The best parts of all city council committee briefings? The photos of imaginary bridges. While looking ahead at tomorrow’s action-packed meeting of the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee, we spotted something worth sharing early: this sneak peek at the Sylvan Avenue Bridge design, now a federal aid project…
If, come Election Day, you’ve got a problem at the polls, look no further than Sarah Saldaña, an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Texas. Today, U.S. Attorney Richard Roper announced that Saldaña will be the Northern District’s election officer, meaning she’ll be responsible for “overseeing the…
Thankyouthankyou, Kevin Krause, for pointing out the fund-raising item that will allow us to take care of all our Christmas shopping needs — and at only $24.95 a pop, no less! And for those who aren’t rushing to buy their very own “lifelike, miniature version of John Wiley Price,” be…
Darlene Ewing Over at DailyKos, Linda Magid, who’s the campaign manager of Tom Daley’s Congressional campaign, has a bone to pick with Dallas County Democratic Party chair Darlene Ewing. Yesterday, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece in which Ewing more or less said that while Dallas has turned a…
This sign at left, no doubt a longtime favorite, made its bow over the weekend in our Northwest Dallas neighborhood. It’s become a regular occurrence in our Northwest Dallas neighborhood: Every morning or so, the Obama yard signs go missing or wind up tossed on someone else’s lawn; happened only…
Business Wire We feel a caption-writing contest coming on … and so deliciously close to Halloween too! The mind reels — it’s like a Paul Rudd-produced sitcom, no? Alas, this lead from Newsday moments ago, in advance of a 10 a.m. C.S.T. press conference: “The Evil Empire and America’s Team…
The city’s giving away the Atmos Complex, highlighted, mostly because nobody can do a danged thing with the buildings till the Statler Hilton, top right, is redeveloped or exploded. Sam detailed yesterday the city’s plan to redo the convention center and restructure its $263.9 million debt (bond sale! bond sale!)…
Patrick Michels We’ve had dreams that begin like this, but they never seem to end up well. Last night, as the regular crowd of 30K millionaires queued up outside a W Hotel decked out in bouncers and velvet ropes, five Dallas Maverick dancers sported their game-day unis: hot pants, hooker…
Says Oliver Stone of his subject: “People grow up on excess in Texas.” Sitting in the back of the restaurant at New York’s überchic Royalton Hotel in an orange polo shirt and khakis, Oliver Stone looks out of place among the bed-headed hipsters otherwise casing the joint (unless, perhaps, he’s…
Josephine Davis used to work in the Dallas office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of General Counsel — used to. Now, she may very well end up in prison for the next decade. Lesson learned? Do not use a government-issued credit card to spend $10,000…
The Toy Industry Association, which rather shockingly last year moved its Fall Toy Preview to from New York City to Dallas Market Center, wraps the ’08 shindig today after a week-long sneak peek at the fanciest and funnest in playthings. And, from the sound of this lengthy wrap-up full of…
Charles Martin Smith in a scene from the fourth-greatest movie ever made locally, Ron Howard’s Cotton Candy. A few movie notes on this new-film Friday. First, try to retain this bit of information in your short-term memory: Tonight and tomorrow, the Inwood Theatre will screen for the first (and last?)…
Because their identities are kept confidential, you rarely see the faces or hear the names of abused children entering foster care unless a tragic turn of events ends their lives and lands them in the news. That’s why Dallas CASA is kicking off the national court-appointed special advocate program’s Stand…
Couple of days ago, the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green site posted its “Green City Guide: Dallas,” wherein it offers suggestions for those travelers to town “looking for a rootin’-tootin’ green time.” In other words, places to eat, shop and stay and ways to get there, which is not what I…
A Friend of Unfair Park whose school lost one of the 375 teachers laid off yesterday by the Dallas Independent School District sends this blog entry from National Education Association-Dallas president Dale Kaiser, which was posted Thursday evening. The gist is below. –Robert Wilonsky Today, October 15, 2008 is one…
Late Monday, on The News’ Dallas City Hall Blog, Dave Levinthal wrote that Mayor Tom Lepert had a “hush-hush meeting” with T. Boone Pickens earlier in the day. About what? Levinthal didn’t know, as the mayor’s chief of staff Chris Heinbaugh stonewalled him with a “Not at liberty to discuss.”…
So much for this, because I was driving down Douglas Avenue yesterday when I noticed a certain local landmark (sure, why not) remains on the market: the former manse of Mary Kay Ash. But almost two years after we first noticed the for-sale sign, one thing’s changed: The $5.7 million…
For those who might not have caught last night’s John Cornyn-Rick Noriega Senate race showdown, live from the studios of KERA, it’s archived in its entirety on the public station’s site. No doubt the affair, moderated in part by the pictured Shelley Kofler, was riveting; have every intention of watching…
Illustration by Brian Stauffer The Dallas Independent School District has plenty of other things to worry about, especially today, as the district begins laying off 450 teachers to make up for its $84 million budget shortfall this school year. (And for those who may have missed it, DISD Superintendent Michael…
Defamer’s already had some separated-at-birth giggles with the latest Entertainment Weekly cover, a Star Trek movie preview featuring J.J. Abrams’ 2.0 versions of Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto). But, really, Katie Holmes? Seriously, we think we can do better. And you probably know where…
Frankly, the “today’s member” part of the sign had us laughing for, like, two minutes. A Friend of Unfair Park sends this from the Costco in Lewisville, where gas is well below the local average, which is $2.93 for a gallon of plain ol’ regular, says AAA. But the most…
Turns out those Meridian Room obits last month were a tad premature. Unfair Park spoke with Mike Smith last night, and the former Meridian Room owner confirms that the Expo Park eatery-drinkery will indeed reopen at the beginning of November — under new management. Indeed, the paperwork’s being completed this…
