Nine months ago it looked as though Mark and Patty Lovvorn were going to tear down Stanley Marcus’s house on Nonesuch Road, built 71 years ago by Dallas architect Roscoe DeWitt after Mister Stanley told Frank Lloyd Wright to take a flying leap — since, well, Wright had slammed the…
It’s difficult for this long-time Trekkie to review J.J. Abrams’ relaunching of the U.S.S. Enterprise. It’s difficult to dispassionately dole out compliments and complaints per the job description. Because, yes, the professional critic understands: This is Paramount Pictures’ latest effort to jump-start a profitable but long-stalled franchise, to do for…
David Simon, sitting to the left of Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney at today’s Senate subcommittee hearing on “The Future of Journalism,” edited his prepared testimony. The creator of The Wire left out the part about how, when a newspaper exec complains about how technology is the sole reason…
About an hour ago, I called the Senate Committee on Nominations to find out how Shanda Perkins’s Board of Pardons and Paroles confirmation hearing went this afternoon. Shortly after that, I received a call from Beth Shields, communications director for state Sen. Mike Jackson, the Republican from La Porte who…
Oooooh, can’t wait: We’re about 15 minutes away from the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet “Future of Journalism” hearing, where, as we noted yesterday, Dallas Morning News publisher and CEO Jim Moroney will testify alongside The Wire creator David Simon and Arianna Huffington. C-SPAN 3 will carry…
View Larger MapSome of you may have noticed that yesterday, in the item about Kidd Springs in Oak Cliff, Jeff Liles posted a link to a video you’ll find after the jump, along with the rather cryptic note: “Speakin’ of the OC, we have this to look forward to next…
Longtime friend of the show Scott Henson sends word: We need to be on the lookout for news out of the state Senate Nominating Committee confab today, as Burleson vibrator-hater Shanda Perkins has her Board of Pardons and Paroles confirmation hearing scheduled for 1 p.m.-ish. Surely you remember Perkins –…
When last we left the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees yesterday, they had come back from their closed-door meeting and presented two options to deal with the Texas Attorney General’s opinion concerning the extension of terms from three to four years: special elections or appointments to fill the…
Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander just called Unfair Park back to explain the figure on Page 14 of the summary of staffing formulas at DISD campuses for the 2009-’10 school year being discussed by trustees today. And while it looks as though the Booker T. Washington High School…
As I noted, earlier Jim’s at 3700 Ross Avenue, where, at this very moment, the board of trustees is behind closed doors, no doubt arguing over the ramifications of the Texas Attorney General’s opinion that the trustees should not have extended their terms from three years to four last November…
Jim’s all dolled up: tie and pants and everything. Then, he does have a busy afternoon planned; just as well his Cinco de Mayo BBQ was called on account of flash flood warning. First, he’ll be stopping by DISD HQ for today’s 3:30 called meeting, during which the board of…
While I was looking for art to accompany Alexa’s piece about efforts to “daylight” long-buried creeks and streams yesterday, I came across this virtual stack of photos taken by one “Ardamass” back in January during a trip down Kidd Springs in Oak Cliff. After a wee bit o’ effort, I…
Dallas County public defender Michelle Moore — who’s on loan to Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’s Conviction Integrity Unit — chimed in last night with a comment on Unfair Park. Specifically, she wanted to clear up any, well, let’s just say misunderstandings stemming from last week’s item concerning something…
Dallas Morning News publisher and CEO Jim Moroney will be in D.C. tomorrow for a hearing on “The Future of Journalism,” scheduled to kick off at 1:30 p.m. C.S.T. in front of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, whew. And he’ll be…
To be clear, council member Jerry Allen didn’t tell Sam, “When the hotel fails, I’ll be off council, so I can’t be held accountable.” Rather, Sam had asked him: What happens if the city drops $500 million on the hotel and it doesn’t post the promised profit? To which District…
More than once in recent weeks, Pete’s hinted that perhaps Trees would once again take root on Elm Street, courtesy former Firewater talent booker and Vanilla Ice touring drummer Clint Barlow. Last time Pete checked in with Barlow, at the end of March, he was cautiously optimistic: “We’re working on…
We’ll return to weightier issues in a moment — ba-dum-dum — but, for a moment, this respite from hotel talk and DISD chatter. Vanity Fair’s been gracious enough to post the entirety of its Jessica Simpson June cover story, due to his stands shortly. It’s quite the breathless read that…
George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation Mark Langdale won’t tell Time how much the ex-president’s raised for his SMU library — or who’s given to the cause of reshaping his legacy. But the magazine this morning notes that sources close to Bush are reporting he’s done pocketed $100 million since…
Last week, the Texas Attorney General’s Office offered its opinion that the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees “was not authorized to change the length of its members’ terms of office” from three to four years last November. Which has prompted a called board meeting at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow,…
Weeks after completing its latest round of penny-saving layoffs, which were preceded by pay cuts and benefits trims, A.H. Belo this morning reported its first-quarter ’09 results — and they are significant. The publisher of The Dallas Morning News reports a first quarter net loss of $103.1 million, some of…
As folks go to the polls to vote yea or nay on Propositions 1 and 2, we thought it might be instructional to ask folks who might not necessarily deposit comments on blogs how much they know — and care — about the issues on the ballot. This week, Patrick…
Last December, we received word that come November ’09, the Dallas Convention Center would play host for three days to a mammoth video-game expo — the Southwest Video Game Expo, to be precise, which promised to fill more than 200,000 square feet of exhibit hall space with all manner of…
