Rumors have long been circulating that something’s up with Valley View Center. Not sure what, exactly; no one’s returning calls (paging Greg Maloney). Even local commercial Realtors aren’t exactly sure. But … something. Involving the Macy’s spot. Like, say, this: On Thursday, per its agenda, the City Plan Commission will…
Speaking of the Texxas Jam, as we’re known to do from time to time, while researching yesterday’s Fleetwood Mac attack at the Cotton Bowl in ’78 I stumbled across an Internet Movie Database entry for something called Texxas Jam ’78, which promises to be “the first real look at an…
So, the feds want Pettis Norman and Jon Edmonds to appear before a grand jury on July 20 — can’t imagine why. Oh, wait. My bad. And speaking of the Inland Port, for those who knocked off early for the Christmas holidays in ’08, after the jump is a doc…
Former Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa officially begins his new gig in Cobb County, Georgia, today. Hence, this morning’s piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “New Cobb superintendent’s job 1: Close students’ achievement gap.” Long story short: Cobb County, like most urban districts around the country, has seen an…
It’s likely you never knew Linwood Henderson by his real name; few did. For decades, since the late 1960s, he was better known by his other name: Cuzzin’ Linnie, or Cousin Linnie to the uninitiated. His was an estimable career that stretched all the way from KLIF (when it was…
Less than a month ago, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office dropped a small bomb shell amongst those who follow courthouse doings: Terri Moore, Craig Watkins’s first assistant, and Mike Ware, head of the Conviction Integrity Unit, would be stepping down July 1. At which point, Watkins promised, he’d announce…
At last night’s Gasland screening, an environmentalist activist of some note noted how much he enjoyed reading Unfair Park … for the Friday musical offerings, many of which were echoes of shows he’d once attended. Then, this afternoon, a request from another Friend of Unfair Park: Steive Nicks or Fleetwood…
Speaking of the wrongly imprisoned …On Saturday, we stopped to take note — belatedly — of the passing of Randall Dale Adams, whose October death didn’t reach newspapers till late last week. Adams, of course, was freed from prison in ’89 following the release of Errol Morris’s documentary The Thin…
Last Friday, in Judge Ken Molberg’s courtroom, attorneys representing Steven Phillips and Kevin Glasheen argued over money, which is what attorneys often do when they clash in courtrooms. At stake: around $1 million, which Glasheen says he’s owed by Phillips per an agreement they made three years ago. Phillips doesn’t…
The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video ArchiveOn Tuesday, you’ll recall, Dallas County went under a 90-day outdoor-burn ban, which includes shootin’ off fireworks within the city limits. Violators will be popped with a class-C misdemeanor ticket, which will be stuffed into your pocket if…
While we wait for some return calls, let’s set aside the heavy lifting for this never-before-seen flashback about to go on sale on Heritage Auction Galleries’s website: a might-be-unreleased John Romita Sr. drawing done for a Sanger-Harris giveaway comic intended to be stuffed into a Dallas Times Herald, probably some…
SMU psychology professor George Holden spends most of his time “understanding the determinants and significance of the parent-child relationship in development,” says his Hilltop curriculum vitae, which is loaded with books and studies on the subject. Among the suggested-reading list: “Children’s Assessments of Corporal Punishment and Other Disciplinary Practices: The…
One of the first people with whom I spoke Monday morning, following news that federal agents had swarmed Dallas County HQ, was Commissioner Maurine Dickey. Some of what she said that morning had been repeated myriad times since. Like, say, her response to the news that FBI agents were in…
Yet again, the Dallas Police Department sends an email saying there’s a press release on Facebook — so many hoops, but so worth it. The department says Chief David Brown’s fired three officers, including Senior Corporal Cat Lafitte, otherwise known as the artist who took to Facebook in February to…
One week ago today, the union representing Southwest Airlines’ flight attendants threatened to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after it became public that a pilot had taken to the airwaves to broadcast his … let’s say … dissatisfaction with the quality of the Love Field-based carrier’s…
Back in January ’10, Dallas-based MumboJumbo — distributors of Jewel Quest and Bejeweled 2 and a whole bunch of other familiar time-wasters — was awarded upwards of $4.6 million in actual damages by a Dallas County jury. Long story short: In 2006, MumboJumbo entered into an agreement with Seattle-based PopCap…
Last night KXAS-Channel 5 had a most fascinating story: Dr Pepper v. Dr Pepper. Specifically, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. says the Dublin-based maker of The Real Thing (that is, a Pepper flavored with original-formula Imperial Pure Cane Sugar) is violating its 2009 licensing agreement that says the Central Texas…
At some point the conversation below, concerning the plan to create a so-called quick-win trail that would link Bishop Arts to the Katy Trail across the Trinity, took an odd swerve, with someone insisting that Jason Roberts, Andrew Howard and the rest of the Better Block-ers are trying to “kill…
Late last summer we caught wind of First Presbyterian’s plans to purchase 508 Park Avenue, the former Brunswick Records regional office near Dallas City Hall in which Robert Johnson, Bob Wills and others once recorded. Yesterday, after myriad stops in front of the Landmark Commission, where the church had to…
It’s land! No, no, it’s Kwanzaa Fest! No, silly, it’s an art gallery owner at the South Side of Lamar! On the other side, some video and an IRS return we’re entering into evidence as we begin Day Three of Hunh, I Wonder Why The Feds Raided the Homes, Offices…
Yesterday Leslie recounted the Dallas City Council’s vote on the membership of the ad hoc gas drilling task force — during which rookie Scott Griggs’s attempt to add Mountain Creek resident Ed Meyer to the roster was met with a deafening silence. Angela Hunt has posted to her website her…
A couple of weeks back, in his column for the paper version of Unfair Park, Jim wrote about Scott Griggs and Angela Hunt’s desire to get the Trinity River Corridor Project back on track with projects “done quickly, cheaply and on a human scale.” You know who’s also involved? Ding,…
