While on PACER this morning, I came across a lawsuit against the Dallas Independent School District about which not one word has been written: 55-year-old Lilia Gutierrez, a former principal at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, is suing the district, claiming, among other things, that she was wrongfully demoted in…
So, the city still hasn’t figured out the whole to-boot-or-not-to-boot parking-lot problem — but, look, it’s only been an issue since January, and, well, what do you expect? If nothing else, the briefing docs get thicker and thicker — here’s the 50-page package prepared for this week’s Economic Development Committee…
A Friend of Unfair Park points out that I’m not the only one collecting Re:Vision Dallas cast-offs. So too is the ArchDaily blog, which, earlier this week, posted PIKL Studio’s Commonwealth development for that block behind Dallas City Hall, where Central Dallas Community Development Corporation’s exec director, John Greenan, and…
In December 2003, the city of Dallas issued a request for proposals to build a convention center hotel after former Mayor Laura Miller and her husband, former state Rep. Steve Wolens, months earlier helped pass legislation creating 10 years’ worth of tax rebates for hotels built within 1,000 feet of…
Whilst on the city of Dallas Web site for an entirely unrelated matter, I espied this notice of interest to bargain hunters in search of property at low, low prices: a July 16th-scheduled offloading of foreclosed properties, most of which are vacant and some of which are ironically listed under…
If you haven’t registered for TwiCon — the Twilight fetishists’ orgy that runs July 30 through August 2 at the downtown Dallas Sheraton — you might wanna hurry, as the shebang gets a shout-out in the Entertainment Weekly hitting subscribers’ mailboxes today and tomorrow. It merits a mention on the…
For those who missed the Rangers-Astros broadcast last night, the Texas Rangers’ Web site has 33 adorable seconds from the second inning, during which a certain former president and Rangers Ballpark in Arlington owners’ suite namesake realized he was on the center-field video screen and maybe needed to put down…
Last we saw Charley Pride he was the high point of my friend Elvis Mitchell’s made-for-HBO documentary The Black List, Vol. 2. But this morning in a brief concert preview, the Edmonton Journal provides further proof, if any is necessary at this late date, of his greatness. Tomorrow, the 71-year-old…
Thursday morning, I asked publicist Ken Carter — who, very helpfully, has been sending out press releases on former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill’s behalf in advance of his corruption trial — if he thought doing so violated U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn’s gag order, which is now one…
Council members at this morning’s special called meeting are expected to authorize a bond issuance of up to $514 million for the convention center hotel project. The agenda item restricts selling the bonds at a maximum interest yield of 5.5 percent, and a mixture of revenue bonds and Build America…
Ever since last week’s storms, something’s been up — which is to say, down — with the power in our Northwest Dallas neighborhood. On Monday night, ’round midnight, a transformer behind the house blew — a few crackles; a brief flicker; then, all dark and quiet for but a few…
I finally got a hold of that letter the South Dallas pastors sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder concerning Don Hill’s case, scheduled to go to trial next week. In the missive, they demand “FAIR JUSTICE” for the former mayor pro tem. “We find this case appalling,” they write…
Speaking of former owners of the Texas Rangers …Don’t know if you’ve seen it, as it’s only been viewed 267 times in the past month, but Tom Schieffer’s campaign has posted to Vimeo a howdy-do in which he surrounds himself with pictures of and books about former presidents in order…
Sunday afternoon at Dallas Farmers Market, Brandon Pollard broke the bad news: I’d somehow managed to miss an old-timers kick-around at Pizza Hut Park the day before featuring the likes of Bobby Moffat, Chad Deering, Tatu and, of course, the Texas Honeybee Guild’er buzzing around Shed One. (Ticket tie-in: Bob…
We’re still waiting on the preachers’ letter to U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, but in an interview with Gromer Jeffers Jr. just posted to The Dallas Morning News Web site, Don Hill yet again claims he’s being subjected to federal prosecution and persecution because, look, he’s a Democrat and not because…
Among the first 60 commenters at yesterday’s public hearing on proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulations intended to reduce emissions from cement kilns, there was obvious consensus on a few points: They liked the EPA’s new rules. They felt they needed them, because the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), depending…
As Tom Hicks is looking to sell his majority stake in the Texas Rangers, this MLB.com item concerning tonight’s invite-only doings at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington will no doubt prompt reckless speculation:The Rangers are renaming the owner’s suite at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington after President George W. Bush. Bush,…
And the press releases keep coming from the Don Hill camp: Only a few days after inviting us to a Sunday-eve prayer vigil for Don Hill and Sheila Farrington in advance of Monday’s start date in the City Hall corruption case, Ken Carter at Focus Communications last night sent out…
*May’s PPM radio ratings show The Ticket maintaining its dynasty as the No. 1 station among Men 25-54. ESPN Radio and The Fan treaded water, placing 9th and 20th respectively. Status quo. *You could read about the Mavs and ESPN Radio reaching a four-year extension here on June 17, or you could’ve read…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Arlington’s own Rep. Joe Barton at the helm last night, the Republicans suffered a tough defeat in Washington, out-fielded and out-hit 15-10 by Democrats in the annual Congressional Baseball Game.Barton, a 22-year veteran of the annual game, wore a Rangers jersey with the No. 6 (his…
A most curious press release landed in the Unfair Park in-box late yesterday offering a South Side condo for the low, low price of … well, whatever the highest bidder’s willing to pay. If you go to iBidcondo’s Web site, you’ll see that on July 27, the company will be…
In a subscription-only story published this morning, The Bond Buyer notes that both Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s have downgraded their ratings of the Dallas Independent School District. Both still consider the district a relatively safe investment, but the downgrades reflect an added note of concern, as evidenced…
