Sam’s just returned from Dallas County Commissioners Court, where John Wiley Price called a press conference to refute the allegations made in the latest Danny Defenbaugh report, which alleges that “at least 22 Dallas County Precinct 1 and 5 Deputy Constables were intimidated and coerced to provide security services for…
Over on Living Car-Free in Big D, Patrick Kennedy directs our attention to an essay by Russ Sikes, a board member of the North Texas Chapter of the Congress of New Urbanism. The title: “Dallas: Syn City,” as in “synthetic.” Which, Sikes insists, isn’t as bad as it sounds, especially…
Found this this morning: a trip up N. Central Expressway scored to the strains of Menkena, which counts among its members our former colleague Mike Simmons. Debuted during the band’s performance at La Grange over the weekend. Too bad you can’t roll down the windows. Also: When they get off…
Some folks are tickled by Aldi’s impending arrival; others wait for H-E-B; still more clamor for a Trader Joe’s. But in North Oak Cliff, the opening of a Save-A-Lot on March 4 is big news — so much so that when the company sent out its press release this morning…
If you were downtown over the weekend, you couldn’t miss it: Dallas was overrun with cheerleaders in town for the National Cheerleaders Association’s All-Star National Championship at the Dallas Convention Center. It’s an annual affair a team from suburban Chicago always attends — but they ain’t coming back next year,…
Kobe Bryant is a drama queen. He’s a fake dirty player, what with the accidentally-on- purpose flailing arms and all. And, oh yeah, the rape thing. But you know what? If I didn’t have a pass to tonight’s Mavericks-Lakers game at American Airlines Center I’d open my wallet to be in…
It was all hugs and kisses in Judge Martin Hoffman’s courtroom at the George Allen today — but only because before the city and the Museum of the American Railroad faced off over the museum’s request for a temporary restraining order, the judge agreed to marry 20-year-old Aime Cruz and…
I just returned from today’s showdown between the city of Dallas and the Museum of the American Railroad in Judge Martin Hoffman’s courtroom. But before I get to that contentious item, first here’s a statement that just landed in the Unfair Park mailbag from Mayor Tom Leppert concerning the sudden…
Craig Holcomb, exec director of Friends of Fair Park, finally called back a little while ago — and, well, he’s awful sorry about that foul-up last week. But maybe he and Daniel Huerta, the executive general manager at Fair Park, can make things all better with this tease: They’re hoping…
Frank Poe, the city’s Convention & Event Services Director, is outta here. According to various reports, the man in charge of the Dallas Convention Center is taking a job with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority in Atlanta, where he’ll assume the title of executive director. According to the Atlanta…
Yesterday a good Friend of Unfair Park who fought to keep Adamson High School away from the Dallas Independent School District’s wrecking ball suggested it was time we take a closer look at the 107-year-old Davy Crockett School on Carroll Avenue, a designated city historic landmark. The school was given…
Just Do It? Tiger Woods has done it all. From 14 Grand Slams to even more extra-marital affairs, he’s turned all the tricks. But last week’s State of the Brand address was an unprecedented doozy. Tiger actually proved it’s possible – if not preferred – to be defiant while simultaneously…
There’s a story in today’s New York Times about banks’ aggressive efforts to keep customers paying overdraft fees. That’s because, come July 1 banks will have to get their customers to opt in to the service that covers purchases made using a debit card when there isn’t enough money in…
So, you want to know if Avila’s opened, per Judge Ken Molberg’s order last Friday that Ricardo Avila restore the Maple Avenue restaurant by no later than yesterday morning. The short answer: Nope. Not even close. I went by this morning and was greeted by a new sign that replaced…
When Dallas Area Rapid Transit completes the Green Line by year’s end, it anticipates making dozens of changes to its bus service, among them: discontinuing service to the Bachman Lake area, shifting downtown pick-up points and on and on and on. In short, it’s a serious overhaul intended to reduce…
Back in May, we directed your attention to the legal woes of Henry Robinson, a former Love Field security guard who claimed in Dallas federal court that The Beat-97.9 host Rickey Smiley cost him his job when he went questioned his heterosexuality. The whole thing stemmed from an incident at…
Last year, in the midst of camouflaging a late-night plunge from the wagon, Texas Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton arrived at spring training and predicted his team would win 90 games. Despite his shocking, anemic year of inproductivity, the Rangers managed 87 wins and held our interest in baseball into September…
Christina Rees and Thomas Feulmer, organizers of last weekend’s Modern Ruin show inside the shell of the former Washington Mutual box on Greenville Ave. slated for razing, send word: The event has caught the attention of American Public Media’s Marketplace producers. Matter of fact, Christina spoke with host Kai Ryssdal…
So, ’round 3ish tomorrow, expect the latest update in the case of the City of Dallas v. the Museum of the American Railroad. At 2:30 p.m. tomorrow a hearing been scheduled in Associate Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson courtroom, during which city attorneys and lawyers representing the museum will face off…
If ABC’s axed the shot-in-Dallas The Deep End, well, that comes as no surprise — it was all but inevitable given its low ratings and the critical drubbing. But there’s been no official word, only this Saturday story that says Thursday night’s episode will be the last ever aired unless…
A little while ago, Rudy Bush posted an item about a new push to allow beer and wine sales citywide, thus eliminating the so-called “dry” parts of town in which booze can’t be sold for off-site consumption. Big news, to be sure, but also old news: I called Gary Huddleston,…
Standing on her hind legs Isis Valgen is much taller than me — the horns help. Her mouth moves as she says, “There are not too many gazelles like me running around.” In a room behind us at the Crown Plaza in Addison, a crowd cheers as a line of…
