On Monday, Daniel went to the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting where council members couldn’t agree on how to regulate neighborhood farmers markets — as in, how much it ought to cost, how many permits vendors would need and how many other roadblocks City Hall could throw up to…
Maybe you remember: Back in December, locally based Business Resources Corp. sued Dallas County in district court, claiming the commissioners awarded a seven-year, $17.3-million documents-preservation contract to Virginia-based GTSI without ever getting one other bid — a violation of state law. Which Maureen Dickey seemed to understand in July 2009,…
Back in November 2008 Patrick Michels and I schlepped out to Southfork Ranch for that clusterfudge of a Dallas reunion, for which thousands of people flew in from all over the world only to have their hearts broken and wallets emptied. And, still, most didn’t mind at all — just…
The U.K. papers say that today’s the day Tom Hicks and Liverpool FC co-owner George Gillett will announce that, yes, they’ve asked hired Barclays Capital to find a buyer for their soccer team — that’s been the story ever since Sunday. And as we noted only yesterday, the Royal Bank…
A few follow-ups with which to begin the day:Sam went to Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle’s retirement wingding in the Cedars yesterday, where the commish announced he’d be consulting for and teaching at the W.W. Caruth Jr. Police Institute at the University of North Texas at Dallas. In its press…
Jacob Cigainero, public relations director at the Dallas Theater Center, sends this reminder today: If you’re dying to see the great Jeffrey DeMunn as Willy Loman in DTC’s Death of a Salesman Friday night when it opens at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, and you’re on what Ray Davies…
KXAS-Channel 5 has blown the lid off Mark Cuban’s proposed multi-use development near Kiest Boulevard and Southerland Avenue — or, as a better point of reference, the Cedarcrest Golf Course. Which is to say: City officials confirm to the NBC affiliate that the so-called Wonderview development is his; the Mavs…
On Friday, Variety published a piece about how TV networks and production companies are looking outside of Los Angeles when scouting for pilot-season locations. Which, sure, Dallas knows all about, what with Jerry Bruckheimer’s The Chase and Midland, with Jon Voight, having wrapped principle photography here in recent weeks. The…
Some news and notes while we wrap up some wrap-ups:On Sunday we noted that U.K. reports have Tom Hicks this close to becoming a sports-team owner without a sports team. Overseas papers insist that at any moment now, Hicks and Liverpool FC co-owner George Gillett will announce they’ve hired Barclays…
… you’ll find it after the jump. Speaking of Foghat.And keep in mind, this isn’t the made-for-Web version neither, but the one that’s been airing during prime time the last couple of weeks. Took a while to track down, but I found it here this morning. According to the show’s…
We’ve already established this much: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, facing an “anticipated sales tax shortfall” this fiscal year, needs money — pronto. So, with that in mind, we take a look at today’s meeting agenda for the DART board’s revenue committee: “Creative Concepts for Revenue Generation.” Such as? Well, we…
A Friend of Unfair Park who fears my unhealthy obsession with all things Blockbuster nevertheless sends along this item from The Consumerist, which appeared Friday: “Blockbuster Considering Adding Games-By-Mail Service.” Now, that’s not official — far from it. Rather, that information was relayed by Consumerist reader “Emily,” a Total Access…
Not sure what to think of this press release that just landed in the in-box — the one that says come May 7, I’ll be able to buy a ticket to Iron Man 2 that’ll only cost … what the what? … $22. Ah, but look at what Gold Class…
Spent the majority of Saturday inside the warehouse next door to Patina Bleu, which is situated at the corner of Kings Highway, W. 7th Street and N. Tyler Street — which, usually, is quite the clusterfudge, as I explained to the boy. The furniture and home-decor store’s owner, Gregory Barker,…
Schutze, who loves this subject, is out of town. Otherwise he’d be at Dallas City Hall at 2 today for the meeting of the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee, during which they’ll discuss how to regulate neighborhood farmers markets. (Also on the agenda, landscaping N. Central Expressway, which didn’t get…
Long story short: Back in December, D ran a story by former Observer-er Tom Korosec about the city’s efforts to shut down nine brothelsmassage parlors, among them the Cleopatra Day Spa, Moon Night, The Passion, 333 Bodyworks and 7th Heaven starring Stephen Collins. Around the same time, the massage parlors…
Over the weekend, New York Times personal finance writer Tara Siegel Bernard visited with Sunset High School’s Mathew Frost, an 11th and 12th grade American history and economics teacher giving his students a real-world look at how to balance the books. In other words, he’s teaching to the actual test…
Courtesy GreenLiving this morning, we discover that all three men are attending the 2010 Windpower Conference and Exhibition, which’ll be held at the Dallas Convention Center May 23 through May 26. No, seriously. Costello’s up first, with a $125-to-$225-per-ticket May 24 Wind Foundation fund-raiser at the House of Blues –…
No doubt you’ve seen Texas Stadium’s adios a thousand times from 100 different angles since yesterday’s implosion. But this morning, in the comments to Patrick and Nick’s stills-and-video round-up posted first thing Sunday, Jeremiah Warren of Shoot Smash Boom sent word that he’d captured the whole thing with high-speed cameras…
A few days ago, Stream Data Centers announced it was in the process of building out a 20,000-square foot server farm in Richardson, in the Telecom Corridor — not necessarily the sexiest press release in the world. (Though there is the part about the building’s being able to “withstand 125…
At 9 this morning, I asked Tom Hicks’s local spokesperson Lisa LeMaster to comment on reports out of England that he’s finally ready to sell Liverpool FC. No word yet — perhaps because The Official Word’s not expected till later this week. So, instead, looks like we’ll have to go…
Woke up this morning all prepared to direct your attention to Monday’s Transportation and Environment Committee briefing involving neighborhood farmers markets, in which the key city-staff recommendation reads, “Neighborhood Farmers Markets may operate 24 non-consecutive market days per year between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.” Seems … low, let’s say…
