Repent, Dallas, Downtown Heaven Could Be Yours With the Right Subway

This game is called Fantasy Downtown: The Dallas Daydream. Imagine first that you live in a really nice downtown apartment, and the rent is substantially below going rates today. Up and down the block from your building’s front door are grocery stores, drug stores, housewares shops, coffee shops, small restaurants,…

Bullet Train Station Sites Are a Bullet in the Head for South Dallas

So sad. Pathetic. Last Friday the bullet train people announced their two preferred sites for a station in Dallas, and none of the elected southern Dallas leadership seems even to have noticed that they just got screwed. See also: Sites Selected for Potential Dallas-to-Houston Bullet Train Station In fact, southern…

Dallas HOA’s Attempt to Shut Down a Synagogue Was Damn Bad Manners

Yesterday morning I had this weird stereophonic experience — reading Eric Nicholson’s piece on Unfair Park about the orthodox synagogue versus the homeowners group in Far North Dallas, while also watching and listening to President Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on TV. See also: Liberty Institute…

Ronquillo Calls Out Rawlings On Fat-Cat Contributors. Me, Too.

Yesterday, mayoral candidate Marcos Ronquillo came out with his own take on a topic we discussed Monday — the number of political contributors who have given Mayor Mike Rawlings way more than the $5,000 limit per candidate per campaign. See also: Well-Heeled Donors Flood Mayor Rawlings with Money. Hey, Know…