At least, that’s the assessment from the brain trust behind Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast, which has posted its list of America’s Smartest Cities and put Dallas-Fort Worth at No. 48 … out of 55. Commenters have taken issue with how the list was assembled (using such things as the…
Late last week, word came down that the Dallas City Council was close to settling with the family of Cole Berardi, the 10-year-old boy who was killed one year ago after he was struck by a Dallas police car. No doubt you recall the incident, which was captured by the…
Here’s the latest report from Craig Kinton’s office: Audit Report on Inappropriate Tax Exemptions and Delinquent Property Taxes, which the mayor and the Dallas City Council were given on Friday. But the short version: The City Auditor’s Office went through the Dallas Central Appraisal District records and discovered that 35…
So, judging by this sneak peak at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees’ briefing agenda this week, Ron Price has decided to save the district $18,000-plus: He’s now recommending giving DISD Chief Academic Officer Robin Ryan a $10,000 raise. Because, as you may recall, Price and superintendent Michael…
I just noticed this on the city of Dallas’s Web site: “A Message from the City Manager to Residents & Business Owners.” It’s Mary Suhm’s way of explaining why come the city’s hiked water, wastewater and stormwater rates, which took effect last week per the FY2009-2010 budget. It’s also intended…
Sam’s on his way to the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, where, at around 10:30 a.m., we’ll find out what says the jury in the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial. Which means those of you who selected “October 1 through October 7” in our contest are one step…
As you’re no doubt aware, on Thursday, Judge Tena Callahan of Dallas County’s 302nd Family District Court ruled that two men married in Massachusetts in 2006 could indeed get divorced in Dallas. To which Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott responded, Whoawhoawhoa: “The laws and constitution of the State of Texas…
Couple of weeks back we debuted the Dallas Urban Design Studio, a Trinity Trust-funded endeavor that’ll get its own office in Dallas City Hall in order to “elevate the design consciousness and culture of Dallas, while working to balance social, economic, environmental, and design sustainability towards enhancing livability for all…
Earlier this year, Deloitte LLP went down to Dallas City Hall and said it was thinking of consolidating its Dallas and Irving operations under one roof … in Irving. The accounting firm had crunched the numbers, and “there was a multi-million dollar cost advantage to Deloitte LLP if it chose…
A colleague in Miami thought we might find this interesting: “The Consummation of Dirk,” penned by one Jonathan Callahan. It comes from the latest issue of something called The Collagist, an online literary journal. Right. You know the drill.At first, I thought maybe it was a chopped-and-screwed variation on Jesse…
The 6-year-old who lives in my house is a big They Might Be Giants fan — because, after all, they did teach him his ABC’s and 123’s, and they twosome are currently in the process of learnin’ him about the science. The one TMBG product in which he’s never shown…
In the October 12 issue of Newsweek, Cathleen McGuigan takes a visit to the AT&T Performing Arts Center and tells Lincoln Center to watch out. Well, more or less: “Lincoln Center is still the country’s premier cultural complex, but it’s getting competition from an ambitious project in — are you…
In the paper version of Unfair Park this week I took a longer look at Re:Vision Dallas — you know, that self-sustaining development John Greenan and Brent Brown want to build on a parking lot behind Dallas City Hall sooner than later. Right, that one. Anyway. In the piece, Greenan…
Danny Hurley, who’s never met a grown-up playing dress-up he didn’t like to photograph, found himself amongst the living dead last night at the Zombieland sneak, held at the Studio Movie Grill on Royal Lane and N. Central Expressway. It’s Halloween already? Apparently — hence, the bloody slide show. And…
Back in April, the Dallas City Council gave Berkeley-based Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. $515,000 out of the Downtown Connection TIF District Project Budget to come up with a downtown Dallas “area plan.” Because, look, Dallas has a mountainous stack of studies and plans — the Downtown Parks Master Plan, the…
Phillip David Wainscott, who’s been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1995, says Dallas County is interfering with his ability to make a living — and by Dallas County, he really means Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price in his position as a member of the county’s Bail Bond…
Imagine, if you will, a utopia smack in the heart of downtown Dallas. In this green, sustainable building of tomorrow, you might roll out of bed, take a shower and find your runoff water feeding vegetation growing on the roof and walls, upon which you’ll feast later that night. Or…
Seems like forever ago that Plano-based Metromedia Restaurant Group shuttered Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale — but, nope, it was just July of last year. A few Bennigan’s locations resurfaced shortly thereafter, when Richardson-based Bennigan’s Franchising Company, LLC assumed the position and reopened 100 eateries, half out of the country…
But that’s just because the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals doesn’t want the Rangers’ shortstop to become a bullfighter. Oh, you missed that? Yeah — a couple of days back, the former Indians great said bullfighting is “one of my things on the to-do list.” That’s only because…
… William “Tex” Moncrief Jr., the Fort Worth oilman and Internal Revenue Service fan who comes in at No. 366 on Forbes’ latest list of the 400 Richest Americans. So, what does the man in possession of 20,000 acres of undeveloped Barnett Shale property have to say in the magazine’s…
Down below, a Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention to a video he shot downtown last night, where a helicopter was a-hoverin’ in order to make Dallas look “L.A.-ish” for ABC’s mid-season replacement series, The Deep End, shooting here till mid-November. All ’round, a rather nicely put together presentation…
While we keep tabs on the Dallas and Richardson designers cutting and sewing their way to the middle on Project Runway, which has been rendered a hot mess by Lifetime, keep in mind: Three locals populate the cast of Glee, by far the best of the new fall shows and,…
