The belching, cement-producing smokestacks that dot Dallas County’s southern horizon have long befuddled area officials working to comply with federal clean air standards. Facing deadlines, fines and the potential loss of federal funds, a growing group of local governments is mounting a green revolution in the cement market. Two years…
Your suggestions for our Tom Leppert poster were, for the most part, undeniably strong, to the point where there’s been much bickering amongst Unfair Parkers today concerning the winning choice. There are four clear front-runners: “RAZE,” “SPEND,” “ERECT” and “HOTEL.” (Other personal favorites: “COPE,” “MARCH,” “DINERO” and “LEGACY.”) But, if…
Dianne Wray Among the items for sale last night at the Obama for America party at Gilley’s In our last last-night round-up, a tale of three parties – most of which involved drinking and staring at televisions. We’ll begin with the biggest: the Obama Dallas for America party at Gilley’s,…
The Dallas Video Festival moves into its new home — the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station — tomorrow with a slightly abbreviated schedule that takes it through Sunday. As always, Bart Weiss has scheduled a tremendous lineup of offerings, among them the first official Dallas screening (far as we…
Flickr photo: Obama__Dallas (Adam Jefferson) Love this picture of Ron Kirk taken last night at the Obama victory shindig at Gilley’s on 1135 S. Lamar Street, not the one in Chicago. Very handsome. Almost … mayoral. Cabinet material, at least. –Robert Wilonsky Update: Just spoke with Kirk’s assistant at Vinson…
Word out of 508 Young Street is that George Rodrigue, Dallas Morning News managing editor, has informed the staff of Dallas’s Only Daily that it’s fired up the presses this afternoon for a special reprinting of today’s paper, which is apparently historic or something? Turns out, folks have been streaming…
Betty Culbreath Terdema Ussery, president and chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks and a former Nike bigwig, has been tapped by Mayor Tom Leppert to become the new chair of the Dallas Housing Authority’s board of commissioners. Which is quite the coup — after all, it was but five…
Florida’s Tim Tebow might be available next year’s NFL Draft. The girl? Way out of our league. With the Cowboys teetering on the blink of an unfathomable implosion and missing the playoffs, it’s never too early to think about 2009. And it’s always nice to keep up with blasts from…
Dallas’s new convention center hotel, seen here as a conceptual rendering, now strikes us as “iconic” after all. This morning’s Wall Street Journal wonders whether Blackstone Group LP is still real happy about its $26-billion leveraged buyout of Hilton Hotels Corp. last year — because, er, “more hotel owners and…
Daniel Rodrigue Bishop Arts last night, jam-packed with drinky Dems Hundreds of people packed Bishop Street last night, filling the sidewalks of Oak Cliff’s arts district and watching the election returns on huge screens erected outside the shops and cafes. As the Happy Bullets played on stage and Barack Obama…
The debut issue of Eric Kimmel’s short-lived Ouch mini-magazine Among the myriad phrases used over the years to describe Eric Kimmel: “Dallas’ foremost man-about-town.” “International used rag hawker extraordinaire.” “’80s-90s Dallas man-on-the-scene.” “Ubiquitous scenester.” “Eternal trendoid.” To which the U.K. Independent adds another this morning: “The Texan king of trashion.”…
No doubt, as Sam mentioned Monday, the biggest item breathing down the council’s neck today is the smoking ordinance amendment, among the handful of items on the briefing agenda. But among the other interesting highlights at least worth a look-see this morning: Vonciel Jones Hill and Tennell Atkins’ slide show…
From Dallas Weekly to the White House? Could happen. From humble beginnings, he has risen. In a white man’s world, he has conquered. Not this guy. This guy. Oh, I guess Barack Obama has done pretty well for himself, too. First black President. Prompting optimism in America throughout the world…
The first sip: In last week’s Observer, editor Mark Donald described his early voting experience as not only a relief but “friggin’ cathartic.” My experience yesterday, however, was quite the opposite. After turning the dial and pressing the button for my choices, I walked around for the rest of the…
Sam Merten Lowell Cannaday and his wife Rose, who was choked up during her hubby’s speech After John Carona, Dan Branch, Angie Chen Button and Pete Sessions celebrated the handful of victories by the Republican Party in Dallas County, Lowell Cannaday — who I had been trying to track down…
Daniel and Megan, frustrated by crapped-out WiFi all night, send this brief dispatch from the Democrats’ victory bash in Bishop Arts. More from them tomorrow, with plenty of pretty pictures. Leading the crowd in triumphant cheers of “Yes, we can!” and “Yes, we did!,” State Sen. Royce West and plenty…
Brian Harkin Barack Obama, speaking at Reunion Arena in February — nine months before he was elected President of the United States … Barack Obama is the president-elect, say Fox News and NBC and CNN. And he crushed John McCain in Dallas County. With 654 of 708 precincts reporting, Obama…
Well, uh, here we are at the big Election Night bash in the home of our only Park Cities friends. And, uh … nobody else is here. It’s kind of, how you say, awkward. We parked three blocks away because we know how parked up it gets in the Park…
Matt Pulle Although Allen Vaught is still locked in a tight contest with Republican challenger Bill Keffer — it’s Vaught by 51 percent to 46 percent with 43 of 55 precincts reporting — the Democratic state representative doesn’t seem too nervous as the results trickle in. I swear his campaign…
Sam Merten Dallas County Commissioner Maurine Dickey Things are looking bleak for the GOP, but you don’t have to be at the Radisson to know that. We’re still trying to locate Lowell Cannaday, who’s behind 56 percent to 44 percent with 420 of the 708 precincts reporting. But, in the…
With 200 of Dallas County’s 708 precincts reporting, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez maintains her lead over challenger Lowell Cannaday: 313,083 (or 56.24 percent of the vote) to 243,632 (43.76 percent). Sam’s with the Republicans and will have more comments and photos from the GOP un-shindig shortly — only, as…
T.D. Jakes of The Potter’s House in Dallas was, moments ago, in the middle of telling David Gregory on MSNBC that “it’s anybody’s game” and that “in many cases, we’ve underestimated Sen. McCain,” when Gregory broke in with the news: NBC News has called Ohio for Obama. Dallas County now…
