An old friends passes along this story from the Associated Press: Former SMU great Forrest Gregg — Birthright, Texas’s own, and a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection in 1954 and ’55 — has disclosed that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Gregg, a first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers…
Earlier this morning, Occupy Dallas posted to its website an item headlined: “OccupyDallas supporter assaulted.” That supporter: Glynn Wilcox, who was among those who helped hash out the agreement between City Hall and the protesters that allowed them to camp out behind Dallas City Hall.And according to the account, written…
Yesterday we noted that the city council would be briefed today on two minor changes to rules governing public speakers, chief among them a proposal from Acting City Secretary Rosa Rios’s office that trims speakers’ three minutes at the mic to a mere 60 seconds if they’re coming back within…
We first told you back in May that Dealey Plaza is due for a makeover, which involves redoing the north and south plaza pergolas, planting new way-finding and history-of signs, and making the plaza ADA compliant at long last. Then we discovered how the city is going to pay for…
Leslie’s at Dallas City Hall at this very moment, where Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance is announcing the formation of the Greater Dallas Homeless Policy Alliance, a partnership with the city and Dallas County intended to, among other things, find a way to get 1,800 permanent supportive housing units built by…
True to his word, City Hall spokesman Frank Librio just sent a statement from Mayor Mike Rawlings in response to U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle’s ruling this morning, which cleared the way for the city to give Occupy Dallas the heave-ho from the parking lot behind 1500 Marilla if it…
We were driving over Woodall Rodgers Sunday afternoon when the boy espied what he believed to be bags of dirt sitting on the one-day site of the deck park. “They’re gonna need more than that,” he opined. But, sure enough: Joanna Singleton said sooner than later just last week, and…
A couple of weeks back we noted that some Dallas Independent School District trustees would love to do away with public speakers at meetings, because, in the words of board president Lew Blackburn, “Occasionally we have people come speak to the board, and it’s more of a three-minute bullying, if…
What you see above is the ad for the Texas Theatre that appeared in the newspaper on November 22, 1963. But for some, that photo taken of the marquee on that day is burned on the brain; no need to consult the listings to know War is Hell and Cry…
Over on The Mixmaster yesterday, Leslie recapped Saturday night’s Art Conspiracy jam, the seventh annual auction benefiting a worthy local cause (this year’s was Musical Angels, which provides piano lessons to hospitalized children). No doubt they raised a ginormous pile of cash; prices got high in a hurry this year,…
So much for all that rain we were promised; there it goes, not even close save for last night’s stray raindrops. The not-even-near-miss seems only fitting in advance of tomorrow’s briefing before the Dallas City Council, when City Manager Mary Suhm will recommend going to Stage 1, twice-a-week watering restrictions…
In December 2005, Elizabeth Frizell, then a municipal judge for the city of Dallas for a solid decade, decided it was time for a change, so she filed to run in the Democratic primary for County Criminal Court No. 11. At which point she was told she would have to…
On and off the last few days I’ve spoken with the folks in the Redistricting Office to see if they’ve gotten their hands on Delia Jasso’s amendment to the previously voted-upon map — you know, the whole reason the council will stop down Wednesday to argue over reopening that mighty…
We kicked off the day with yet another look at Public Works’ plans to make over Riverfront Boulevard from Cadiz and Continental, otherwise known as Dallas’s Avenue des Champs-Élysée. Assistant Public Works Director Alan Hendrix just led the council through the PowerPoint; no need to rehash the history. Instead, as…
This story in last week’s paper served to remind us of what we’ve known for months: Sooner than later, the Dallas Independent School District’s trustees would begin discussing closing campuses to make up for the second round of budget cuts, a guesstimated $30 million worth, due to hit in the…
I swear this recently reopened Sportatorium isn’t an afterthought; and bless those of you still posting in Thursday’s item — hey, there’s Merten. Efforts are underway to better reboot this thing sooner than later. But in the meantime, feel free to fill Joe Tone’s inbox with random observerations and enders…
On the other side is City Auditor Craig Kinton’s just-released look-see at the amount of overtime paid to Dallas-Fire Rescue personnel. And, for the most part, it’s good news: In FY2008, he says, the city forked over $10.7 million in overtime, but just two years later that figure dropped by…
Bob Curry, chair of the city’s Urban Forest Advisory Committee, came to the council’s Quality of Life Committee this morning with a warning: Come spring, we’ll learn how many Dallas’s trees will be lost to devastating summer weather. He said: Look no further than Houston. Down there, he said, there…
Here, as promised Friday, is the PowerPoint presented to the city council moments ago concerning efforts to make it easier for street vendors to set up shop in downtown. No surprise: For the most part the council members on the Quality of Life Committee were all for Interim Assistant City…
Something about the Omni ribbon-cutting photo below, featuring Larry Hagman and Linda Gray and Not-Mayor Tom, gnawed at Friend of Unfair Park Ed D. all weekend. Then, last night, it hit him: In October 2010, at the topping-out ceremony for The People’s Hotel, Leppert said: “The bottom line is, this…
Waaaaay back in April 2010 we got our first loving look at the city’s plans to widen Riverfront Boulevard, which, like I need to tell you, is now considered the “Gateway to the Trinity River” intended to connect downtown, the Trinity, the Design District and the Cedars. But there was…
Thirteen days from now, Doyle Bramhall was to return to the Granada, scene of this performance in 2007. But that show will not take place: The Dallas-born singer-songwriter and drummer — a former Chessman with Jimmie Vaughan, a frequent collaborator with Stevie Ray (“Life by the Drop,” one among many…
