Editor’s note: At 5:23 p.m., Chris Heinbaugh shot us the following e-mail: “The Mayor is returning Sunday and will not be attending the Super Bowl game.” But he’s still in Arizona for the festivities. Carry on. In late December, Mayor Tom Leppert created friction between himself and the Dallas city…
When there’s a transportation crisis in this region, it’s a given that Michael Morris will make an appearance. And sure enough, with six projects scheduled for delay because of the Texas Department of Transportation’s funding crisis, Morris, Director of Transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, was there…
Not much is left of Little Mexico, the once-vibrant Hispanic community surrounding Reverchon Park that blossomed in the 1920s. Uptown redevelopment has replaced the blocks of small single-family homes and businesses with Victory Park and condominiums. Fragments of the old neighborhood can still be seen in four homes on McKinnon…
Back in 1999, Josh Hamilton was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with the No. 1 pick in the draft. He was fresh out of high school, where he dominated at the plate, and on the mound Hamilton had all the tools, including a mid-90s fastball. All I ever…
Jim Bowles, former (and, he hopes, future) Dallas County sheriff In this week’s paper version of Unfair Park, we take a look at former Dallas County Sheriff Jim Bowles’ attempt at getting back his old job. He had plenty to say — too much to squeeze into the pages of…
When former Dallas County Sheriff Jim Bowles made the last-minute decision to get in the race for his old job, it surprised almost everyone. After all, he left office under a cloud of suspicion and has been blamed by his successor for everything going wrong with the jail, and there…
Ron and son Shawn Springs at a Virginia memorabilia signing appearance in November ’04 Nearly lost in the news of this week’s medical malpractice suit filed by Adriane Springs, wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, is the forthcoming federal suit that will be the first federal challenge…
There have been plenty of Trinity River shindigs in the 10 years since the original vote to approve the project, but no event brought out more big guns than the mayor’s Trinity River Corridor Project Summit Friday at City Club. The alphabet-roster of attendees could fill Unfair Park for a…
So I was talking to city council member Angela Hunt this week — about a story I’m working on, swear — and we start chatting about the recent Transportation and Environment Committee meeting down at City Hall. One of the things we both found interesting, as did Schutze in his…
After getting no love from her fellow council members and 53 percent of voters in the November 6 Trinity River toll road election, council member Angela Hunt finally found someone willing to acknowledge her greatness. Now that she’s been awarded the prestigious Marshall Memorial Fellowship for 2008, she can warn…
Back on November 27, Dallas Morning News Trinity reporter Bruce Tomaso wrote a story bearing the headline “Dallas mayor wants to expedite Trinity River Project.” Tom Leppert, speaking at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre Hotel, talked about being aggressive and moving forward quickly. Councilmember Dave Neumann, who is Leppert’s chosen…
Editor’s note: Now’s as good a time as any to introduce Unfair Park’s newest contributor, Sam Merten, whose work we’ve long enjoyed over at Dallas Blog. Sam will be writing for the blog and the paper version of Unfair Park, beginning … now. A new and improved timeline for the…
