Late yesterday, the Texas Senate issued a summary of sorts of the Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security’s public hearing in Arlington on Thursday, during which everything from drought to driving was on the agenda. Of course, Rosemary Miramontes’s testimony, concerning her son’s accident in an HOV lane on I-35E…
We began Thursday morning with the news that Brian Dennehy would be writing and directing the story of Joyce Ann Brown, a then-Koslow’s Furs employee who, in 1980, was convicted of robbery and murder based almost solely on the testimony of a single eyewitness — the wife of the slain…
Finally, Project Runway returns tonight at 9 on its new home at Lifetime — and, if nothing else, Jon Stewart shares my enthusiasm. Of course, locals have two good reasons to take note of this dramatically long-delayed season: And as we’ve mentioned a couple of times, Shirin Askari of Richardson…
Angela Hunt just called with the bad news: The National Fraternal Order of Police voted not to hold their 2013 convention in Dallas after all. Says Hunt, who returned from Long Beach, California — site of this year’s confab — at 1 this morning, the organization’s members voted 1,100 to…
View Larger MapEarlier this week, we made mention of plans afoot to raze Simon David on Inwood Road and replace it with an even larger grocery store. Turns out, some in the neighborhood are absolutely opposed to Randall’s Food & Drugs’ proposal, which is about to be discussed by the…
Rick Perry came to Dallas yesterday for a bill-signing — two months after he’d signed the bill.Then he swung by Opening Bell on South Lamar for some coffee-talk with campaign workers, which was closed to the media but open to YouTube. Drink up…
To Irving we go this morning, as the Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau asked us, via e-mail, to pretty please check out the new Web site for its convention center opening “in late 2010.” Hunh. Not bad. Not bad at all. Better than this, anyhow. But you know me –…
“Did Kay Bailey Hutchison cross an ethical line by supporting a rail line that is a payday for her husband?” That’s the question addressed in this morning’s Texas Watchdog piece written by former Observer-er Matt Pulle, who examines the Texas gubernatorial candidate’s involvement in procuring funds for Dallas Area Rapid…
We’ve written extensively about the yearlong battle between city attorneys and preservationists over a proposed ordinance that would expedite the demolition of historic structures, both residential and commercial. Last time we got to this was a whole two weeks ago, when the Landmark Commission raised a host of new objections…
At long last — which is to say, close to 20 years since Joyce Ann Brown was freed from prison for a robbery and murder she did not commit — the South Dallas woman’s story will become a movie. So reports The Hollywood Reporter, which makes special note of the…
The Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation sent word earlier today that it’s chosen a New York-based architectural firm — Thomas Phifer and Partners — to design the 6,000 square-foot restaurant and “performance pavilion” planned for the 5.2-acre, federally stimulated deck park that’ll get its ground broken September 14. The firm’s already…
Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall sends word that the city’s giving out green goodie bags to anyone who wants ’em — if, of course, you’re willing to sit through one of 11 “Home Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation” seminars scheduled between Saturday (kicking off at Dallas Farmers Market) and…
Couldn’t help myself — just had to get on PACER for a status update on the Institute for Creation Research’s lawsuit against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. No doubt you recall the reason for the litigation filed in April in Dallas federal court: The Royal Lane-based ICR claims the…
Speaking of the police and Twitter …Back in January, Angela Hunt first acknowledged that she was working to lure the National Fraternal Order of Police to town for its national convention in Dallas in 2013. Then, she was giving FOP reps a tour of Dallas — from DPD HQ to…
Perhaps you’re aware that in recent days, the Dallas Police Department’s moved to Twitter and Nixle in order to send out alerts — such as Tuesday evening’s press release concerning a suspect in the Skillman-Mockingbird area who, since October, has been responsible for at least four burglaries, one robbery and…
Haven’t yet seen those Obama-Joker posters — then again, I clearly haven’t been downtown in a few days. At least some members of the Alex Jones street team have been posting black-and-white copies of University of Illinois senior history major Firas Alkhateeb’s Photoshop project ’round Dallas; after the jump, “2…
This morning, The Wall Street Journal recaps the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial for outsiders and others not glued to Schutze’s riveting running narration from the Earle Cabell, where Bill Fisher takes the stand yet again this morning. Since most of it’s more than familiar territory to the Friends…
Since last we visited the bankruptcy case of Bob’s Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue, there have been a couple of notable developments — among them, the appointment yesterday of Dallas attorney Robert Milbank Jr. to take over as the Chapter 11 trustee, replacing owner Bob Sambol per the…
Ruben Sierra had two comeback stints with the Texas Rangers. Juan González and Sammy Sosa, one. Now, it’s 37-year-old Ivan “Pudge” Rodríguez’s turn to return to Arlington. Hit it, Prince…
For those who didn’t take a look at the Trinity River Corridor Committee briefing doc to which I linked first thing this morning, Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan told council members this morning that the city’s done fixed 72 of 198 problems with the unacceptable levees. But keep this in…
Sam and former Observer-er Matt Pulle have done bang-up jobs of keeping tabs on state Sen. Royce West’s tabs — except when West doesn’t fill in his financials, which Matt discovered recently whilst trying to add up the numbers. As it happened, West didn’t completely fill in his personal financial…
Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project … When last we saw Larry Beasley, “the man who built Vancouver,” he was among a handful of urban planners imported to teach the Dallas City Council a thing or three during a daylong gab session at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library…
