At midnight, Dwaine Caraway will erase the “pro tem” from his title and become, simply, Dallas Mayor. And though he will replace U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert for just a few months, Caraway tells Unfair Park this evening: “It’s very humbling to be able to be in this position.” He…
I spent way too much time during the wee small hours of this morning looking at all the goodies posted to the Remember in Dallas Facebook page, where bossman Jim Hayes vowed only today that the website will be “up and running again soon,” well, all right. Because as much…
Last night, the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees approved that buyout plan for on-campus full-timers wanting to take the money and run before they’re laid off. At which point, the district handed to principals a FAQ, which the Dallas Friends of Public Education posted to its website this…
Here’s the announcement posted moments ago on ’bout-to-be-former-Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert’s website, which is titled, like the brand-new campaign adshort film (mmmm … doughnuts) you see above, “Why I’m Running.” For U.S. Senate, that is.I bring a unique conservative approach to government. I’ve created jobs, grown a business, and cut…
If you click to embiggen the image at right you’ll note it’s an invite to a beer-and-wine “launch party” at the Preston Forest Whole Foods scheduled for tomorrow; it arrived this morning with the header “It’s the end of Prohibition at Preston Forest’s Whole Foods Market.” Soon as it landed…
We began the week by sneak-peaking one of the latest Woodall Rodgers Deck Park renderings unveiled at yesterday’s $9-million press conference. As promised, here are two others provided by the Foundation, which now needs but $17 million to cover amenities and park operation for the first three years of the…
Had a long talk with Dallas Independent School District trustee Edwin Flores today about a lot of things, some of which I’ll get to tomorrow. But before tonight’s board meeting, I figured it was worth sharing at least this one thing — our chat about the proposal to pay the…
Patrick Michels, our gas-drillin’ expert, is presently at the Hunt Oil Building for that Woodall Rodgers Deck Park press conference — which, turns out, is worth $9 million (no wonder Mayor Tom’s Mayor Tom till tomorrow). So, then, I’ll share with you a memo council member Angela Hunt sent to…
On Tuesday, you no doubt recall, the city sent word that Walmart’s opening 14 new locations citywide — among them, three in the southern sector, including on the vacant lot at Fort Worth Avenue and W. Colorado Boulevard. Yesterday, on Go Oak Cliff, Jason Roberts wrote about the reaction to…
Tom Leppert writes in his official letter of resignation sent to the city council that he will officially step down as mayor at 11:59 p.m. tomorrow. At which point Dwaine Caraway will become the interim mayor of Dallas, and no one’s more excited about that than Schutze, as you’ll see…
Moments ago, the Department of Justice announced that an investigation by the FBI’s Dallas Joint Terrorism Task Force has led to the arrest of 20-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who was born in Saudi Arabia but came to the United States in 2008 on a student visa so he could attend…
In the comments below, a Friend of Unfair Park notes that shortly before Mayor Tom Leppert said his farewells to the Dallas City Council, he hopped on his Twitter account to take issue with President Obama’s announcement that he believes Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional…
Just saw this hot-off-the-virtual-presses release about a February 8 wingding at The Trinity Trust concerning the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge opening-week ceremonies scheduled for October. As you’ll note, there’s a photo of Gail Thomas, Lyda Hill and Lynn McBee standing next to a placard bearing the new slogan: “It’s My…
Late yesterday, Dallas Police sent word about a story you’ve no doubt seen plenty of since: Late on January 27, DPD Officer Quaitemes Williams kicked in the face and used pepper spray on a handcuffed man named Rodarick Lyles, who’d been pulled over by another officer for driving with a…
Mayor Tom Leppert to Step Down: The Final Council Speech from Dallas Observer on Vimeo.As promised, here’s the entirety of Mayor Tom Leppert’s adios speech given to the city council at the close of today’s meeting. For some reason, the audio and video fell out of sync. Which somehow makes…
Last July, you may recall, the FBI and Arlington Police Department confirmed that they were investigating a series of incidents at the Dar El-Eman Islamic Center on Mansfield Road in Arlington, where a playground was set on fire and “explicit images” were spray-painted on the parking lot. Said an Arlington…
As I was heading in to the office Tuesday morning, demolition man Scott Dorn shot me a note: JR’s Demolition was revving up the ‘dozers and about to tear down European Crossroads. Of course, we knew this day was coming — have for years, really. I got there as they…
I’m not sure when Dallas’s Only Daily started using the East Dallas Times as its go-to source for restaurant comings and goings. But, sweet fancy Moses, Bruce — pick up the phone before you report that Matt’s Rancho Martinez in Lakewood is closing.Wasn’t very hard to get Matt Martinez III…
… but keep it short — you only get 255 characters.Oh, yeah — the district also just launched its 2011-12 Dallas ISD Financial Outlook website, which I told you yesterday was on its way. The DISD’s calling it a “Districtwide Clearinghouse of Ideas and Information.” You’ll find pretty much everything…
Two days ago we received an e-mail from a “william@bubblelifemedia.com” that insisted, “The gang activity at NorthPark sounds like an escalating problem thats not under control yet and could get worse.” The missive also contained a link to this page at something called Park Cities iPhone Reporter (I dunno –…
Moments ago, after the last of the afternoon speakers came to the council chambers microphone to denounce Mayor Tom Leppert and the media one last time, the mayor said what we’ve known was coming since last night, if not well before: He’s outta here.”This will be my last city council…
Why, only yesterday Stephen Broden was at Dallas County Commissioners Court, speaking up for former Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet whilst quoting Scripture to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. But today, the New York media turns its attention on the man who tried last year to take Eddie Bernice Johnson’s Congressional…
