Ghassan Elashi With federal prosecutors making a second run at Richardson-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development officials, after their first attempt last year ended up in a more-or-less mistrial, the daughter of one of the defendants today writes about Part II for The Huffington Post. Noor Elashi’s a…
This was the weekend to talk about talking like a pirate, swill giant brews in Addison and kiss your summer goodbye. Course, that also means it’s nearly time for chicken-fried bacon at the fair — three days and counting, as Big Tex is put in his place this morning. Photos…
In addition to LBJ tollway talk today, the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee will also discuss — if I read this right — building a 3,400-foot-long “people mover” connecting the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Denton Drive station to Love Field Airport. At a cost of — again, if I read…
Flickr photo: flygraphix As always, you’ll find on Flickr plenty of photos from the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade yesterday, which snaked its way down Cedar Springs Road from Douglas Avenue to Lee Park. This just happens to be a personal favorite. If nothing else, seems much more thought-out than…
LBJ Freeway, which wasn’t built in the 1960s with the expectation it would carry nearly 300,000 cars a day, is a mess: It’s infrastructure is aging, it’s congested most of the time, and it gets a little bit worse every day. That’s from the city council Transportation and Environment Committee’s…
Marion Barber and the Cowboys dove into a relatively easy win at Lambeau Field. *Been predicting this (12:58 entry) for almost a year now. But when the Cowboys finally called a Patrick Crayton pass, it was a harmless floater into double coverage that was almost intercepted. Hardly worth the wait…
DISD trustee Ron Price Moments ago, near the end of the nearly three-hour-long DISD board meeting — before the board went behind closed doors to talk about the superintendent in front of his face — trustee Ron Price said, “This is a critical moment in Dallas Independent School District’s history.”…
Schutze is at 3700 Ross Avenue, and he’ll provide a wrap-up from the board meeting during which the trustees and superintendent Michael Hinojosa will likely declare a state of financial emergency following last week’s $64-million budget shortfall revelation. That said, Allen Gwinn’s very, very good at this kind of thing…
I’m not going to link to the AbortionNO.org site, because, frankly, it’s too graphic — there’s even a warning on the site, which proudly claims it’s “graphically exposing the injustice of abortion.” And, look out, it’s graphically exposing it all over town today: Patrick “Buzz” Williams and I were just…
A star is born. Speaking of tennis and the Davis Cup and local athletes, I almost forgot to mention Mitchell Krueger. In fact, I did forget. Until now. Who he, you ask? With any luck, and some computer click support from you, he could be the December cover boy on…
What you see above is an artist’s rendering of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant in Glen Rose, should Luminant be allowed to expand the plant from two units to four. Notes Luminant in its media release, sent in advance of an applicaton filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: “These…
The “B” in The Ticket’s BaD Radio show Deadspin’s been decidedly Dallas-centric in recent days, but never more so than moments ago, when it posted a photo of KTCK-AM’s Bob Sturm, who kinda says that, yeah, ESPN’s ripping off his 7-year-old concept that involves power-ranking NFL franchises throughout the league’s…
Residents of Greenway Parks, beware! Not only do you live in the nation’s most overpriced zip code — which we’ve known since July — but you’re also now infected with the West Nile. At least, someone in the neighborhood is. So says the city in advance of a mosquito spray-down…
Wow! It’s also scary how much racism lurks still today.– Richie Whitt…
After all the brouhaha over the Dallas Independent School District’s revised grading policy, the kid’s had plenty of honest-to-God homework since starring kindergarten earlier this month — very surprising and very welcome. Nonetheless, CNN yesterday revisited the controversy. And this morning, Kent Fischer grades the (mostly absentee) committee that came…
Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Kwame Kilpatrick Back in April, then-embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent a weekend at The Potter’s House of Dallas, meeting with Bishop T.D. Jakes for some spiritual “enriching.” A lot has happened since then, including Kilpatrick’s copping to a few felony charges; thus, a 120-day…
To the point where Mark Cuban’s posting the racist e-mails he’s received concerning Josh Howard’s awwwkward “Star-Spangled Banner” comments — and the e-mail addresses, oh my. I’m partial to the Deadspin comments, among them: “Dear Mark, I didn’t celebrate it either, and I’m now in Gitmo. Sincerely, Chris Jackson.” And,…
At least one DISD student will get a brand-new computer and printer: Charles Rice Learning Center fifth-grader Dalton Sherman, courtesy Ellen Degeneres and Hewlett-Packard on yesterday’s episode of her daytime chatshow. –Robert Wilonsky…
And so it begins. Though the Dallas Independent School District’s board of trustees does not meet till 2 today, to declare a state of “state of financial exigency” so it can begin laying off teachers in the wake of its $64-million budget shortfall, already campuses have begun shedding teachers. Programs…
Patrick Michels Perhaps Ron Boone or Glen Combs once touched these boards. No doubt, they’ll make a fine addition to any ABA fan’s driveway. Decided to take our new Interwebs honcho, Patrick Michels, over to Reunion Arena today for one final stroll through the old joint before it’s locked up…
Courtney Clenney The headline is explained after the jump. Not that it’s terribly hilarious. The “Vote for Parkland” bond campaign kicked off today in front of the Doctor’s Office in Old City Park — where we particularly enjoyed the aroma from the donkeys, Nip and Tuck, kept behind wooden fence…
I choose to believe, er, fantasize, that she wears this under her tennis skirt. But that’s just me. So I got this friend who, like me, plays competitive tennis. (Pregnant pause while 92% of you clear the room.) Anyway, she’s playing level 3.0 women’s doubles (advanced lower level, if you…
