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The Hip-Hop Hustle

Tommy Quon and goldfinger found out that Dallas is no rapper's paradise

By Denise Mcvea
Sep 5, 1996

Dale Lane was seething. Just the other day, a friend had called the 27-year-old Dallas rapper--better known by his stage name, Goldfinger--long-distance from Florida. "Man, did you see your new album?" the friend asked. "Man, it's all over the place down here." At first, Lane had no idea what his...
To catch a thief

The RTC is gone, but one accountant still tries to recover taxpayer money

By Denise Mcvea
Aug 22, 1996

John Battaglia was riffling through some billing invoices on his desk three years ago when he noticed something odd. A certified public accountant, Battaglia was among the troops assembled by the Resolution Trust Corporation to pick through the wreckage of the country's savings and loan disaster. Three years in the...
The Pride of Napoleon Lewis

A veteran principal brought hope and self-respect to South Dallas' Lincoln High. But even some of his loyal followers say it's time for him to step down.

By Denise Mcvea
Jul 25, 1996

For months, Lincoln High School's librarian, Helen "Bobbie" Welsh, had struggled to operate a four-person library with the help of a single assistant. The stress had begun to take its toll:She was suffering from debilitating back and neck spasms and bouts of anxiety. But on February 19, 1996, things got...
The power of the picket

It doesn't pay to cross Daisy Joe

By Denise Mcvea
Jul 11, 1996

Daisy Joe divides the world simply. You are either on the side of good, or the side of evil. You either do right, or you do wrong. And if you do wrong, she will come for you with a picket sign. As director of Black Citizens for Justice, Law and...
Back in the spotlight

A snitch fingers Colin Ridgway's widow in her husband's murder

By Denise Mcvea
Jun 27, 1996

After two years of enduring suspicion that she helped murder her husband, Joan Ridgway finds herself once again a suspect in what authorities are now describing as a murder-for-hire scheme against former Dallas Cowboys punter Colin Ridgway. Joan Ridgway, 53, has not been charged in the murder, but the arrest...

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