From the sheriff to the police commissioner, who really, really likes his gig. But that’s not the question. This is quite the star-studded infomercial and fund-raiser for Operation Oasis, the local nonprofit that, among other things, works to integrate ex-offenders back into society. There’s Dallas police chief David Kunkle, Safer…
On September 16, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez will debate her Republican rival, Lowell Cannaday, courtesy the Stemmons Corridor Business Association — a note posted on Cannaday’s Web site, matter of fact. Which is so weird, because this morning I noticed that someone with the moniker “dallascountygop” posted to the…
The Rocker bears the decidedly unmistakable odor of something made in 1983 and left on the shelf a good 25 years. Which isn’t to suggest that it’s fetid product in need of tossing out: Parts of it are genuinely delightful, and Rainn Wilson doesn’t squander his first feature-film starring role…
Sure, fine, whatever — Jessica Simpson’s selling beer. Awesome for her. ‘Cause she’s “always looking for ways to diversify my portfolio with good ideas and good people.” Genius. But Tony Romo and his pops are taking on prostate cancer, in conjunction with the Prostate Cancer Education Council. Ramiro Romo, of…
Daniel Rodrigue Mark Millar, at left, and Tony Harris met the fanboys at Lone Star Comics yesterday. Today’s new-title day at your local comic-book shoppe, but yesterday, Mark Millar and Tony Harris were at the Lone Star Comics on Mockingbird Lane to promote their new creator-owned title War Heroes. It…
I’m gonna buy one of these official Nastia Liukin “Big Swinger Double Buckle Grips.” Only, I don’t know how I’ll use it just yet. In case you’re traveling through Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport tomorrow, be warned: Terminal B — specifically, gate B-35 — will be more than a little cram-packed…
Whitney Lawson George Steel George Steel, the newly named director of the Dallas Opera, met with reporters for lunch today, and, of course, he promises to turn the Dallas Opera into “the best in the country.” That was measured ambition compared to that of Jay Marshall, the Dallas Opera chairman,…
Last week, we noted that Skechers USA Inc. offered Heelys $143 million, or around $5.25 a share, for the Carrollton-based maker’s complete inventory of head-cracking roller-skate-sneakers. Well, today comes word that, yet again, Heelys is gonna have to pass, thank you very much. Says Gary Martin, Heelys’ chairman, “After careful…
I just spoke at great length with Paul Dyer, director of the Park and Recreation Department, about his decision to keep Jenny at the Dallas Zoo, rather than move her to the sanctuary in Tennessee or the drive-through zoo in Mexico. He says he made the decision for several reasons:…
Just received word that Dallas Park and Recreation officials have handed to city council members a memo in which it says that Jenny the elephant will not go to Mexico or Tennessee, but will, after weeks’ worth of hand-wringing, stay in Dallas. More to come, as Unfair Park has been…
U.S. Senator John Cornyn The New Republic’s Eve Fairbanks this morning posted a fund-raising e-mail she received last night from the campaign of U.S. Senator John Cornyn, who links Fred Baron’s, um, generosity to Rick Noriega, Cornyn’s Democratic challenger and the recipient of several thousands dollars in Baron campaign contributions:…
Let’s be honest: Fred Ward and Lea Thompson have probably been to more lavish movie premieres — maybe for, oh, I dunno, The Right Stuff (for Ward, so great as Gus Grissom) or Back to the Future (Thompson, of course). But Tuesday night’s shindig at the Studio Movie Grill on…
Blockbuster’s bossman and guitar hero Jim Keyes is certainly doing all he can to save the Dallas-based video-rental company, which has way too many stores (6,000 and then some) to move quickly enough to catch Netflix. Hence, the WTF ideas of late, chief among them the DVD-rental ATM and the…
No matter how you parse it, the Dallas Independent School District’s new do-over (or don’t, whatever) policy when it comes to homework and tests doesn’t sound good — which is why it winds up on Page 2 of The Wall Street Journal this morning. The intention’s good — cutting dropout…
Here is the Texas Education Agency’s July 31 letter to the Dallas Independent School District, informing superintendent Michael Hinojosa and school board president Jack Lowe that the district now has a babysitter looking over its slumped shoulders. The letter, which district officials have kept hidden, warns the DISD that if…
Justin Terveen Alternate head: “There’s your D Spot. Now, kneel on it.” Unfair Park’s favorite photographer, the great Justin Terveen, doesn’t just shoot breathtaking photographs of the city’s skyline. Sometimes, he’s more about the ground-level action. Like, take this photo from Saturday morning, snapped at 2:04 in the a.m. in…
It’s been a little more than a year since ex-White House Counsel and so-close Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers returned to work at her old law firm, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell on Ross Avenue. Haven’t much heard from the former Dallas City Council member in a while; last we…
That’d be at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 9th Clinical Team Conference, which kicks off on October 23 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas downtown. And, look, that’s just a guess. We don’t have access to the guy’s datebook; could be the Dallas attorney already has his tickets (if…
Jaap van Zweden was named the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s music director in February of last year; he’ll finally assume the position next month. Preceding the handing over of the baton, the Julliard-trained violinist and prolific recording artist will be the featured artist for the 2008 Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Gala…
The state’s Commission of Education, Robert Scott This morning, Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander confirmed for me that Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott has appointed a special monitor to straighten out the Dallas school district’s academically unacceptable high schools. Dahlander didn’t know about the Texas Education Agency’s…
View Larger Map Two things that stunned me as I read this story about the closing of the Metro Diner: It’s closing? On Saturday?!?! W. T. F? Haven’t been in a couple of months, but it’s my son’s favorite breakfast spot — my father’s too, after we convinced him to…
Starr Spangler, which is her real name — swear I know, shocking that the DFW would land yet another resident on a reality show; those things are littered with locals. Still, CBS’s The Amazing Race is probably the most watchable of the lot — and it just got a little…
