Two Huffington Post pieces to point out this a.m.: The first is from Mayhill Fowler, who’s on the ground with the Clinton campaign as it skitters across Texas today. Writes Fowler, if Hillary takes Houston, she’ll take Texas — and, yup, has to do with the Latino vote, because Clinton’s…
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly, in a photo that ran on Southwest’s blog around Halloween Kind of a good news-bad news Wednesday for Southwest Airlines. On the one hand, in today’s New York Times there’s a really flattering piece about Southwest’s chief executive, Gary Kelly — who, says the paper, “transformed…
A Friend of Unfair Park with a punk-rock past points our attention this morning to this “awesomely bad version” of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” performed by Irving “Punk / Reggae / Hardcore” band The Cygnus Psyanide. Me, I don’t think there’s a damned thing wrong with it — I mean, what…
Sports Illustrated I was trying to decide which of these stories with which to start the morning: the one from the Wall Street Journal about how last year, developers built 18.6 million square feet of warehouse-distribution space in the DFW, which kicks the ever-loving crap outta the Riverside-San Bernardino, California,…
In a subscriber-only story from Daily Deal, looks like Northwest Dallas-based Dave & Buster’s is for sale to the highest bidder — or, barring that, whoever wants it. Says the piece, Wellspring Capital Management LLC’s decision to offload D&B’s comes as a surprise to bankers and execs who don’t think…
A look at tomorrow’s city council agenda would lead one to believe it will be a pretty typical day at City Hall. Sure, you can go see what happens to the homeowners from Little Mexico if you have a couple hours to burn whilst waiting for agenda item No. 61…
No, I still don’t think the Mavericks should trade for Jason Kidd. But another couple upchuck performances like the last two nights, and even Mark Cuban will get antsy. While you digest these hideous numbers, keep calmly repeating to yourself, It’s only February … It’s only February … It’s only…
Former Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill, now in the defending bidness Not that I would pimp my former boss for my current one, but my old colleague and pal John Council at Texas Lawyer brings word that ex-Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill has risen from the politically expired,…
Hillary Clinton’s campaign peeps just sent her Texas schedule for tomorrow: 9 a.m. at the McAllen Convention Center, 1 p.m. at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown, 6:30 p.m. in the St. Mary’s University Gymnasium in San Antonio — where Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer endorsed Barack…
So, as of three minutes ago, we know where and when Radiohead will play locally: at the Starplex Amphitheatre on May 18. (Fine, the Superpages.com Center — like you’ll ever call it that.) And, courtesy Radiohead’s PR reps, we also know when tickets go on sale: this Thursday at Radiohead’s…
The City of Dallas recently launched Green Dallas, the purpose of which is “building a greener city.” Clearly, we needs to try just a little bit harder — because of the four Texas cities on Popular Science’s new list of “America’s 50 Greenest Cities,” Dallas ain’t there. Austin is. Fort…
A Friend of Unfair Park who’s working hard for the city shoots us the following missive, concerning one of downtown Dallas’ landmarks: “I just noticed, as I looked out my City Hall window, that the Mercantile Tower and clock is finished and operational. It is quite nice looking.” R.L. Thornton…
If you were thinking of sending Dallas city council member Vonciel Jones Hill flowers on Thursday, don’t send them to City Hall. Turns out she’ll be spendingValentine’s Day speaking before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee — which, I know, is so Hallmark. Her subject?…
Then-Mayor Laura Miller and ACS CEO Lynn Blodgett, holding one of his photographs of the homeless Lynn Blodgett’s name usually shows up in print when something goes wrong with Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services (backdated stock options and the chairman’s failed buyout attempts) or when something goes right (making lots of…
Jim Moore — same feller who co-wrote Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential with DMN’er Wayne Slater — has, like Mary Mapes last week, posted to The Huffington Post a “Why Texas matters” essay concerning the March 4 Democratic primary. Takeaway for further discussion: “Obama will…
At the beginning of the year, BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion announced it was moving its HQ to Irving — gonna add about a thousand jobs over the next few years, says here. Of course, that assumes people will still be using their BlackBerrys over the next few years –…
And just how did A.H. Belo Corp. — the “new” parent company of The Dallas Morning News — celebrate it first full day as a spun-off stand-alone media empire? By watching its stock free fall more than 12 percent, or two whole dollars. Ooof. Reports Editor & Publisher, the stocked…
The official word is Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will debate in Austin on February 21, and it’ll be carried on both CNN and Univision — kickoff’s at 7 p.m., so prepare your pregame festivities accordingly. Out of curiosity this afternoon, I Googled the phrases “Obama Dallas” and “Clinton Dallas”…
Upper Deck’s Presidential Predictors trading card collection, featuring caricatures of candidates in classic baseball poses, was released on Wednesday; Dallas-based Beckett Media was first to bring the news of the set last week. Only, when you go to the official Upper Deck site, where you’ll also find word of a…
Carter Albrecht’s name pops up several times in an article in the new issue of New York magazine — not surprising, as the piece is headlined, “This Is My Brain on Chantix.” At first, writer Derek de Koff shrugs off the theory that Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug had something to…
Last April, you might recall, came word that the Texas Department of Transportation was yanking all the greenery along the three-mile stretch of North Central Expressway median running from Woodall Rodgers Freeway to Mockingbird Lane — just wasn’t worth the price of upkeep, said TxDOT. Today, at 2 p.m. at…
You have seen the pre-order password that gets you to the front of the line for Bob Dylan House of Blues tix, right? Nope? C’mon — it’s easy. Something like, oh, “JREWING.” To commemorate that choice, let’s take a very kosher peek at three of Dylan’s greatest television appearances with…
