A Texas Ex-girlfriend forwards along the link to a site called Move Texas vs. OU Weekend, which is a petition crafted by The University of Texas at Austin Student Government demanding school officials reschedule next year’s Red River ShootoutRivalry. At the moment, and probably for good, Texas-OU’s scheduled to take…
The picture of Tom Hicks Jr. and his old man that spurred this morning’s front-page story in The Wall Street Journal.That Reds fans loathe Tom Hicks — and have almost from the moment he bought Liverpool FC in August 2007, then began making promises he couldn’t afford to keep –…
One of the officers in this picture was fired yesterday. (Hint: the one in the middle.)Dallas Police Chief David Brown isn’t messing around: Late yesterday the DPD sent out yet another laundry list of officers being terminated, the third such release in the past few days, bringing the total of…
Kelcy Warren, proof that a UT-Arlington graduate can make the Forbes 400I’ve been told: Everybody loves lists, especially this one — Forbes’ annual countdown of the richie-richiest ‘Merkins, which contains more than its share of locals, as usual. Tops, through, is a Fort Worth resident who I’m pretty sure lives…
A little bit o’ this and a little bit o’ that while admiring that picture taken yesterday by Best of Dallas-certified Justin Terveen:A Friend of Unfair Park whose name rhymes with “Jason Roberts” forwards along this Washington Post piece in which Oak Cliff’s Better Block Project inspires a faraway woman,…
So happens that a good Friend of Unfair Park transferred — and augmented — that dash-cam video on which a Good Citizen captured that phony peace officer with the laser-sighted semi-automatic about a block from the Oak Lawn Eatzi’s a few days back. Our Friends passed along a much better…
Hence, this pic of the bike-and-hike-path construction site the council member Plixi’d early this morning. That is all. So, see you at the Dallas Bike Plan meeting tonight? Looks like I’m covering. Everyone else’ll be at the going-late Best of Dallas (on stands today!) wingding. This job is awesome…
Kimberly ThorpeSpeaking of things that make the mayor happy …MoneyGram International is moving its HQ from Minnesota to 2828 N. Harwood. It’s bringing 75 people to Dallas; could grow to double that in coming years. Says Mayor Tom Leppert in an official release just dispatched by Chris Heinbaugh: “Clearly Dallas’…
And where, exactly, will TXU install these outlets? Dunno yet. I asked Sophia Stoller, TXU spokesperson, if she can provide the list following this morning’s announcement, released in advance of a 5 p.m. press conference at the Automotive Building at Fair Park. Says Stoller, “We’re working with both of the…
On Tuesday we got our sneak peek at Central Japan Railway Company’s presentation to Houston transportation officials intended to get ’em revved up about high-speed rail linking Dallas and Houston (and points in between). This morning, Culturemap Houston provides this lengthy follow-up: interviews with some of the Houston officials in…
[Update at 9:40 a.m.: Hinojosa is being interviewed at this very moment. You can watch here, if you have RealPlayer.]This morning, as you’re no doubt well aware, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa will be interviewed by the Clark County School District board of trustees — because, as of…
Woke up this morning to find an in-box full of Blockbuster releases, chief among them the downtown-based video-rentalist’s announcement that, sure enough, this morning it filed for bankruptcy in a federal court in New York. Says the company, the voluntary, “prepackaged” Chapter 11 filing is the result of a deal…
On August 11, 1983, Ben Gold walked into heaven. The details seemed preposterously unlikely. He’d found it in a shiny, 44-foot-long 1953 GMC bus. The bus was parked in Ottumwa, Iowa, a town whose primary attraction was a coal museum that had closed 90 years ago. Presumably because people knew…
This just in from the Dallas Police Department: On September 19, 2010, at about 12:30 am, the pictured suspect was seen by a complainant performing a traffic stop in an unmarked, black Ford, 4 door sedan, at Lemmon Avenue and Wycliff Avenue. The complainant suspected that the suspect was not…
Many thanks to the Friend of Unfair Park who forwarded along this just-released report from TRIP, a D.C.-based transportation research group: Hold the Wheel Steady: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother. Says the study, which paints a grim picture of the bumpy road ahead, out of…
Tomorrow marks the first annual Michael Hinojosa Day: At 9:30 a.m. CST, or thereabouts, the Dallas Independent School District Superintendent will be interviewed by the Clark County School District’s board of trustees, after which he and Colorado’s Commission of Education Dwight Jones will meet their would-be constituents at two public…
Kit NelsonI just left a message on Bill Gallacher’s voice mail at his Calgary HQ to see if ESPN’s correct in saying he’s no longer interested in buying Your Dallas Stars. No reason to doubt Big Richard Durrett and ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun, or other reports outta Canada. Just curious, that’s…
The ACLU of Texas just released its annual banned-books report, Free People Read Freely — compiled with the assistance of former Washington Post reporter Myra MacPherson, mother of the late, great Leah Siegel. As in previous years, the report documents the books banned, restricted or given the okee-doke in school…
Broden with some dude, taken from his campaign websiteMany thanks (?) to the Friends of Unfair Park who forwarded this link to Sarah Palin’s Tuesday-eve endorsement of Stephen Broden, who, of course, is running for Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Congressional seat in the 30th District. Offered in full:It’s an honor to…
After Sunday’s Worst Loss Ever (this week, anyhow), Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones hopped up to NYC to take in Yankees-Rays. Upon his departure from Yankee Stadium, Jerruh was accosted by a few fans in search of a signature, which he was only too happy to provide…
Photos by Danny FulgencioOut back, the Stingray Bay at the Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park gives visitors the hands-on experience of feeding the rays.Till Monday afternoon I hadn’t been in the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park since I was, oh, maybe 11, 12 years old. This much I recall of…
Today could be the day Blockbuster officially files for bankruptcy. So reports The Wall Street Journal, echoing that earlier Los Angeles Times piece that said CEO Jim Keyes had been in Hollywood at August’s end briefing studio heads on the inevitable next chapter in the beleaguered Renaissance Tower-based video-rentalist’s history…
