As you can see, however, Dawn Rizos isn’t mentioned by name in the October 29 ish — and where’s the publicity value in that? You remember what happened, right? Right: Newt Gingrich’s Business Defense and Advisory Council solicited the owner of the topless joint for a donation in exchange for…
Speaking of Main Street Garden …DowntownDallas sends word that a new site’s just gone live touting the amenities and upcoming events on tap for the site of a former parking garage. Such as: Had no idea the outdoor cafe was called The Lily Pad, and that its menu was being…
On Monday I moderated a District 1 school board candidates debate, and long story short, all four contenders were thoughtful, well-reasoned and dead-level; even 79-year-old long-shot Melvin Cannon’s call for more vocational education was greeted with a few nods of approval. Most of the questions stuck to issues of policy…
Not sure they’re exactly akin to LASIK eye surgery or Tommy John arm reconstruction, but I agree with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban that – at some point in our athletic evolution – there will be a legal, legitimate place for steroids in sports. “I’ll get killed for saying this,”…
Governor nutso: So, whaddya think? Is Governor Rick Perry crazy like a fox or just plain crazy? Dallas Morning News editorialist William McKenzie posed a similar question in his column Tuesday…well, sort of similar. “What is Rick Perry doing?” McKenzie asked about the governor’s recent gutting of the Texas Forensic…
The ESPN College GameDay crew—including analyst Lee Corso in a giant Bevo mascot head—was on hand last Saturday at the Cotton Bowl. So were Billy Bob Thornton, Peyton Manning, Mark Cuban, Big Tex, LeAnn Rimes, Roger Clemens, Fletcher and his corny dogs, fried everything and, of course, 104 years of…
The Euless neighborhood is mostly quiet, a sleepy suburb of pleasant ranch-style homes, winding creeks and mossy oaks that looks as if it could have been plucked from any American city. Except, of course, for the ancient gods that populate the home and religion of one of the area’s most…
I’ve spent the better part of 20 years trying to find my box of old Hot Klub fliers, which I’d swipe off telephone poles on my bus drive down Maple Ave. to junior high in the early 1980s. Turns out, all I had to do was look here: Twilite Room…
On Friday, 54-year-old Claude Alvin Simmons Jr. and 39-year-old Christopher Shun Scott will be free men for the first time since being wrongly sent to prison in October 1997 for the robbery and murder of Alfonso Aguilar. Two other men will take their places: Alonzo Hardy, who is already in…
Southwest Airlines had its Media Day today, so expect myriad deep-think pieces in coming hours about the Love Field-based carrier’s newfangled “Green Plane.” Um, which is …? Well, here’s the press release that inventories all the “environmentally friendly interior materials” being used, among them Flor carpet panels, a “Life Vest…
Texas beats OU, even in the girls’ bathroom. And the delicious conclusion of Parts 2 and 3 …..
So, you don’t like the Dallas Police Department’s new black-and-whites, hunh? That comes as a shock to the DPD — especially Lt. Dale Barnard, the department’s fleet manager. I spoke with him this morning to find out a little more about the new ride, which rolls out in February. Specifically,…
Speaking of downtown parks …Maybe you’ve heard: Woodall Rodgers Freeway is about to be a mess from now till … oh .. lessee here … “late 2011.” That’s when the folks in charge of the Woodall Rodgers deck park expect to have the sucker done, with “amenities” following in ’12…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’s office sends word this morning that two men convicted of murder in October 1997 — 54-year-old Claude Alvin Simmons Jr. and 39-year-old Christopher Shun Scott — have been exonerated. Says Watkins’s spokesperson, Jamille Bradfield, these are “the first two non-DNA exonerations since Mr. Watkins…
Jason Witten will never say it, so I’ll do it for him: Gimme the damn ball! Especially in the red zone!! I generally support Dallas Cowboys’ offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, but this is getting ridiculous. When the red-head calls plays in the red zone it makes Cowboys’ fans red-faced. Why? Because…
We’re, oh, ’bout three weeks away from the official dedication of Main Street Garden downtown, as November 13 is now the ribbon-cutting date. And, from the looks of the site last weekend, there’s still much to be done — it looked awful … squishy, given all the rain of late…
When Jim’s not designing Dallas Area Rapid Transit light-rail routes through downtown or lunching with John Wiley Price, he can be found most days fishing from the banks of the Trinity River; he’s easy to spot, as his tin-foil cap is quite reflective on a sunny day. Hence, his enthusiasm…
Maybe you’ve heard the radio ads: Rudy Giuliani (didgeridoo), Colin Powell (bass), Terry Bradshaw (lead vocals), Zig Ziglar (banjo), Robert Schuller (keytar), Rick Belluzo (hurdy gurdy) and Tamara Lowe (bagpipes) are getting the band back together for an all-star jam session at the Fort Worth Convention Center this Monday, Monday,…
One is 24; the other 29. One is completing 64 percent of his passes with 9 touchdowns and 4 interceptions; the other 58 percent with a ratio of 6-to-4. One has a rating of 95; the other 86. One hails from a major college and is known as calm and…
Speaking of the local film business …Willa Ford’s an awful nice lady from my limited experience spent with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Modano, but I’ve seen little of her film work; this, for example, is all I’ve seen of her star turn as Anna Nicole Smith in 2007, and I…
We told you it was coming, and here it is — the Dallas Police Department’s new black-and-white ride, which made its debut mere moments ago in front of DPD HQ on South Lamar. With its intense LED lights, silk-screened graphics and that “Serving Since 1881” motto plastered on the sides,…
I’d forgotten, till he called me back a few minutes ago, that I’d left Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the city’s Office of Economic Development, a message Monday morning concerning the Dallas Film Commission’s pending move into City Hall. Nonetheless, he was kind enough to further explain the reason for commission’s…
