Speaking of budgets, the Dallas city council will give an okey-doke to Mary Suhm’s $2.7 billion budget today, during its busy council session. And right after the council pushes through its plan to spend money in the coming fiscal year, it’ll OK some plans to increase revenue — among them,…
He’ll be back next year. Will you? I’m headed out to Arlington today to soak up some afternoon sun, take in the Rangers’ home finale and try – yet again – to decipher what went wrong with another baseball season. (Insert jealousy here.) News – courtesy the Fort Worth Star-Telegram…
Sometime in the last couple of days, the Dallas Independent School District added to its Web site a “Dallas ISD Finances” page, where it lays out those pesky frequently asked questions (as in, “How did the figure rise from $64 million to $84 million?”) and offers answers, more or less,…
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport CEO Jeff Fegan, pictured in the back row About a month ago, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport CEO Jeff Fegan acknowledged that the airport’s going through tough economic times like everyone else, thus necessitating a budget freeze and a halt on future expansion plans for the time…
Well, Merten called it yesterday, when he pointed out that Mayor Tom and Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau reps would be making their case for that convention center hotel during a press conference tomorrow that’s unfurling in the City Hall Flag Room smack in the middle of the city council’s…
Last night, I caught a little bit of T. Boone Pickens’ Q&A in front of the National Press Club yesterday. C-SPAN’s got the whole thing, for those with an hour to spare. If not, here’s a highlight, during which the Dallas oil billionaire with The Plan talks about how Democratic…
Kirk Bloodsworth Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted, twice, of raping and killing a Maryland 9-year-old girl in 1984 — a crime for which he was to be put to death. But in the early 1990s, he was released from prison and became, as CNN put it in 2000, the “first prison…
Just like I said I wouldn’t, I finally got around to reading Jeff Pearlman’s new book on the ‘90s Dallas Cowboys – Boys Will Be Boys. Turns out the thing, which is getting rave reviews from all over, is indeed entertaining. Encyclopedic, even. I just found it a teensy bit…
Everyone’s getting a big giggle out of 143-year-old New York Post Page Six columnist Cindy Adams’ reference today to Preston Hollow as “a town outside Dallas” known for its “horse stables, lake views, mountain views, golf club views.” Notes a Post comment, “Cindy Adams has perhaps sampled the manure addiction”;…
Dallas is far from the best city in the U.S. when it comes to sustainability (that’d be Portland), and it’s far from the worst (Mesa, Arizona, ranks 50th out of 50). Once again we’re right in the middle on SustainLane’s “complete report card on urban sustainability in America,” perched at…
Appearing on Dancing With the Stars was not a suggestion. Mavs owner Mark Cuban was in NYC yesterday, speaking on a panel titled “The Future of Media” held in conjunction with Advertising Week. Among his fellow panelists were Randy Falco, CEO of AOL; Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff; and Ken…
Down. But certainly not out. It’s tough to demote a quarterback with five touchdowns, the NFL’s most 20+-yard passes and a 3-0 record. But it’s also tough to ignore Tony Romo’s Red Zone gaffes. Against Cleveland Romo threw an interception in the end zone. Against Philadelphia he tried to make…
Jennifer Colli Jennifer Colli’s mighty impressive bio is still up on the SMU women’s basketball page, but the 5-foot-10 guard from Flower Mound is no longer on the team — which is why she has sued the school in U.S. District Court in Dallas. She claims the school illegally yanked…
Dallas Independent School District supporters, take note: Today at noon, superintendent Michael Hinojosa will deliver his annual State of the District speech to the Dallas Regional Chamber, which no doubt knows the state of the district — broke and broken. You’ll find Hinojosa at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel on N…
On Saturday, “FloMoDad” posted to the YouTubes the video below, in which a banana chases a gorilla across the football field during Flower Mound’s homecoming game Friday night. But, you’ll see some cops initially didn’t find Curtis Patton and Sean Kight’s senior prank terribly funny, as one of the guys…
Richard Chamberlain, whose name is somewhere in the moniker of his steak house on Belt Line Road, got to play “Chef on a Shoestring” over the weekend on one of CBS’s morning shows. But did he stick to his $40 budget? –Robert Wilonsky…
For those trapped on southbound Stemmons Freeway yesterday around 5 p.m., this was the reason for the snarl. The missus took this photo as we exited eastbound I-30 onto Stemmons. –Robert Wilonsky…
By now you’ve surely noticed that Friday’s stock market gains have been adiosed by today’s 372-point drop in the Dow Jones, courtesy frayed nerves over the bailout plan and oil rising by some $16 a barrel. Close to home, some local players suffered major stock plunges — Brinker International chief…
Over the weekend, Don — didn’t catch his last name — was at Dallas Farmers Market collecting petitions for the no-hotel folks. Amazing how many farmers market shoppers claim they are not registered to vote in Dallas County … Citizens Against the Taxpayer-Owned Hotel, which has already changed its name,…
Dianna Wray Two months after Big Tex’s well-documented wardrobe change, the big guy arrived back at Fair Park this morning, three days before the opening of the State Fair of Texas. He’s been “gently aged” — meaning, Tex now has a few more laugh lines — and touched up elsewhere,…
This Dallas golfer took out his giant, gaudy belt buckle and whipped Europe’s ass. Nice. Man, I haven’t been this wrong since I touted this guy to be your son’s next role model. But, gladly, I’ll admit I was ass-backward incorrect about the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Without Tiger Woods,…
Harry Wilonsky I handed the boy the camera yesterday as he looked for something to do during the Texas Rangers’ 81st loss of yet another interminable season. (On the plus side, it was Fan Appreciation Day.) Whilst scrolling through his photos, I came across this nice one of Nolan Ryan…
