On the other side is a brief filed on Friday by the attorneys trying to overturn the November referendum that allows the citywide sale of beer and wine. In it, attorneys Leland de la Garza and Andy Siegel argue that the vote to “wet up” Dallas was invalid because it…
Last week, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said he was more than likely going to run for Dallas mayor — as in, chances are “greater that I will run than I won’t run.” He didn’t know when he’d announce, though.But today, it’s official: He’s filed his papers with the…
So, about that local TV news rumor to which I alluded below … Earlier today we got a call that Troy Dungan, the longtime WFAA-Channel 8 weatherman who stepped down in July 2007 after 31 years on the air, has been seen loitering around the KTVT-Channel 11 studios in recent…
While we await a call back concerning a Local TV News Rumor that may be a big nothin’, here’s a confirmed little something: KXAS-Channel 5’s getting a new sports reporter. Actually, says Susan Tully, news director at KXAS, Rontina McCann is “the quintessential I-touch-all-the-product person,” meaning that when McCann starts…
No council committee meetings this week — can’t imagine why. But the council will meet Wednesday for its regularly scheduled briefing, during which they’ll take up a plan to deal with abandoned shopping carts, which is already addressed in the Dallas City Code — but, it would seem, not well…
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to today’s Groupon Daily Deal for Dallas: half-off tickets to Pamela Anderson’s Super Bash 2011 at the Fashion Industry Gallery on Ross Ave., which takes place Friday night from 9 till 3 in the morning and will feature among the special guests…
On the other side you’ll find a hefty doc consisting of the city’s federal legislative to-do list, which will be presented to the local congressional delegation in March at the National League of Cities’ Congressional Cities Conference in D.C. Normally, says council Legislative Committee chair Vonciel Jones Hill in a…
‘Round this time Friday morning we tuned into the Green Bay FOX affiliate to find Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau honcho Phillip Jones promoting the city and a Super Bowl prize-pack giveaway, which included two tickets to the game, four nights’ worth of accommodations in Dallas and $500 toward airfare…
By way of a Super Bowl XLV preview, The New York Times’s Sports section features a front-page piece on the Allen Eagles’ $60-million football stadium, to which The Wall Street Journal has already given its stamp of approval. Greg Bishop talks to Allen athletic director Steve Williams about all the…
A few weeks back we took a look at the back-and-forth between The Dallas Morning News and Parkland Memorial Hospital, which, in recent months, has been the subject of numerous investigative pieces detailing patients put at risk and “needlessly harmed,” in the words of News Deputy Managing Editor Maud Beelman…
Sam took this photo of the Calatrava bridge earlier this week; it’s part of a larger collection we’ll get to, oh, tomorrow maybe? Till then, this announcement: On the other side you’ll find a memo City Manager Mary Suhm sent to the city council yesterday in which she announces that,…
Should you need me ’round 3 today I’ll be moderating a Q&A at the Plano Centre with Nichelle Nichols, former singer with the Duke Ellington Band, star of the James Baldwin play Blues for Mister Charlie and — oh, right — Star Trek’s original Lt. Uhura. Nichols is here for…
Well, that was … surreal.When I left Dallas City Hall at 4:50 this afternoon, Gene Simmons was still there — in the mayor’s fifth-floor conference room, surrounded by cameras and politicos and one or two fans who’d managed to work their way into the room. Laid out before the God…
[Update at 5:28 p.m.: The Elections Commission voted, 4-1, to make Toni Pippins-Poole the “temporary” elections administrator for Dallas County. Which isn’t the half of it. Sam will be up in a little while from what he calls “a frustrating” afternoon spent at the Dallas County Administration Building.]Sam’s at the…
A short while ago, Tom Spicer — proprietor of produce-providing Spiceman’s FM 1410 on Bryan and Fitzhugh, two doors down from Jimmy’s Food Store — sent word via his e-mailing list that he’s in danger of losing his garden. Said Spicer when I called him this afternoon, earlier today a…
At 10:24 this morning, Dallas Police first sent word that a 6-month-old girl had been kidnapped on Westmoreland Road; a short time after that came that Amber Alert, which turned out to be a false alarm. (Jack E. Jett, take a bow.) Moments ago, Senior Corporal Kevin Janse sent this…
The city, North Central Texas Council of Governments and Dallas Area Rapid Transit held that streetcar town hall last night. Among those in attendance was Jason Roberts — who, in addition to his myriad other titles and endeavors, is an Oak Cliff Transit Authority board member and the former head…
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention this morning to this short film by Chris Wiegand about N.L. Jones, who, for the last 40 years, has worked at multiple Best of Dallas-winner Orr-Reed Wrecking. The salvage yard is where folks go to turn trash into treasure — none more…
At 9:30 this morning, according to Dallas Police, a woman ran into Max Beauty Supply, located at 7460 S. Westmoreland Road. She left the keys in the car — a silver, four-door 2006 Dodge Stratus, with the license plates BV9-F940.Also left in the car: 6-month-old Azia Crawford. Azia, say police,…
Super Bowl trip up for grabs: fox11online.comDCVB honcho Phillip Jones was on Green Bay’s FOX affiliate this morning promoting a Super Bowl trip giveaway being run through the Visit Dallas Facebook page and the Twitter. Which doesn’t mean anything to you. You’re probably curious how he answered the anchor’s question:…
High on the top of my list of favorite downtown buildings is the old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at 400 N. Ervay. But the building, built in ’30, has gone unused for decades. That changes immediately: On the other side is the official announcement from Downtown Dallas Inc., in…
Speaking of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas …Mayor Tom Leppert was deeply involved in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board’s decision (after much debate and delay) to spend $210 million to convert its liquefied natural gas and clean diesel bus fleet to CNG. Mayor Tom was also deeply involved…
