Back in September, as city officials were offering the contents of Reunion Arena in an everything-must-go auction, Patrick Michels and I were given a tour of the joint by Randy Barner, the facility’s operations manager since 1983 and, now, the last man standing at the venerable facility. Among the items…
On Monday, Ed Bark noted that WFAA-Channel 8 has hired Kristin Mitchell as a co-host on Good Morning Texas — making that show a threesome now, as the former St. Louis anchor joins a set already populated by Gary Cogill and Amy Vanderoef. A Friend of Unfair Park is not…
The Irving-based Republican Victory Committee sure sounds like something associated with the Republican National Committee — which is why, in June 2004, the RNC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. Because, see, the official arm of the Republican Party has absolutely nothing to do with the Republican Victory…
Just noticed this heads-up on the Dallas City Hall Web site, which may be of interest to those headed down to the 30th Annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday morning. It’s more or less a checklist of what to expect before, during and after the shindig, including the…
You’ll no doubt recognize the headline as one of Chuck Norris’s favorite Chuck Norris Facts. Which I don’t mention solely because today happens to be Walker, Texas Ranger’s 69th birthday, but because of a freshly minted Chuck-penned essay on the conservative Web site World Net Daily. It was forwarded our…
John Wiley Price said recently he’d like the Dallas Independent School District to rename North Dallas High School in honor of Judge Harold Barefoot Sanders, among the school’s most famous grads. And if that doesn’t happen, well, Price has a number of other facilities from which to choose: The DISD…
A month back we sneaked a peek at the CBS fall line-up and found Big D, a Warner Bros. Television production about “a New York couple who moves to the man’s hometown of Dallas, where his Southern-belle mother makes life complicated for his East coast wife.” Right — awesome. Now,…
Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson and their posse are but bit players in this legal drama. But courtesy Courthouse News comes the tale of Jessica Hardwick, who yesterday filed suit against Blackfinn Restaurant and Saloon in Dallas County District Court. Her claim? That on August 23, 2008, one of the…
In January, as Neiman Marcus was reporting dismal Christmas numbers and laying off nearly 400, the retailer’s CEO and president, Burt Tansky, insisted a rebound was around the corner: “Luxury is not dead,” he insisted. Perhaps not — maybe it’s merely comatose. So notes this morning’s New York Times in…
This morning, the National Center on Family Homelessness made it official: Texas has more homeless children than any other state in the union, and significantly more needs to be done to care for them. Says the center’s new 220-page study, America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness, of…
It says on iTunes that Carter Albrecht’s solo album Jesus is alive … and living in London has been available since February 9. Carter’s father, Ken, and Robert Jenkins, whose Summer Break label is co-releasing the disc in conjunction with the Carter Albrecht Music Foundation, say that’s wrong, and that…
It says on iTunes that Carter Albrecht’s solo album Jesus is alive … and living in London has been available since February 9. Carter’s father, Ken, and Robert Jenkins, whose Summer Break label is co-releasing the disc in conjunction with the Carter Albrecht Music Foundation, say that’s wrong, and that…
‘Bout 20 minutes from now, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk will go before the Senate Committee on Finance for his confirmation hearing as U.S. trade ambassador — finally, right? We’re having a watch party at Unfair Park HQ: Schutze brought the churros; Merten, the Moosehead. And I brought the Maker’s…
To the 289 dear, sweet Friends of Unfair Park who’ve forwarded along the Billy Bob Bain-created “Shutze vs Price” Wordle based upon Steve Blow’s whatchamacallit yesterday, thanks. ‘Preciate ya, pal(s). Here it is for those who’ve missed it. Shutze … pardon, Schutze has already made it his computer wallpaper. And…
This morning, Danielle McClelland in the Dallas City Hall Public Information Office posted to YouTube updates from District 4 and District 7, courtesy Dallas Delivers on Time Warner Cable Channel 16. Hosted by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway and Carolyn Davis respectively, they’re the very definition of edutainment –…
Back in November 2006, Megan Feldman wrote for the paper version of Unfair Park a lengthy piece about Farmers Branch and then-city council member Tim O’Hare’s fight to rid the city of illegal immigrants, especially those living in rental properties. Much of the piece dealt with the politicization of Elizabeth…
This is the first in a morning series of videos provided by members of Your Dallas City Council. First up, this lengthy offering from Angela Hunt (co-starring assistant city manager Jill Jordan), who writes on her Web site by way of introduction today, “If you’ve got 20 minutes on your…
Time just posted its list of “The Ten Major Newspapers That Will Fold Or Go Digital Next.” And, no, The Dallas Morning News isn’t among them. But the Star-Telegram is. Why?9. The Fort Worth Star Telegram is another one of the big dailies that competes with a larger paper in…
The National Football League will release the ’09-’10 schedule next month — at which point, just maybe, Jerry Jones’s Enormodome will officially announce that it’s making its national prime-time bow on Monday Night Football, enh. Sports Business Journal reports that ESPN execs toured Jonestown a few days back in anticipation…
This afternoon, as promised, the U.S. Attorney’s Office forwards John Lewis’s plea agreement — the one that finds him promising to testify against former Dallas City Council member Don “What Me Worry?” Hill. You’ll find that and two other absorbing court documents filed today — a little light weekend reading…
Only yesterday, Merten mentioned that Crow Holdings’ Anne Raymond and Mayor Tom Leppert would, finally, have theyselves a showdown concerning the convention center hotel — and, for those needing a recap, the mayor’s fer it, while Raymond’s agin it, ahem. Dave Levinthal was there for the debate this morning, which…
And then there were three — which is to say, three folks who have pleaded guilty in the Dallas City Hall corruption case, scheduled to go to trial in June. Taking his cue from Andrea Spencer and Allen McGill, lawyer John Lewis — among the 14 named by the feds…
