Prime Prep Is Going Down Fighting

Earlier this month, as reported by Unfair Park and practically every other outlet in town, the Texas Education Agency began the process of revoking Prime Prep’s charter. The reasons for the potential revocation are convoluted, the upshot isn’t. Should its charter be revoked, the school would have to stop enrolling…

Major Dallas Rezoning Being Undertaken with Unusual Transparency

If there’s one thing Unfair Park has taken away from the high-stakes civic lesson that’s been the Cityplace Sam’s Club case thus far, it’s this: The notices sent to homeowners telling them about proposed zoning changes in their neighborhoods are terrible. The notices are meant to let people who own…

Temporary Injunction Denied in Cityplace Sam’s Club Case

After the conclusion of arguments that started Friday morning, District Judge Phyllis Lister Brown ruled against a neighborhood group seeking a temporary injunction aimed at stopping construction of a 130,000-square-foot Sam’s Club store near the intersection of Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75. The decision means the city can issue building…

Bitcoin ATM Startup Hoping to Plant Its Flag in Dallas

Spencer Noon thinks bitcoin is going to change the world. The cryptocurrency — currently worth about $575 per unit — was created as an anonymous, digital means to provide verifiable online transactions outside the realms of governments and regulations. Despite high profile setbacks like the Mt. Gox disaster, in which…

Round Two of Sam’s Club Legal Fight Will Last Into Monday

The second act of the East Village Association’s battle to reset the clock on a zoning change that would allow Trammell Crow to build a proposed 130,000-square-foot Sam’s Club near Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75 will not be resolved until at least Monday afternoon, after Judge Phyllis Lister Brown was…

The Next Round of the Cityplace Sam’s Club Fight Starts Today

Just about two weeks ago, all seemed lost for a group of residents who were upset about a Trammell Crow development plan that included building of a Sam’s Club near Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75. Zoning for the development had already been approved, so the City Plan Commission’s July 10…

Dallas’ Sports Teams Are Staffed By Idiots

Ahh, the post All-Star Break, post World Cup, post LeBron, post everything doldrums. The Wednesday and Thursday after the Midsummer Classic have been proven — by science! — to be, along with Christmas Eve, the deadest days on the American sports calender. Clearly, local athletes are just as bored as…