So, this one seemed to sneak past everyone’s radar — the media relations bigwigs didn’t even know about this at Dallas City Hall when we called this morning, though a Friend of Unfair Park did send word that Norm Hitzges made brief mention of this on KTCK-AM ’round 9:50 this…
Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog wonders this morning, “Is DNA exoneration too real for reality TV?” The show in question, of course, is Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery’s six-part series about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, his office’s Conviction Integrity Unit and the use of DNA to free those who’ve been…
Late last week, maybe you read somewhere that Whole Foods Market was kindly offering to eat your sales tax on any purchases made Wednesday (before you head over to the Dallas Tea Party, maybe). Well, sorry, but nope — Whole Foods can’t actually do that, laws and all. Which is…
After disappearing for a little while, the Central Expressway expansion in downtown is back on the Dallas City Council’s radar. Angela Hunt had a few concerns back in January and got the item off the council’s agenda hours before it was going to a vote, but at 2 p.m. the…
“I hope a DO slideshow is in order,” noted one commenter on DC9 in response to Darryl Smyer’s BloodaPalooza Tattoo Art and Music Festival preview. Way ahead of you, “JC,” because nothing says “Happy Easter!” like scenes from a metallic-tasting “tattoo party” at the Sterling Hotel. Hence, this slide show…
As we’ve mentioned a couple of times over the last week, the Texas Attorney General’s Office has been taking a long, hard look at how the city of Dallas runs the W. W. Samuell Permanent Foundation and the Samuell Trust Fund, as well as how the city maintains and dispenses…
You’d best hustle if you wanna buy your liquor at the Sigel’s on Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road. By month’s end, the boozeteria’s gotta be gone as the Lemmonwood Shopping Center prepares for its demolition. But the stock’s already almost long gone: A 20-percent-off sale, notice of which was sent…
This just in from The New York Times: George W. Bush is throwing a reunion in Dallas next week … and you’re not invited. Alas, this is what the guest list looks like as the former president gets the gang back together for a dinner at the house on Monday…
First Dallas Independent School District watchdog Allen Gwinn suggests he’s shuttin’ ‘er down — come 2010, maybe, “then it’s somebody else’s problem” — and now this: Kent Fischer, one of two education beat writers at The Dallas Morning News, just announced publicly the resignation he gave his bosses on Monday…
If nothing else, State Rep. Betty Brown has kept the Internets busy. Hours after the Terrell Republican suggested that it might “behoove” Asians “to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here,” the Asian American Democrats of Texas popped up a petition demanding a public apology, as…
Earlier this week, Garrick Farria — a Dallas-based union leader who was among those instrumental in getting Proposition 2 on the May 9 ballot — sent a letter to local media organizations in which he expressed his regret and reservations concerning the whole deal. Farria, a former political director for…
Apparently, the entire city — not to mention nearby counties — is trying to get in one last deep hacking breath before the smoking ban goes into effect at midnight tonight. To those Friends of Unfair Park wondering why the city appears to be smoldering, the National Weather Service says,…
I’ve just spent the last way too long flipping through a virtual photo album Jeff Liles has put together consisting of 43 Polaroids David Tatge snapped while out and about Deep Ellum during the early 1990s. (Oh, sweet bird of youth …) Jeff says these heretofore unseen pictures — featuring…
At the end of January, we directed your attention to a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety filed on behalf of three men — each born in Mexico but currently living in Dallas and Denton counties with valid work visas — who were denied driver’s licenses because of…
The Houston Chronicle has the story: Republican State Rep. Betty Brown, who reps Henderson and Kaufman counties, on Tuesday suggested during a House Elections Committee wingding that Asians might oughta “adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here.” And KXAN-Channel 36 down in Austin has the video…
Maybe Neiman Marcus, which today released yet more dispiriting sales stats, ought to consider going all-nude. Seems to be working out quite nicely for Houston-based, publicly traded (lesse … p-u-b-l-i-c … yeah, that’s right) Rick’s Cabaret International, which today announced that its revenues are up by some 18 percent during…
The Texas Attorney General’s Office sends word this morning that 22 Dallas parents who’ve been court-ordered to pony up child support were arrested by Dallas County constables — and it was the very definition of a “rude awakening,” as the round-up kicked off at 5:30 in the a.m. Says Attorney…
Last night’s Passover seder no doubt kept some of you from attending the Dallas Tea Party planning session in advance of next Wednesday’s rally in front of Dallas City Hall, scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. — and, do note, the time’s been changed as the group says it’s “been…
Several Friends of Unfair Park have wondered this morning, in so many words, “Where we goin’ smoking tonight?” You know, last day and all. Really hadn’t though about it. But now that they mention it … I dunno, Ship’s, maybe? But it’s been a while. The Slip Inn? Been even…
I’d tweet this item, but … no. Instead, this trio of Twitter-related items in a single post. As in: This morning, the Chicago Tribune becomes the latest in a series of stories to reference Addison-based TweetCongress, which, go figure, follows the tweets of those in Congress — about 110 politicians…
Observe and Report writer-director Jody Hill makes mean-spirited tragedies that studios market as inane comedies because otherwise no one would pay a cent to see them. That’s more or less what happened to Hill’s The Foot Fist Way in 2008. Three viewings later, it’s more unclear than ever whether Danny…
At the end of March, The Washington Post ran a piece in which some National Public Radio hosts and higher-ups discussed the idea of having NPR member stations raise funds on the mothership’s behalf. Because, after all, NPR’s struggling like every other media organization: In December, it axed two popular…
