You Say, “Tax.” I Say, “Fee.” Friends?

In case you missed her short speech to the Dallas City Council before last week’s vote on Mary Suhm’s FY2009-2010 budget, District 13 rep Ann Margolin has posted to her Web site an item titled, simply, “Why I Voted Against the Budget.” Spoiler alert: She mentions the decision to up…

DPD’s Missing 38 Cases of Ammo. Wuh-Oh.

This just in from the Dallas Police Department:The Dallas Police Department has discovered an apparent theft of 38 cases of ammunition from storage bunkers at the Firearms Training Center located at 3200 Mountain Creek Parkway. The theft occurred within the last 30 days and involves ammunition for both rifles and…

The New Zoo Revue, Coming Right At You

Maybe you forgot — it’s been two months, after all. But tomorrow, the city of Dallas turns over control of the Dallas Zoo and the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park to the Dallas Zoological Society and its operating arm, Dallas Zoo Management. “Actually, at midnight tonight we turn over the…

Why Emily Ramshaw Left The News

In late July, Emily Ramshaw sent word that after six years she was leaving The Dallas Morning News, for whom she covered City Hall before moving to Austin, for the online news venture Texas Tribune, of which Evan Smith will be CEO. Today, the folks over at Poynter want to…

Imagine You Just Moved to Dallas …

… and saw this sign at the intersection of N. Lamar Street and Ross Avenue, as our pal Justin Terveen did yesterday. Jeez, was that a whole year ago? Hmmm. Says there’s a fine for taking the sign before the public hearing, but not after. Scavenger hunt, maybe?Update: Though, as…

Why the City Likes Valet Parking

On Thursday, the Dallas Police Department will begin enforcing the Valet Parking Services division of the Code, a duty that’s currently handled by Public Works and Transportation. But for nearly a year, the council’s been considering making changes to the Code — specifically, to the part that disallows paid valet…

No Calatrava Bridge Yet. But There Is a Tee.

Since we, oh, couldn’t make Friday night’s $150-a-ticket Trinity River shebang, I went over to The Trinity Trust’s Web site for a recap — oooh, fireworks. Distracting! And “watermelon gazpacho shooters.” And … commemorative T-shirts? Yup — still available for 30 bucks a pop. Which means Schutze and Merten know…

NPR Does KEOM

It’s been around since forever — not quite since the ’70s, but close enough. But just yesterday, National Public Radio’s Wade Goodwyn got around to profiling for All Things Considered none other than Mesquite ISD’s KEOM-FM (88.5), our once-upon-a-time favorite blast from the past where, Goodwyn reports, the sound of…