Whilst browsing through the City Secretary’s virtual stack of boards and commissions meetings scheduled for today, we came across this interesting shindig scheduled for this evening. The Landmark Commission is convening a Economic Review Panel to discuss demolishing a piece of the Magnolia Station, the circa-1911 Magnolia Petroleum Company office…
Dianna Wray Hold still … this won’t hurt a bit. Outside the Dallas Convention Center, rows of motorcycles stand gleaming in the sun. The sound of rumbling engines fills the air, and the smell of exhaust fills the nostrils. The scent could be Chanel No. 5, judging by the faces…
Forgiven? Or forgotten? Last week Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones was emphatic when asked if he’d like Pacman Jones back. “Yes,” Jones declared. On Monday at Valley Ranch coach Wade Phillips was slightly less enthusiastic. “I really don’t know,” Phillips said. “When he’s gone, he’s gone. We don’t really think about…
Can’t … help … myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, “apaulable” wondered, “More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?” And, frankly, I just couldn’t live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the…
Yes, indeed — that’s Dallas Independent School District’s Dalton Sherman, the fifth-grade feel-good story of a school year in desperate need of good news. As we noted last week, Sherman got Oprah’d yesterday: He was showcased among the handful of “Little Phenoms” Winfrey handpicked as she searches for the “World’s…
Friend of Unfair Park Steve Z. sends this link to “the always interesting Strange Maps blog,” which, last week, offered “City Maps As A Rorschach Test.” The original source for the item is a 1983 Dallas Morning News illustration comparing the sizes and populations of cities across the world, with…
Tomorrow on Unfair Park, we’ll run an interview with former Dallas County Sheriff Jim Bowles, who stopped by our offices on Friday to discuss his first novel, JFK Conspiracy: The Missing File, a fictionalized recounting of the events of November 22, 1963, when Bowles was working for the Dallas Police…
A postcard scene from the Wycliff Trestle … in the future! About a year ago, Mayor Tom debuted a slice of land that’ll connect the Katy Trail to the Trinity Strand Trail — you know, that 7.8-mile-long hike-n-bike that goes from the Katy Trail to the Trinity River Project slated…
Not Tony Romo’s best day. But better than Brad Johnson. By a mile. Okay, I’ve got a long-distance, work-related field trip today so let’s get to it. Just for fun, let’s reveal ‘em in reverse order. Extrapolates the drama and all. Where you guys think Graham Harrell and Sam Bradford…
Courtney Clenney Having a hard time figuring where this person stands on the smoking issue … Yesterday, of course, was the second meeting of the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee — and it was supposed to be the final one before the briefing on December 3, when the entire…
Richie mentioned it this morning, but it’s worth repeating this afternoon if you’re searching for one-of-a-kind Cowboys collectibles for those on your holiday wish list. Beginning today through December 6, the Dallas Cowboys are auctioning off damned near the entire contents of Texas Stadium, including every last locker, sign, turnstile,…
Nick and Starr Spangler, giddy-up. Late last week I received an e-mail from former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Starr Spangler — you know, the Amazing Race-r? At least, the missive looks legit, which would make this the first e-mail I’ve ever received from a Cowboys Cheerleader not on a legal firm’s…
For those of you scoring at home, the answers to Friday’s pop quiz are: 1. M; 2. E; 3. G; 4. F; 5. N; 6. J; 7. L; 8. K; 9. D; 10. I; 11. A; 12. H; 13. C; 14. O; 15. B. Which means, according to my math,…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins A couple of days back, The Wall Street Journal ran a profile of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins – and he’s “The Exonerator,” proclaimed the headline to a story that, like many others written about Watkins in recent months, focuses almost exclusively on…
This morning, the City Secretary’s Office posted the agenda to a Special Called Economic Development Committee for Thursday morning. At the top of the to-do list: Convention Center Hotel Operator Selection. In other words, we’ll know whether the city’s chosen to go with Omni Hotels or if it prefers instead…
At this very moment, the city council’s Public Safety Committee is meeting to discuss, among other things, the so-called Holiday Crime Initiative aimed at preventing crime during this most wonderful time of the year. Specially, today’s presentation deals with two parts of town: the Dallas Police Department’s North Central Patrol…
Blythe Beck It’s been well over a year since Blythe Beck, executive chef at Hector’s on Henderson, made mention of The Naughty Chef, a proposed TV series featuring Beck as, well, the naughty chef. But today, an update: NBC Universal-owned Oxygen — home to such shows as Deion & Pilar:…
Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the 21st Century…
From the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning: “The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it filed insider trading charges today against Dallas entrepreneur Mark Cuban in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.” The suit — which can be read in its entirety here — alleges…
Uh-oh. Breaking news this morning that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Mavs’ owner Mark Cuban with insider trading, stemming from a 2004 sale of stock in an Internet company. Me? I dunno the diff between “insider trading” and a “hot stock tip”, but I do this ain’t…
Four games and one auction left before our grand ol’ theater is … flattened? Three … Two … One … Go! To Texas Stadium’s going-out-of-business sale, that is. The official Texas Stadium auction begins this morning right here. From today through Dec. 6, fans can bid on select memorabilia from…
They really oughta charge for tickets at City Hall this afternoon, where, from 4-6 p.m. (which seems charmingly optimistic) the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee will discuss and likely finalize the proposed smoking ordinance. You know the one: No smoking in bars, pool halls, parks, tobacco shops and your…
