Earlier today we revisited the Dallas Regional Chamber’s plan, blessed by Mayor Mike and Lew Blackburn, to save the Dallas Independent School District. And while Commit! is still in its vague, unformed infancy, clearly this is Very Important to a few very important people. Which is why Blackburn wants the…
Stories linking Los Zetas — a drug cartel consisting of, among others, former Mexican Army commandos — with North Texas have been around for years. Take this story, from three years ago, connecting a Collin County deputy constable with a cousin said to be working for the cartel. In March,…
If you happen through the intersection of Beckley and Jefferson in the next few days, you will see this scene — two 20-foot-tall cargo containers painted white. The installation, which is being put into place at this very moment, is not yet finished; Jason Roberts, the man in charge, says…
So the Morning News on Wednesday reported on a battle brewing in Plano ISD over attendance boundaries between Plano West and Plano East senior high schools. Pretty dry stuff, unless you’re a parent who gives a shit, so you likely missed this nugget from the story: Along with some others,…
Still waiting on a response from Mayor Mike concerning the Dallas Regional Chamber’s so-called Commit! initiative, which we took at long look at Sunday. Turns out, Rawlings, Dwaine Caraway, Uplift Education board member Todd Williams and Dallas ISD board president Lew Blackburn paid The Dallas Morning News a visit yesterday…
I’m watching the Dallas Independent School District board of trustee meeting right now, if only to see how committed the trustees are to Commit! — which, turns out, is a Mayor Mike initiative as much as a Dallas Regional Chamber idea. More to come in moments.But first, this bit of…
As we noted yesterday, during her presentation of the Redistricting Commission’s proposed map to the city council, chair Ruth Morgan mentioned that one member of the commission, whom she later identified as Domingo Garcia, held “private meetings” with other commissioners in the last month of the redistricting process. The whole…
The Southern Baptist Convention has over 16 million members. It also boasts a mission statement: As a convention of churches, our missional vision is to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every person in the world and to make disciples of all the nations. Perusing their web site this…
What you see above is the LBJ Express project’s sneak preview of the lane closures about to hit LBJ Freeway this weekend, as the Joe Ratcliff Pedestrian Walkway meets its maker at 1 a.m. Sunday. (No, really. One in the morning.) But before that, beginning at 7 Saturday night, eastbound…
OK, so we know now that whatever Rick Perry is readin’ this summer, it ain’t a science book. Because until 142 percent of all scientists agree on something, science is just theories, and people don’t need theories right now. They need jobs. Jobs and provocative rhetoric. Oh, and dead prisoners!…
Last week we glanced at the Dallas Convention Center’s schedule of events and noted one of interest scheduled to begin September 15 and run through the 17th: Omni Job Fair. Doors open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.; the city says it expects up to 5,000 people during…
According to Forbes magazine, your Cowboys are the NFL’s most valuable franchise at $1.85 billion. Second-wealthiest team on the planet behind only English soccer’s Manchester United. They are also, in case you haven’t noticed, in disarray. Chaotic. Disjointed. Injured. If not in a rebuilding mode, then certainly one of transition…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about the Cowboys’ fantasy prospects, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, as well as a…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , as well as a week-by-week breakdown of the Cowboys’ mediocrity. Give or take,…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about the Cowboys’ fantasy prospects, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, how to gamble on your home team , Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make or break…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, gambling, as well as a week-by-week breakdown of the Cowboys’ mediocrity.Jason Garrett is never concerned. He doesn’t get anxious. And by no means does he worry about the future…
This story is part of Richie Whitt’s mostly upbeat but occasionally depressing 2011 Cowboys preview. Elsewhere, find stories about Tony Romo, Jason Garrett and the footballness of football , and Rob Ryan swearing his $%&# off, and Tony Romo’s make or break year. The Cowboys were perfect at home last…
Fair warning: So what is it about Big Tex? Is he the devil, or are we just dumb? How does that tall, black-haired State Fair icon tempt us back to Fair Park year after year, though we know pretty much exactly what we’ll get? It’s not that we don’t love…
Waste as opportunity, or waste as the perpetuation of racial and economic inequality? Unfair interference in the trash-hauling free market or the forward-looking future of refuse? Both sides have been hashing it out for a while now, but the Dallas City Council’s black members will get back to you on…
For the past six days, the Dallas Independent School District has been hosting “community meetings” on campuses deemed academically unacceptable by the Texas Education Agency — 33 in all, based, of course, on last school year’s TAKS scores. Tonight’s meeting will be held at North Dallas High School, one of…
Remember, way back in January, when then-Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were in a huff — a downright tizzy! — over Rick’s Cabaret’s plans to take off its top but a hop, skip and lap dance away from American Airlines’ HQ on the south…
