The early numbers are in, and so far on this chilly November eve, things aren’t looking good for the Angela Hunt TrinityVote gang. Dallas County elections officials report that 21,911 cast their lot in early voting, with 12,341 of them voting against Proposition 1 — or, in other words, for…
Our Man With Nothing Better to Do on a Tuesday Night, Matt Pulle, will be blogging live from election headquarters tonight, bringing the results of the all-important hides and animal inspector prop vote as they come in, starting around 7 p.m. He may even have something to say about the…
Katherine Seale is the new exec director in charge of trying to keep historic buildings from becoming parking lots and condos Well, so much for this. About three months back, we announced — rather prematurely, turns out — that Preservation Dallas had appointed a new executive director to replace Dwayne…
Recently, I got a call from a public call center in Mexico. I could tell because the second after I answered, I heard a voice say in Spanish, “They will speak to you now,” the formal call center etiquette used anywhere from Laredo to Tierra del Fuego. “Who is it?”…
Last week’s death of The Sports Fan 990 AM was a total surprise. Or. Not. The struggling radio station with the questionable leadership and the meek signal failed to see its first birthday, pulling the plug and forgoing its all-sports format for what – last I checked – sounded like…
Seems that last week’s dismissal of Josh Venable at KDGE-FM (102.1) was just the tip of Clear Channel’s melting iceberg. Industry observers and insiders have noted that the San Antonio-based multimedia giant has been letting other people go at various local radio stations, among them, ratings giant KISS-FM, where midday…
David Matula, another smart guy against the Trinity River toll road. And he has six SMU profs to back him up. And those dudes are tough. David W. Matula seems like a pretty smart dude. For the past, oh, 33 years he’s been a professor of computer science and engineering…
Ole Anthony still doesn’t like televangelists. And they probably don’t like him. CBS News has quite the revelation this a.m. (revelation — heh): Sen. Charles Grassley an Iowa Republican and the party’s top man on the Senate Finance Committee, is looking into half a dozen televangelists to see if they’re…
I voted at 7:12 this morning at Leonides Cigarroa Elementary School in northwest Dallas, where the “Vote Yes!” signs appear to be in bloom this fine, warm fall. The voting booths were filling up; I was No. 12 on the sign-in sheet, and folks were lining up behind me. “Impressive,”…
If you haven’t read the rather even-handed coverage of tomorrow’s Trinity River toll road vote in The New York Times today, here ’tis. Dig the headline: “Dallas to Vote on Remaking City.” Wow, sounds important. But further down comes the money quote courtesy Harris Steinberg, executive director of the University…
Is Church of God in Christ Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake soft on homosexuality and too cozy with loose-living celebrities? Is he taking his denomination — the biggest Pentecostal body in the United States — far away from its roots as a “holiness” church? Or is he ushering in much-needed…
J.D. Freeman handles all the Clear Channel Communications stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, among them KDGE-FM (102.1) and KZPS-FM (92.5, better known as Lone Star Radio). And the company’s regional vice president called this morning because he heard Unfair Park was lookin’ for him, which was true enough: We…
Really, you would have thought this was a no-brainer. But, no, only took 35 years before Mattel decided to release Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Barbies, expected in a Wal-Mart near you before Christmas. They’ll come in three flavors, none of them lead: “Caucasian (blonde), African-American and Hispanic (brunette) versions,” says the…
You’d think on Troy Dungan’s special day on November 13, he wouldn’t have to share the spotlight with the man who replaced him when the WFAA-Channel 8 icon stepped down in July. But, no, weatherman Pete Delkus will indeed serve as the master of ceremonies next Tuesday when the Press…
Another season, another first-round flame-out. Thanks to FC Dallas’ come-from-ahead loss to the Houston Dynamo Friday night, our teams’ playoff pratfalls continue to continue. Let’s see, the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Desperados and now FC Dallas all failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs in their most…
You did see how Dick and Lynne Cheney dressed their dogs for Halloween, right? Seriously. Any more questions? A Friend of Unfair Park makes an interesting point this morning, concerning Dick and Lynne Cheney’s Friday-afternoon pit stop. Following the veep’s speech at the World Affairs Council luncheon at the Hyatt…
“That’s … that’s … heroic,” I said last night, more than a little tipsy. “Heroic?” said the missus. “‘Uh-oh, I have the ball, and they’re chasing me — guess I’d better keep running.’ What’s heroic about that?” Fine. –Robert Wilonsky…
Jesper Juul of the University of Copenhagen recently published the comprehensive history of the “match-three” game — a la Bejeweled, Luxor and Chuzzle. Which is apropos of nothing, except this morning Dr Pepper and Dallas-based Imaginuity New Media — which is actually an online ad agency that handles everything from…
Trinity River Expedition’s Charles Allen was Julia Barton’s guide for her Weekend America story over the weekend. Ten years ago, former Dallas Observer contributor Julia Barton wrote on Salon about the giant ball of flaming space rock that destroyed Dallas — c’mon, you don’t remember NBC’s Asteroid? On Saturday, on…
“No, you’re not Mayor Tom. Excuse me. Sorry. Thought you were the mayor. Hello …?” Well, it’s time to admit the obvious. The Tom Leppert I thought I knew was a fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. As Elaine might say. No matter how hard I picked on Leppert during…
Josh Venable, pictured doing the job he doesn’t have as of today, damn it. There will be no Adventure Club on Sunday — this Sunday or any other in the near future, at least not on KDGE-FM (102.1). Minutes after his pal Zac Crain posted the news on FrontBurner, Josh…
Scott Dorn How Scott Dorn sees downtown Dallas on his days off I’ve just spent the last half hour or so trolling Scott Dorn’s Flickr page, where he’s stored some 1,500 photos — most of which are stunning pictures of downtown Dallas, historical city landmarks and some out-of-the-way and taken-for-granted…
