Yesterday, the Blog Maverick hisself posted a Q&A concerning the “Botox Bailout,” in which Mark Cuban offers his thoughts on the pig currently applying its lipstick in the House of Representatives. Among them: “The bankers who got us into this mess got a reprieve and a few of their jobs…
If nothing else, corny dog challenger Warren Street was able to keep his lunch down. (Patrick Michels) One of the great disputed records in sports was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at the State Fair of Texas, as last year’s corn dog-eating co-champions faced off against a dozen challengers in…
As Uncle Barky’s site has remained relatively mum since news of his “procedure” last week — save for his Paul Newman obit on Saturday — several Friends of Unfair Park have asked about Ed’s health status. So, this brief update, as the Dean of TV Criticism isn’t one for hogging…
Charged with misdemeanors. But not indicted with a felony. Got it? Acting on an educated hunch, I made a call this afternoon to Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney David Hagerman. Sure enough, he confirms that a grand jury on Thursday returned a three-count, Class A misdemeanor complaint against Live 105.3…
Courtney Clenney After the jump, Intern Courtney’s recap of her visit to Oscar de la Renta in NorthPark Center yesterday, where Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover signed copies of her novel Gilding Lily. But among the photos Courtney returned with was this one of Lisa Garza, the not-Next Food Network Star, who’s…
Angela Hunt just posted to her blog some thoughts on the City Plan Commission’s vote yesterday not to rename Ross Avenue for Cesar Chavez. She wants to make this very clear: No way, no how, no, sir, she does not support renaming one square inch of Ross Avenue, not for…
The auto show’s been a fixture at the Fair since 1904. That’s a fun fact. Free for having. You can look it up. Just made my first-ever pit stop at PickupTruck.com, thanks to the just-posted video available for watching with your eyes after the jump. It’s a review of the…
Two days before Washington Mutual became the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, board member Tom Leppert received more than 2,000 shares of WaMu stock, increasing his holdings to more than 21,000 shares. The price listed on the SEC filing — from yesterday — of $3.20 per share valued his…
The only Bond worth a damn Despite a petition drive against the convention center hotel that even proponents are certain will result in a referendum, the mayor and council members, along with developer Jack Matthews, are continuing to move forward with the final stages of the project. But as the…
Meet the Pivnicks of Richardson. Sounds like an ABC sitcom, actually. USA Today and Good Morning America Weekend found two families willing to take part in their joint Frugal Family Challenge — and, of course, one of those families is local (and, so happens, the husband works for a Gannett-owned…
Technically, the 52-year-old pizzeria in Preston Royal (and, now, Plano) is called Pizza by Marco, but ever since he was a boy, my dad’s called it “Marco’s Pizza” — and I’ve called Marco’s Pizza about twice a month since I was a boy, thank you very much. So happens, though,…
A Friend of Unfair Park who teaches government and history in a school district not named “DISD” sends along this article from Milwaukee. Can’t imagine why. –Robert Wilonsky…
Oh say can you see, how charitable this guy is? You: “The media only reports the bad news.” Me: “Guilty.” Well, not only the bad news. But I do admit that we, the media, tend to magnify the drunk athlete and shrug off the charitable one. Why? Great question. We’d…
Dallas Fed prez Richard Fisher Last night, Richard Fisher, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, spoke in New York City. The subject of his speech: “Responding to Turbulence,” which, surprisingly, was not subtitled, “Everybody must get stoned.” If nothing else, Fisher once more proves…
This morning, at 7:45, Mayor Tom Leppert delivered a State of the City address to the MetroTex Association of Realtors Political Action Committee, meeting at the Westin Hotel Galleria. Our new Web editor, Patrick Michels, got out of bed in the wee small hours to record the entire speech, which…
This, come to find out, is called The Peach Gobbler. I’ll never eat fruit the same again. Was doing “research” this morning for a possible blog item. One of these days I’m going to rank the hottest women in Dallas TV sports, or maybe just Dallas TV overall. (Suggestion box…
To deal with the projected $84 million budget shortfall the district is facing, superintendent Michael Hinojosa just laid out what he called “prudent, fiscally responsible, feasible” solutions that are “doable right now.” To which he added, “Despite that, they will be painful.” His solutions, however, total only $77 million. He…
Until the feed goes down, you can watch the DISD board of trustees meeting, which just began. Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has just begun discussing “the process” whereby the district will find its missing millions. “It’s not quite finished,” he said, but that “brings us to the end.” Recommendations are forthcoming…
Hurricane Ike has decimated the Gulf Coast’s seafood industry, which will come as no surprise to anyone who’s tried to order an oyster in recent days. Fisherman have been left jobless; distributors have been left without stock; and restaurants are stuck trying to find seafood from faraway places. And it…
But, seriously, who’ll be his running mate? Randy Galloway? The BBC News blog Talking America today has an interview with James Meredith, the first black student ever to enroll in the University of Mississippi back in 1962. The reason for the interview is that Ole Miss is located in Oxford,…
Judge Harold Barefoot Sanders Writing for Texas Lawyer as I did for four years and being a Texas lawyer for 34 years, I have known many judges. Some came to the job unprepared, young and unwise in the ways of the world, ballot-sitters who simply caught a wave of Republican…
In case you missed the tale of the woman thrown from a moving car on the Dallas North Tollway over the weekend, it’s right here. And Dallas police have released the surveillance video, because they consider the driver “a person of interest in the case” — really? — and hope…
