We know you’re sick of hearing about this, but bear with us: Dallas is, like, thisclose to getting some shiny, newly redrawn, possibly less-gerrymandered city council districts. The Redistricting Commission sat through another marathon meeting Tuesday night and voted to move forward with just three out of the 15 plans…
Not saying by any means that it was an easy or routine play. As Rangers’ manager Ron Washington said, the ball was “smoked.” But it’s a ball that third baseman Michael Young could’ve stopped, right?When Young did the ole on Casper Wells’ hot shot in the 7th inning Wednesday night,…
Came across a press release from The City-Owned Hotel celebrating its 250,000th room booking — and, hey, the joint don’t even open till 11/11/11, at which point Tom Leppert will emerge from the Presidential Suite, stroking a white Persian, to cut the ribbon using only his laser-like stare. The press…
Schmooze Cruise: It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that string. And on the Willis Johnson story, no one’s got it. Last week Channel 8’s Brett Shipp reported on contracts between the county and Johnson, a southern Dallas political consultant and businessman. And over the weekend The Dallas…
Before Dez Bryant was number 88, there was Michael Irvin. Before Irvin, there was Drew Pearson. And before Pearson, there was an incomplete, insufficient Cowboys Ring of Honor. Not anymore. Owner Jerry Jones has a history of eventually righting his wrongs, and he’ll do it again when he belatedly inducts…
Steven Phillips was about to boil over. This, the attorneys in the room must have known, wasn’t good for anyone. At 51, Phillips had a delicate drawl, but the rest of him was all rangy wildcat sinew. He was a bit of a genetic oddity. He didn’t lift weights, yet…
Back to the Dr Pepper-on-Dr Pepper lawsuit …Early this morning we posted Dublin Dr Pepper’s response to the lawsuit filed in June by Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is trying to limit Dublin’s real-deal Imperial Sugar-spiked soda pop to a six-county area and alleges the oldest Dr Pepper bottler…
Turned in to the council meeting to watch the The Crown and Harp, Zubar and The Libertine get their specific use permits renewed; I know — quite the life, no? Reason I wanted to watch was sooner than later that proposed Lowest Greenville bowling alley’s going to come before the…
And here we thought we’d have to wait till 5. Not hardly. Let’s take a look. At some point, surely, Maurine Dickey regretted not getting back into the barbecue business sooner.Update at 3:59 p.m.: KTVT’s Bud Gillett piggybacked on Shipp’s story and was also there for this morning’s altercation and…
Tuesday night, the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Task Force on Secure Communities (hold on, gotta catch my breath after that pithy title) held a pilot meeting at the Dallas County Community College’s Bill J. Priest Campus to discuss ICE’s controversial fingerprint screening program intended to snare dangerous undocumented…
While I was writing the item below, which I am sure you’re all reading at this very moment, several Friends of Unfair Park asked if we were going to follow up on Brett Shipp’s tweet concerning allegations that Dallas County Commission John Wiley Price assaulted him and threatened to “split…
On Friday we brought you the news that the Dallas Independent School District has been hit with a $40-million breach of contract suit filed by Delcom Group. Long story short: The Lewisville-based tech company was initially awarded a mammoth deal to convert schoolrooms into digital classrooms. But the district tossed…
Yes, in fact, Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo did drop the P-word Tuesday during an exclusive interview on 105.3 The Fan. But not to worry, it was the one that rhymed not with wussy, but rather kiss. During training camp Romo was refreshingly a non-story. Collar bone healed, his throwing motion was…
Took the boy to the ballpark last night, where, Chuck Morgan told us, we were joined by a little more than 25,000 others — not bad for a 193-degree start-timer against the lowly Mariners, but not great either. Not now, not this late in a season more thrilling than last…
The Cowboys had exactly 10 practices in pads in San Antonio. In this weird, truncated preseason of NFL football, that makes a training camp. After a walkthrough this morning at The Alamodome, Dallas headed north and will tomorrow night begin its four-game exhibition season against the Broncos in Arlington. Ready…
Council just wrapped discussing that police helicopter sale; Sandy Greyson, concerned about terrorist what-ifs, wanted it pulled from the consent agenda for further discussion, but the sale sailed through. This item’s about something a little further down the agenda. As in: Last week, in the comments of this item about…
Driving back from San Antonio last night I was re-introduced to the Rangers. Hello, drama! After overcoming deficits of 7-2 and 3-0 in the 8th inning in wins over the Indians last weekend, the Rangers — thanks to a bad, postpartum outing by Alexi Ogando — spotted the lowly Mariners…
Back in June, you no doubt recall, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. decided, for whatever reason, to sue Dublin Dr Pepper, which makes the only soda worth drinking — original-formula Imperial Pure Cane Sugar Dr Pepper. Corporate HQ claims in court docs that Dublin Dr Pepper, which ships all over…
Last we checked there were around 800 teachers vying for 700 vacancies scattered throughout the Dallas Independent School District. Which, sure, sounds a little odd, given that only a few months ago the district was considering thousands of layoffs due to the state’s decision to gut public education. But truth…
“You’re going to eat that now?” the guy at the head shop asked. He looked worried. “That’s not a good idea. I don’t take ’em in the daytime. It renders me non-functional.”Well, shit. It was Friday afternoon, and I was about to drug my co-workers.A little background, though, before we…
Speaking of mass transit …Today the Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments met with the local citizenry at a public meeting at the pleasantly named Center for Community Cooperation on Live Oak. Much of the conversation picked up where Robert’s chat with Dallas Area Rapid…
When the Dallas Police Department isn’t using its Facebook page to post breaking news about missing persons or arrested officers, it’s sharing quite a bit of departmental history via old photos. Already we’ve peeked at an illustrated history of the department’s sweet rides, and been treated to a gallery featuring…
