Dallas’s Streets Aren’t a Disaster. Yet.

Later today I’ll post at least the first part of my chat with City Manager Mary Suhm about how she plans to gutcut the city’s FY2010-’11 budget, which needs to shed $131 million even after last year’s $180-some-odd-million bloodletting. But here’s a relevant sneak peek related to an item on…

The Trinity River Toll Road Exemptions

Several Friends of Unfair Park are wondering this morning when Jim’s going to weigh in on the news that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison added to the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 two exemptions that will make it easier for the city to build the Trinity River toll road between the levees,…

At Last, a Museum Tower Grows Downtown?

For as long as I can recall, Brook Partners has been trying to build Museum Tower downtown, in the heart of the Arts District. The real estate developer’s Ross Ave. HQ has long been littered with renderings and mock-ups; a conceptual rendering hovers over the firm’s Web site and has…

Good Guys, Not Good Ratings

Last night’s episode of The Good Guys, “The Broken Door Theory,” is on the other side for those who missed it — and, says Uncle Barky, quite a few of you most definitely did not tune in. Writes Ed, the shot-here FOX series, which last night featured the Hotel Palomar…