Trey Garrison has fact-checked the Build the Hotel media release — wherein the pro-convention center hotel folks blast the anti-hotel faction’s signature gathering methods as “manipulative, misleading and over the top” — and found it lacking in, um, facts. And, more to the point, he reveals the true identity of…
Yeah, seems like the Dow Jones took “Day of Atonement” a little too literally — 678.91 point drop, down to 2003 levels and headed to worst percentage point drop since ’31 status by year’s end. Some insight, then, from the few locals left not burying their heads in a bottle…
Dallas Independent School District board trustee Ron Price Kent Fischer has a very important story in today’s Dallas Morning News — shoulda been on Page One — revealing that the center has been blown out of the Dallas Independent School District’s whole strategy for recovering from its financial crisis. The…
This guy was collecting petitions for the no-hotel folks at the Dallas Farmers Market a few weeks back. And he didn’t seem too “over the top” to us, but little is. On their Web site, the Build the Hotel folks are accusing the Don’t Build the Hotel folks of being…
That’s what Dallas Independent School District managers are supposed to do, right after they tell a teacher: We really, like totally, screwed up, so, like … um, ya know?. Of course, the suggested small talk — “Hey, man, how’s it hangin’?” — will no doubt cushion the blow of the…
That’d be a terrible name for a cooking show featuring the Dallas Cowboys safety, along with his friends DeMarcus Ware, Roy Williams, Anthony Henry. Maybe: The Safety’s Off. Or Breaking Up Passes and Meat. No, not that. But I do like jambalaya. –Robert Wilonsky…
A heads-up for those heading to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport tomorrow: You’ll be greeted by picketing American Airlines flight attendants. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which reps the some 20,000 AA employees, yesterday announced it has chosen four airports for its Friday fun: DFW, Los Angeles International, New York’s…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends word that The New York Times was a few days late in getting to the Trinity Trojans, as National Public Radio ran a lengthy piece on the Texas-to-Tonga connection Saturday, matter of fact. Oh, and something like half a million folks have watched the…
Anne Raymond at the CATOH press conference a few weeks back We received this dashed-off media release at midnight: “Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel will be holding a press conference with officers and members of the organization present on Thursday, October 9, 2008.” Takes place at 10 a.m. at City…
A greeting, passed along in a coffee shop: “Hey, I haven’t seen you in a long time.” “How are you?” “Just like you—waiting to see if I’ll still have a job.” A long silence followed by a laugh that sticks in the throat and sounds like a last gasp. Those…
Dianna Wray Peter Doncaster of Booziotis & Company Architects, who designed the interior of the Dallas Center for Architecture. The former office building at 1909 Woodall Rodgers Freeway is a remnant of the 1980s, a drab brown structure shaped like an upside-down wedding cake when viewed from just the right…
How many years did Darren Reagan get in federal prison, Don Hill? Could have been worse. Darren Reagan, among those awaiting trial in the low-income housing scheme down at City Hall that snared the likes of Don Hill and Brian Potashnik (ah, the oldies but goodies), was looking at a…
In real football news — pretty sure SMU qualifies — the Mustangs today announced that come October 18, Don Meredith would be accorded the same honor given the likes of Doak Walker, Eric Dickerson, Lamar Hunt, Raymond Berry and Forrest Gregg. During the SMU-Houston game, the university at which Dandy…
Plenty of folks have wondered how the city will fill the Cotton Bowl to justify the $57-million makeover. Um, three words: Lingerie Football League. After all, we do have our very own franchise, says the official league Web site — the Dallas Desire! Dunno much about them, as the Seattle…
Flickr photo: futurowoman For those Observer staffers about to head over to the great State Fair of Texas — luckies — this reminder, which was uploaded today by the Flickr-ing “futurowoman.” Only, it’s been a few years since I’ve taken a Fair Day — and, like, is that supposed to…
Perry the Pipe is not cheap date. Course, he is willing to give you a hand. We sure did have a lot of fun with ol’ Perry the Pipe earlier this summer, when Mayor Tom declared June 1-7 “Cease the Grease” Week in the city. The city’s Grease Abatement Program…
Editor & Publisher has picked up on Daily Cartoonist blogger Alan Gardner’s item concerning The Dallas Morning News’s decision to drop 14 comic strips. Of course, the paper is conducting a poll to see which strip readers would like returned to the funny pages; but comments posted to Gardner’s item…
A very lovely artist’s rendering of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway Deck Park When those financial geniuses on the Dallas City Council committed us to building a $67.7 million “deck park” over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, they promised us the city’s share would never be more than $20 million. The rest…
Trinity Trojan Elikena Fieilo A Friend of Unfair Park sends along this New York Times tribute to the Trinity Trojans out of Euless, the top-ranked prep football team in the country (and the team with the slowest-loading Web site in the land, as well). Of course, what The Times finds…
Jaap van Zweden, installed last month as the music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, hasn’t been around much in recent weeks. Last week, he was in Antwerp with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, for which he acts as chief conductor. And this week he’s in Chicago, subbing for conductor Riccardo…
Allison V. Smith If you haven’t visited the Barry Whistler Gallery to take in our pal Allison V. Smith’s Hall Pass exhibition, well, you really don’t have an excuse. Because, look, if Quincy Jones could find the time to stop by today, in advance of our chitchat tonight at SMU,…
Patrick Michels The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts people promised a big-time speaker at their one-year countdown party this morning, and they delivered James Earl Jones. Ostensibly, the idea was to show off the kind of talent the center will attract when it opens next year. Really, though, what…
