Meet Some of ABC’s Good Christian Bitches

Actually, according to an e-mail ABC-TV publicist Erin Felentzer sent to Unfair Park a few days back, Sex and the City creator Darren Star’s adaptation of Kim Gatlin’s book about a divorced mother of two moving back to the Park Cities is no longer called Good Christian Bitches. Instead, she…

Say, Let’s Meet at the Lily Pad Today

Tuesday evening, Mayor Dwaine’s not-quite-chief-of-staff Chris Heinbaugh sent word: At 2:30 today, Caraway, council member Ron Natinsky, Grand Ricchi’s Leobardo Trevino, Arts District exec director Veletta Lill and Downtown Dallas Inc.’s CEO John Crawford will gather for a press conference to discuss “the future of the historic Statler Hilton Hotel,…

Kirk on Leppert and Dallas’s Next Mayor

Last week, the Texas Tribune sat down in Austin to chat up U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Today, the Trib posted some of that interview, during which Kirk reveals that when he stepped down as Dallas Mayor, he cried. So did Schutze. Like a baby.You can watch the video. Or…

Breaking News: Statler Sold! Library Too!

A Friend of Unfair Park tipped us off earlier today: Dallas County property records reveal that the old Statler Hilton has indeed been sold; so too its next-door neighbor, the former Dallas Public Library. And according to the deed sale documents, both were purchased by none other than the Ricchi…

WUSS, It Ain’t No Glee

Been meaning to get to this for a few days, so while we await some return calls before calling it a day, here’s the trailer for Clay Liford’s shot-at-Garland High WUSS, which, as we noted a few weeks ago, world-premieres at South by Southwest on March 12. Now’s a good…

Into Downtown’s Tunnels, A Horror Story

From time to time we’ve revisited the damage done to downtown Dallas by Montreal urban planner Vincent Ponte, who proposed in the June 1968 issue of Esquire that downtown Dallas bury its businesses underground — a decision then-Dallas Mayor Laura Miller referred to in The New York Times in ’05…

Feds Fine American Airlines Over Voucher Fees

The Department of Transportation sends word today that it’s charging American Airlines for charging its passengers for agreeing to swap seats on oversold flights for travel vouchers. Because, ya see, the Fort Worth-based carrier doesn’t just let you use the vouchers gratis — turns out, AA charges an up-to-$30 ticketing…

In Through Dallas ISD’s Out Door

View more videos at: http://www.nbcdfw.com.Above is KXAS-Channel 5’s story from last night about teachers who camped out at 3700 Ross last night to sign up at 8 this morning for their up-to-$10,000 buyout; on the other side is WFAA-Channel 8’s. In both I see my son’s kindergarten, first-grade and art…