry Allen and Steve Salazar emerging as potential advocates of expanding the ban to include smoking while driving with a child

  December 4, 2008

• Smoke! Smoke! Smoke That Cigarette! Because, Come April, Well ...

  Sam Merten Chief Ozumba Lnuk-X addresses the council today in opposition to the smoking ordinance. Hey, Adam Woods -- his real moniker -- totally stole our name! After more than three hours of tedious discussion and debate, the council voted today 10-5 to prohibit smoking in bars, pool halls and within 15 feet of public buildings effective April 10, with council members Sheffie Kadane, Steve Salazar, Mitchell Rasansky, Tennell Atkins and Vonciel Hill voting in opposition. But before the vote w

  December 10, 2008

• Blood sport

  August 10, 1995

• Never mind

  November 14, 1996

• On S. Lamar, Drinks Are on the Council!

  View Larger MapThis council meeting leftover, which is no small morsel: Mayor Tom Leppert was vehemently against granting Augustine Ekukpe a specific use permit to open a bar called Neighborhood Sports Cafe on South Lamar Street, between Starks Avenue and Haven Street. Said the mayor during the council's Wednesday meeting, "If we look to the future in these neighborhoods where we want to see good things happen, at some point we need to make calls" against allowing permits for "alcoholic beverage

  January 29, 2009

• Flying blind

  November 20, 1997

• Cursed are the peacemakers

  June 11, 1998

• Hispanic enough

  July 9, 1998

• Peep-hole power

  November 5, 1998

• DFW Airport Board Member Ousted Because of Opposition to Trinity River Toll Road

  Brian HarkinMayor Pro Tem Dr. Elba Garcia admits she helped remove John Loza from the DFW Airport board based on his position on the Trinity River toll road referendum.When the Dallas City Council last week replaced former council member John Loza on the DFW Airport board with Brenda Reyes, we were reminded of the memorable 1997 battle between the two for the District 2 council seat. Reyes struggled with controversy early in her campaign, and she later spent time in the slammer after a nasty ey

  March 5, 2009

• Who's No. 1? Dallas City Council Candidates Pick Ballot Positions.

  Sam MertenPauline Medrano and Sheffie Kadane were two of only three (Vonciel Hill was the other) incumbents who showed up this morning.City Secretary Deborah Watkins and her staff this morning in the Flag Room at City Hall announced the ballot positions for the May 9 city council elections, as Billy MacLeod, Victoria Walton, Tiffinni Young, John Jay Myers and Anita Dade gained an early leg up on the incumbents in their respective district races by nabbing the top spot. Ann Margolin was able to

  March 10, 2009

• Jerry Allen and the Former Dallas City Council ... All-Stars? Sure. Go With That.

  Bill Blayes, Alan Walne and Donna Halstead -- The Ex-Council Members out of costume!Few days back we peeked at Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway's what-updates as served up on Dallas Delivers, the city's riotous no-holds-barred talk show served up on Time Warner Cable Channel 16. Alas, some of us don't have the cables, so the city's been posting throughout the week the entire series on YouTube; I'm totally getting the boxed set for my father for his birthday. There are so many episodes from which

  March 13, 2009

• What's in a Nombre?

  Diversity be damned. You want to rename Industrial Boulevard, it better "market" the city.

  July 31, 2008

• Playing Tag | Boyd vs. the Dead Man

  March 9, 2006

• Never say die

  And you thought the Reaper was grim

  March 2, 2006

• Laff in the Dark

  For Dallas, for the city council, for now, this was good

  September 9, 2004

• No Girlie Girl

  Sharon Boyd just keeps going and going

  August 5, 2004

• Bottle Rockets Downtown

  A lawsuit complaining about election fraud could bust things wide open

  July 26, 2001

• A Day of His Own

  Dallas' Cesar Chavez holiday draws some unexpected critics-- his family

  July 5, 2001

• Brave New City

  What if people downtown actually got smart?

  May 31, 2001

• Deep Doo-doo

  One side or the other broke the law in a messy city council race, Dallas' top election official says

  May 10, 2001

• The Salazar Doctrine

  Dallas' deputy mayor pro tem says people can vote wherever they want. His family certainly does.

  May 3, 2001

• Let the Chips Fall

  Texas' Kickapoo Indians once lived in squalor under a bridge and worked as migrant laborers. Now things are looking up, thanks to a new Native American tradition: casino gambling.

  April 12, 2001

• Buzz

  Welcome to our world; Service with a smile; Working for a living

  November 4, 1999

• Politics makes strange enemies

  Why Domingo Garcia is running against the father of his godson

  February 1, 1996

• Transportation Committee Minorities Favor Concession Monopoly at Love Field; Booting Ordinance Briefing Delayed

  Brian HarkinVonciel Hill wants concessions at Love Field to remain in the hands of one company, whose CEO is a director for the Citizens Council and contributed to her campaign. The city council's Transportation and Environment Committee yesterday afternoon met for 90 minutes in executive session after Unison Consulting, the city's consultant for Love Field airport, presented a briefing on the benefits of competition for the airport's concessions. Because rent is paid to the city based on a per

  May 27, 2009

• Angela Hunt on City's Budget Crisis: "We're Cutting Muscle; We're Cutting Bone."

  Hey, at least Dallas doesn't have budget problems like Conan is facing out West. So we've got that going for us, which is nice.As we mentioned yesterday, the city council's Quality of Life & Government Services Committee got a look-see Monday afternoon at some of the proposed budget cuts before the full council is updated in a June 17 briefing. To close the $190 million deficit, City Manager Mary Suhm is recommending significant reductions in funds set aside for public libraries, swimming pools

  June 9, 2009

• S'ump, Y'all?

  Click to expand the image from the council's 2008 briefing concerning the Able Pump StationSeveral Friends of Unfair Park have asked where the city's getting the $29 million needed to cover the costs of further Trinity River floodway study, which, as we noted last week, pushes back the construction of the Dallas Floodway for at least 10 months and the Trinity River toll road for two years. An item on the city council's addendum for tomorrow details precisely where it's getting the dough:Funding

  June 9, 2009

• Adios, César Chávez. For Now, Anyway.

  Patrick MichelsEight days ago, Unfair Park broke the news that the city was looking to rename at least a section of Young Street for César Chávez. What a difference a week makes, as city council member Steve Salazar -- head of the mayor's task force charged with finding a suitable street following last year's catastrophuck involving Industrial Boulevard and then Ross Avenue -- today sent two separate memos to the council and to Theresa O'Donnell, director of Development Services, withdrawing t

  July 1, 2009

• Finance Reports Confirm What You Already Knew: Harlan Crow and Ray Hunt Are Loaded

  Sam MertenWhat recession? As Harlan Crow told us right after the losing the election and more than $5 million: "I'll get over it before I get home."The spending gap between the two convention center hotel campaigns predictably didn't mimic the narrow margin at the polls, as Harlan Crow's $5.2 million anti-hotel effort dwarfed an otherwise impressive haul of more than $1.9 million by three pro-hotel committees. Nearly all of the funding for Crow's campaign came from his company's hotel, the Hilt

  July 17, 2009

• Got Something to Say About the City's Budget? Then Let City Council Hear From You.

  Mary Suhm and Tom Leppert, from yesterday's Dallas Zoo briefing​By no later than tomorrow, we should get our first look at City Manager Mary Suhm's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year -- specifically, what stays and what goes to clear out the $190 million shortfall. (Suhm had told Unfair Park last week she expects to present the budget to the city council today or Friday.) In anticipation of its release, the city today posted to its Web site a schedule of Budget Town Hall Meetings, whic

  August 6, 2009

• Turns Out Jury in City Hall Corruption Trial Isn't the Only Ones Learning About CHDOs

  It's good to know CHDOs are doing some good 'cause the City Hall corruption trial is teaching us that they're naughty.Among the dozens of acronyms we've grown accustomed to hearing throughout the City Hall corruption trial is CHDO -- Community Housing Development Organization -- which is why yesterday afternoon's briefing to the city council's Housing Committee titled "Impact of CHDOs in the City of Dallas" caught our eye. To our disappointment, the trial wasn't discussed, although witness Jer

  August 18, 2009

• Park and Rec Director Paul Dyer: "There's Not a Sheet in This Budget That Makes Me Smile."

  Park and Recreation Department Director Paul Dyer​If you've got the time this morning, you should check out the live feed of the city council's budget workshop, where, at the moment, the topic of discussion is the Park and Recreation cuts. Earlier, council member Ann Margolin told City Manager Mary Suhm she's concerned about the trims to park maintenance: "Eliminate contract and day labor impacting litter pickup and removal, mowing and trimming," per the briefing presentation. Said Margolin, s

  August 24, 2009

• And If City Council Members Stay for the Whole Meeting, They Get a Gold Star

  ​Two weeks ago, at the last minute Mayor Tom Leppert -- or was it City Secretary Deborah Watkins ... or Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway? -- added to the Dallas City Council's agenda several controversial rules changes that were tabled the night before they were to be discussed. One of those proposed amendments to the City Council Rules of Procedure resurfaces this morning as Addendum Iten No. 4 -- the rather uncontroversial item that requires city council members show up for at least half of a co

  August 26, 2009

• Several Council Members Say That, You Know, a Teensy-Tiny Tax Hike Ain't a Bad Idea

  ​Speaking of the council and the budget and fees versus taxes ...As we mentioned yesterday, Tennell Atkins's budget amendment called for a 1-cent property tax increase -- which I didn't think would get terribly far, given council members, the mayor and the city manager's oft-repeated vows not to raise taxes despite the $190 million shortfall. But after Atkins made his presentation -- which, summed up, was, "It'll cost you $8 a year on a $100,000 house ... and I paid $9 to go to the movies" --

  September 16, 2009