Well. See. Hunh. When I started writing this, I was just going to point out that in the comments of this morning’s lead-off item, Angela Hunt got a little off-topic and started talking about streetcars — specifically, a trip Hunt, Linda Koop, Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez and Dallas Area…
Methinks KXAS-Channel 5’s Susy Solis had a fit of the giggles while writing her story about Burch Management’s Jobless to Topless Job Fair, scheduled from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. tomorrow at Cabaret Royale for “North Texans who were stripped of their corporate jobs” and have opted to go topless…
This morning, the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee is getting an update on efforts to straighten out the so-called Dead Man’s Curve that is the S.M. Wright Freeway, a project that’s been underway for well over a year. And, as you may recall, council member Carolyn Davis told…
Some of the Friends just didn’t care for David Letterman’s secession bit late last week — or for David Letterman at all, aw. So, then, perhaps a dash of Stephen Colbert from last night’s Report?The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTip/Wag – Texas Secession & MACAcolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical…
Had a couple of items related to the pro-hotel’ers yesterday; and we’re headed to another introductory how-do this morning at the Stoneleigh Hotel, where Enough is Enough makes its formal what-up — as if folks needed to be introduced to the likes of Ray Hunt, Roger Staubach, former city manager…
Friend of the show and Unfair Park contributor Danny Hurley joined me at the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson over the weekend, where I chatted with the charming Joanna Cassidy while Danny snapped photos of the guests in attendance. After the jump, his role call of folks whose faces will seem…
While we’re on the subject of confusing pro-hotel campaign efforts, a Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to the Let Dallas Compete Web site — which demands you “Say Yes to Dallas” and vote against Proposition 1. It’s unclear who’s behind the site, which is registered through a proxy,…
Maybe you too have spotted these anti-Proposition 1 signs in recent days — saw a couple in my Northwest Dallas neighborhood this morning, spied one near Fitzhugh and Capitol Avenues last night, and we found this one earlier today near One Arts Plaza downtown. And, sure, if you know what…
As if Blockbuster needed any more problems, now comes news that U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas is allowing a Dallas woman to continue her lawsuit against the Elm Street-based video-rental company. The case stems from Cathryn Elaine Harris’s claims that Blockbuster’s violated her…
For those with a little free time this morning, the Institute for Creation Research filed an 80-page complaint in Dallas federal court at the end of last week claiming that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has done violated its constitutional rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press…
The Dallas City Council’s committees have plenty on their plates today — everything from establishing a trust fund related to the NBA All-Star game to checking in on the Lancaster Corridor, which is in serious need of some upgrading, to parsing over crime stats (according to the Dallas Police Department,…
Big day tomorrow — takin’ the kid (cough, cough) to the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson, then heading down to Good Records for the shoppe’s ninth birthday bash, which so happens to coincide with the 2nd Annual Record Store Day, which DC9’ers already know plenty about. ‘Cause, if nothing else, I…
A Dallas-born Friend of Unfair Park figures that after all the fussin’ and fightin’ over this morning’s Texas secession (Texcession?) post we really oughta go ahead and show this David Letterman bit from last night. Sounds good to us. Bonus: features a cameo from a certain Dallas resident of some…
The “UNT art photography student” behind the Denton Police Department’s waaaaay-unofficial Twitter page is probably having a big ol’ giggle fit right about now. Because, see, after Unfair Park pointed out the page yesterday — which uses TwitPic to send followers mug shots the Denton PD loads to its online…
Earlier this week, Dallas Theater Center artistic director Kevin Moriarty announced the DTC’s lineup for its inaugural season in the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, and among the list of familiar titles and newcomers, one in particular leaps off the page in…
Yesterday, the skies over North Texas were filled with circumhorizon arcs — ooooh, pretty. Then, last night, downtown got a light show, as evidenced by the photo above (enormous version here). So, sure, it was either going to rain today — or this was gonna happen. Who knows. Still could…
Time magazine wonders this morning: “What’s All That Secession Ruckus in Texas?” Um, Governor Rick Perry, maybe? And, natch, his very vocal support for House Concurrent Resolution No. 50, which, as we pointed out in February, states that the “81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim[s] sovereignty under…
A Friend of Unfair Park this morning was browsing the Library of Congress’s archives and came across this Henry Clogenson photo of the Trinity River in 1908 — “the flood of record,” as Schutze describes it. So happens Jim has been making open records demands from the U.S. Army Corps…
Earlier this week, Michael Shires, associate professor in public policy at Pepperdine University, and Joel Kotkin posted on Forbes and New Geography their annual list of the best cities for job growth in the country — though Kotkin adds the caveat that given the state of things, “perhaps we should…
Now, Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler doesn’t necessarily identify himself as Jewish — his dad is, his mom ain’t, and the guy was never bar mitzvahed. Though, as he told ESPN.com last August, he knows he’s beloved in the Jewish community: “If you have any kind of Jewish ancestry…
Yesterday, Tawnell Hobbs summarized the debate over the fate of the Dallas Independent School District’s learning centers, created by court order in the 1980s to “return disadvantaged, inner-city, minority students to their neighborhood schools and provide quality educational programs with supplementary funds,” as the district’s Web site puts it. District…
And the hits just keep on coming — though General Growth Properties’ filing for Chapter 11 protection this morning wasn’t exactly a surprise. Way back in November, we pointed to the Chicago-based mall owner’s fiscal issues involving more than a billion in overdue debt payments, which puts in jeopardy the…
