Concessionaire Gilbert Aranza Sues D/FW Airport Board and Requests Restraining Order to Stop Them From Kicking Him Out

Longtime food-and-beverage concessionaire Gilbert Aranza requested a temporary restraining order and filed a lawsuit against the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport board late this afternoon, stemming from a disagreement regarding approximately $279,000 the board claims he owes in back rent. While the TRO aims to halt the board’s vote tomorrow morning that…

Love and Money: New Airport Concessions Deal Gets Pricey.

Love and money: When a divided city council voted in August to open up bidding to all comers for food and retail concessions at Love Field Airport, City Hall probably hoped it’d heard the last of a fight that pitted Mayor Tom Leppert and white council members against minority council…

Colby Lewis: Another One of JD’s Genius Moves

Back on July 11, I spent a couple innings with Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels inside a luxury suite at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington as the team finished a lousy four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles. His team would lose that day and limped into the All-Star break after…

While We’re on the Subject of Dallas County District Attorney’s Race, Let’s Look at Watkins’, Clancy’s Campaign Finance Reports

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins outraised Republican challenger Danny Clancy by more than $50,000 during the latest three-month fund-raising period, while Clancy outspent his Democratic counterpart by more than $20,000, according to campaign finance reports. Both candidates struggled to raise dough — Watkins nabbed just $136,000 and Clancy $83,000…