Something was missing from Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle’s retirement press conference this morning. OK, maybe not something so much as someone. More than a hundred folks found their way to DPD headquarters this morning to hear Kunkle’s farewell, but Mayor Tom Leppert was not one of them. Kinda strange…
Jesse Luna, a welder whose father Miguel served in World War II and Korea, has wanted to stand along the parade route and wave for veterans like his dad, but could never get away from work on weekday mornings. Now that he’s out of work, he said told Unfair Park…
HOME? from Willie Baronet on Vimeo.I hate that I couldn’t make the first night of the final show in Hal Samples Gallery on Main Street — it’s become a sort-of home-away-from for my family and me in recent months. Alas, Willie Baronet’s HOME? will be there till November 28, available…
Arrowhead Pride, a fanblog for the Kansas City Chiefs, provides a vaguely intriguing item this afternoon that reveals running back and bad Twitterer Larry Johnson, cut from KC Monday and now a free agent, is in Dallas at this very moment. And how do they know this? “Larry Johnson’s reported…
When a big-city police chief announces a sudden early retirement, you expect a lot questions — most of which begin with “Why …”. Apparently, they were all answered last night. This morning’s press conference at Dallas Police Department HQ was more like an event held in honor of everybody’s favorite…
Dallas Cowboys’ free safety Ken Hamlin missed practice yesterday with a strained left groin. Bad news? Or good news? To me, Hamlin is the weakest link among Dallas’ 24 starters (including kickers). The drop-off from Hamlin to Patrick Watkins is smaller than from any other starter to any other backup. He…
Dallas’s official John F. Kennedy Collection has always been on the city’s Web site — a little hidden on the City Secretary’s Office home page, but right here nonetheless. I’ve used it in the past, despite the fact it’s a bit of a mess — photos and files kept in…
Janis Burklund, head of the Dallas Film Commission, breaks the big news: “We have landed the Fox TV Studios production Jack and Dan.” Which, for those who don’t read The Hollywood Reporter, is the latest series from Burn Notice creator and exec producer Matt Nix. And it’s set to star…
Several members of the Dallas City Council are in San Antonio at a National League of Cities conference. Angela Hunt is not, which is why, like most of the city, she found out that DPD Chief David Kunkle was retiring by turning on the local news at 10 last night…
Sorry, guess again.What better way to beat Walking Pneumonia than by chilling at the movies, hopped up on Zithromax, Mucinex and Milk Duds? And, dare I say, checking out Cameron Diaz’ box. I love “Would you accept $5 million in exchange for once a day, every day, going into a completely…
Sam sends news that moments ago, in the middle of Police Chief David Kunkle’s farewell press conference, Jack Hammack, who was standing behind Kunkle, collapsed. Those standing around him, including former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, tried to help him up, while officers called for a defibrillator and an ambulance before…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit said yesterday that “for the third consecutive year more than nine out of ten Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) customers report overall satisfaction with the agency.” Most riders surveyed believe the trains and buses run on time and as scheduled, are plenty safe and better than…
Last night, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle explained why, 30 minutes from now, he will hold a press conference to announce his retirement, effective April 30. After the jump you will find his letter to the department, in which he outlines strides made during his five-year tenure — including policy…
Courthouse News has the complaint, in which Everett Clemmer is going after Zhuoye Lighter Manufacturing Co., claiming that a defect in his son William’s lighter led to his death last year. From the suit, the key paragraph and cautionary tale:On or about April 10, 2008, William Clemmer was working at…
George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement — grabbin’ a Goff’s No. 2, playin’ a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin’ a little 2 a.m. backstroke at Perkins Natatorium, the usual. But today, he makes it for reals…
I can’t believe you people. Yeah, you. The ones who actually spend a millisecond of your precious time on Earth worrying about how a certain Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback wears his cap. Not his helmet, mind you. His hat. I’m all about big hat, no cattle and all, but I’ve actualy…
Tomorrow morning, at around 10, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle will hold a press conference during which he will announce that, effective April 30, 2010, he will no longer be Dallas Police Chief. He has known this day was coming for a while. He told Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm…
Less than two months after we introduced you to criminal defense lawyer Phillip Linder, the would-be Republican challenger to Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has stepped aside and is now supporting David Finn, a fellow criminal defense lawyer and former trial judge and federal prosecutor. At least that’s what…
View Larger MapJust saw this press release from the Dallas Police Department that contains relatively few details about something called Operation Car Wash, which DPD says has resulted in 27 arrests since warrants were first issued back on September 9. The release catalogs the drugs also seized, and DPD spokesman…
Only a few days ago, Tom Merriman was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame — the great Ron Chapman’s introduction of the local-radio icon can be heard here. Says Chapman of Gordon McLendon’s former music director, who came to Dallas in 1952, Merriman “shaped the sound of thousands…
Many thanks to the Friend of Unfair Park who directed my attention to the Daily Mustang piece about the long-gone Honest Joe’s Pawn Shop in Deep Ellum — must have been something familiar about the “Herschel Wilonsky” briefly quoted therein that caught this particular Friend’s attention. Figured I might as…
Early on during the FY2009-2010 budget process, City Manager Mary Suhm made it clear: She was going to close most of Dallas’s neighborhood pools — which she did, shuttering next summer all but seven of the 21 operated by the city. There was also much talk of cutting in half…
