By now, perhaps, you’re aware that the Dallas Independent School District is using Lone Star Auctions to dispose of about 72 items former district secretary Gloria Orapello bought with her DISD-issued credit card. She was sentenced to a year in the joint and was court-ordered to pay back $100,000, though…
Heard a little more from the R.I.P. Dallas folks last night — via a Richards Group press release, how awfully “grassroots” and so very “viral,” the buzzwords used in the pitch to Unfair Park. (As in: “We also have some great stats to share about the viral component of this…
The next Pro Football Hall of Famer chosen with the 51st overall pick in the NFL Draft will be the first. Meaning? That the Dallas Cowboys have quantity in this weekend’s draft, but not quality. Thanks to Roy Williams, the Cowboys don’t own a first-round pick but have 11 selections…
Just hours before word broke (in German first) that Ross Perot Jr. and Hillwood agreed to give up a majority stake in Victory Park, essentially turning it over to Hillwood’s German investors, the beleaguered ghost town belonged to a single man: 50-year-old David Genera of Mesquite. We spotted him last…
“Enough is Enough” probably won’t make the cut at the next Successories jam session, but so it goes. As noted earlier, that’s the name of the bold-faced group that announced its presence with authority at the Stoneleigh Hotel. Its intention, in case you missed it the first go-round, is to…
Morning-show hosts, beware: Lucy Rose does not take a prank call lying down. (Well, she might — I wasn’t there when she answered the phone … hi-yo!) But, seriously. Yesterday, Rose had her attorney go down to the federal courthouse in Fort Worth and file this 11-page suit against one…
As Robert mentioned earlier, Angela Hunt spent the weekend in Portland and Seattle checking out streetcars with my go-to source at the city for the convention center hotel: Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez, which explains why I didn’t hear back from him regarding Monday’s story about how the Dallas Convention…
I told the sad saga of former Dallas Cowboy Dwayne Goodrich in an Observer cover story back in December. Something tells me Jeremy Schaap is going to tell it even better tonight. To say I “consulted” ESPN E:60 is probably a little strong, but I did sit down with Schaap…
The cold case of Amber Hagerman — the 9-year-old who was kidnapped and found dead in a creek bed near her grandparents’ house in Arlington 13 years ago, and whose case started the Amber Alert program — was officially reopened yesterday at a press event at Hagerman’s mother’s home in…
As we mentioned earlier, the Enough is Enough folks — pro-convention center hotel, anti-“negativity and distortions associated with the May 9th election” — had their coming-out party this morning at the Stoneleigh Hotel, where they debuted their Web site and TV spot. We’ll have more from the party later today…
Thanks to Google’s new News Timeline — seen here with a simple Dallas-by-the-decades search — consider the day lost. Thanks, Google!…
Well. See. Hunh. When I started writing this, I was just going to point out that in the comments of this morning’s lead-off item, Angela Hunt got a little off-topic and started talking about streetcars — specifically, a trip Hunt, Linda Koop, Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez and Dallas Area…
Because the Kansas City Royals couldn’t catch the ball, the Texas Rangers hung on to their manager. For now. After a 3-0 start that feels like months ago, the Rangers are 5-7. Not good, especially considering nine of those 12 have been at home and half against the lowly Orioles and…
Methinks KXAS-Channel 5’s Susy Solis had a fit of the giggles while writing her story about Burch Management’s Jobless to Topless Job Fair, scheduled from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. tomorrow at Cabaret Royale for “North Texans who were stripped of their corporate jobs” and have opted to go topless…
This morning, the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee is getting an update on efforts to straighten out the so-called Dead Man’s Curve that is the S.M. Wright Freeway, a project that’s been underway for well over a year. And, as you may recall, council member Carolyn Davis told…
Some of the Friends just didn’t care for David Letterman’s secession bit late last week — or for David Letterman at all, aw. So, then, perhaps a dash of Stephen Colbert from last night’s Report?The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTip/Wag – Texas Secession & MACAcolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical…
Had a couple of items related to the pro-hotel’ers yesterday; and we’re headed to another introductory how-do this morning at the Stoneleigh Hotel, where Enough is Enough makes its formal what-up — as if folks needed to be introduced to the likes of Ray Hunt, Roger Staubach, former city manager…
Seriously now, did you expect anything different from these Dallas Mavericks? A frustratingly inconsistent team that led the NBA in close victories also had more than its share of blowout losses and inexplicable letdowns. So after the Mavs rallied from 13 down to win Game 1 on Sunday, you knew -…
Friend of the show and Unfair Park contributor Danny Hurley joined me at the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson over the weekend, where I chatted with the charming Joanna Cassidy while Danny snapped photos of the guests in attendance. After the jump, his role call of folks whose faces will seem…
Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. “I left Sudan in 1994,” he began “I had friends who died in jail…
While we’re on the subject of confusing pro-hotel campaign efforts, a Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to the Let Dallas Compete Web site — which demands you “Say Yes to Dallas” and vote against Proposition 1. It’s unclear who’s behind the site, which is registered through a proxy,…
Today in the 5 o’clock hour 105.3 The Fan will announce a new five-year contract extending its exclusive partnership as the official radio home of NASCAR and Texas Motor Speedway through 2013. As part of the new agreement, The Fan will broadcast live all seven major racing events held annually at…
