On November 20, 2008, only weeks after it came to light the Dallas Independent School District had come up with a sudden shortfall of $64 million, the district hired Austin ISD’s chief financial officer, Larry Throm, as its new moneyman in charge. Said DISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa in a press…
We began the day by taking a look back at yesterday’s Arts District Better Block, an edible experiment augmented by the goings-on up and down Flora. But Grimes reminded me earlier: Saturday was also Deep Ellum’s turn up to the Better Block chopping block, courtesy organizer Brandon Castillo’s attempt to…
The Power of God from First Dallas on Vimeo.Patrick was downtown Saturday morning when First Baptist blew up a few buildings to make way for its downtown expansion. But Patrick didn’t have cameras stationed all over downtown. Not like First Baptist, which appears to have captured the big bang from…
Last week, the city council was all ready to vote on — and OK, since it was on the consent agenda — spending $8,723,971 in Homeland Security dough on about 2,000 Motorola multi-band mobile radios for Dallas Fire-Rescue and the Dallas Police Department. But at the last minute, the item…
Exactly two months ago, it appeared as though the Dallas Independent School District was backing off its intentions to seize via eminent domain houses in Jubilee Park to make way for a new-and-improved O.M. Roberts Elementary. On August 12, the district informed Pat Berry, owner of Vickery Wholesale Greenhouse, that…
Win or lose, tonight’s the final home game of the 2010 Texas Rangers season. And, yes, even the die-hards must admit at this late date (November 1, itself a remarkable achievement) that the Rangers’ chances of winning the World Series look slim. But Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg, posting to his…
Jason Roberts has a few thoughts about how well yesterday’s Arts District Better Block-ing went; there’s a highlight below. But long story short: It wasn’t just about the food trucks (ate from three, only one of which I’d visit again — and then, just for the salted-melon snow cone) and…
Just returned from a long night of trick-or-treating to find the Rangers down by two and this picture in my in-box, courtesy the friend of a friend who works for MLB Advanced Media in NYC. That, of course, is 7-year-old Liam Roybal of Keller with The Real Ron Washington in…
Patrick’s forthcoming with pictures and words from the downtown blow-em-ups this morning, as Big Bob Jeffress and Mayor Tom held hands and made First Baptist go boom, but first, this just in from the Texas Theatre: Love-him-or-hate-him Neil Hamburger’s been booked into the joint for what it’s calling its 1931…
Legend has it George Harrison’s ’74 tour, kicked off shortly before the release of Dark Horse late that year, was a fiasco best forgotten — in large part because the former Beatle, whose wife Pattie had just left him for Eric Clapton, had gone on the road following the same…
That’s the word from the Dish Network, which just sent word that, nope, it’s not gonna drop regular ol’ FOX from its line-up after all. And, matter of fact, those 19 regional sports nets axed on October 1, including Fox Sports Southwest, are back; so too FX and the National…
Yesterday — thanks to Gordon Keith, thanks to Midwest Sports Fans, thanks to Deadspin, geez — we met Lil’ Ron Washington, otherwise known as Liam Roybal of Keller, poor feller. Turns out, the 7-year-old had no intention whatsoever of going as the Rangers’ skipper’s Mini-Me for Halloween. He was just…
On May 5, 52-year-old David Barouch of Colleyville was arrested for putting a bomb on the front porch of his ex-wife’s house. Two months later, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. Today, he found out his punishment: the statutory maximum sentence of 10…
On October 19, Dallas Police Department sent word that two days earlier, at around 6:15 a.m., a man broke into a home near North Glasgow Drive and Reiger Avenue and sexually assaulted a 59-year-old woman who had been sleeping inside. On the 27th, DPD sent a further description of the…
So, we know who’s throwing out the ceremonial first pitches tomorrow and Sunday. Well, John Blake, Texas Rangers spokesman, just sent over the final list of scheduled performers for World Series Games Three and Four. No surprises on the list of “Star-Spangled Banner” performers: Kelly Clarkson tomorrow evening, followed by…
On October 12, the Texas Park and Wildlife Department issued a press release that went virtually unnoticed at the time: The state’s offering to swap the 20,000-acre Devils River State Natural Area in Val Verde County for 17,638 acres further downriver, which are presently owned by Dallas’s Rod Sanders, co-founder…
Jason Roberts has uprooted his Better Block-ing from the narrow, pedestrian-unfriendly streets of Oak Cliff and is planting that sumbitch in downtown Dallas — the Arts District, specifically — this weekend and this weekend only. (For now.) He directs our attention to this morning’s post over on the new Better…
This just in from John Blake and Major League Baseball: Yet again, Nolan Ryan will toss out the first pitch at the Ballpark in Arlington for a post-season game, when, tomorrow evening, he takes the mound for Game Three of the World Series. (And, no, apparently he’s unavailable to work…
Yesterday we took a long, hard, glassy-eyed look at KXAS-Channel 5’s Newy Scruggs’s run-in with the denizens of Weed Rock. This morning, after the jump, we turn to FOX 4’s Steve Eagar, who, whilst stationed outside AT&T Park following last night’s Rangers loss, runs into some folks showing off “their…
–>–>First thing Wednesday morning down in Austin, Mayor Tom Leppert visited with Texas Tribune editor Evan Smith about a whole host of subjects — among them, right off the bat, why Leppert endorsed Gov. Rick Perry earlier this month, despite the fact his is supposed to be a nonpartisan position…
Couldn’t make the new Parkland groundbreaking this morning, during which conceptual renderings of the $1.27-billion facility were debuted to press and public. But a note that just landed in the Unfair Park in-box from Parkland CEO Ron Anderson, which you can read here in full, reminds me: The new Parkland…
The Friends of Unfair Park are no doubt familiar with the fine work of Bill Holston, noted human-rights attorney, KERA-FM commentator, occasional Morning News op-ed’er and Unfair Park commenter. (He’s also joining Angela Hunt, Rawlins Gilliland and Shibboleth at the Dallas Rally for Sanity at Lee Harvey’s Saturday, following Jon…
