Yesterday, during a three-way with Mayors Bill White of Houston and Hardberger of San Antonio during the 2008 State Bar Annual Meeting in Houston, Tom Leppert said a good hunk of the state’s education problems stems from the way the legislature doles out its dollars. Notes the Houston Chronicle, “Leppert…
So, the Dallas Independent School District audit is done — and posted to the district’s Web site, even, for those who can make heads or tails of the 133-page report that comes down on the district for its poor accounting and inability or unwillingness to track how it spends money,…
Courtesy this KTVT-Channel 11 story, I just spent the last 20 minutes on Dallas-based Verona Marble Company Inc.’s Web site looking for a slab of granite upon which some dude in West Texas insists he has spotted the Jesus. Found it. –Robert Wilonsky…
Daniel Rodrigue The air up there: The view from the Stoneleigh Hotel penthouse balcony, where there’s no such thing as a “recession.” Not ever. Our slide show offers plenty of proof. Last night, the Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa threw a bash for Dallas’ upper-crust, offering anything and everything to a…
General Motors bossman Richard Wagoner. Few days back, the Greater Dallas Chamber sent word of a special guest coming to town to address the suit-and-tie crowd as they marshal their estimable ranks on July 10 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas for a little eat-and-greet. It’s none other than General Motors…
Flickr photo: themikelee The Intern notes of this photo: “He’s gorgeous! Think he’s seeing anybody?” Yes, Spencer, I do. The Steve Nash Foundation, always raising dough to keep the kids healthy, played a little footsie yesterday on the Nike Field at Sarah D. Roosevelt Park in Chinatown NYC. Among those…
Hey, Wilma? Daniel Lewis’ winning Flintstones-inspired ‘do I’m just going to put it out there: As far as Shear Genius is concerned, Dallas owned. Ol’ Big D sent up the two most likable guys for the season premiere — one, tall, blond, a touch reserved and totally humble; the other,…
Paul Jerde’s the creative director at MasonBaronet, the marketing firm on Lamar Street, who, back in April, was featured in this How-to about motivating your staff — with a Creative Jam session (take note, boss). His colleagues at The Dallas Society of Visual Communications adore the guy. So do plenty…
Picture not taken at Comdex in the 1980s Bill Gates is about to separate himself from Microsoft, not really, and CNET News got a few high-techies to offer their fave memories of the man married to St. Monica Catholic School and Ursuline Academy’s bestest grad. Among the chosen people: Steve…
This morning, Attorney General Michael Mukasey gave a speech at the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference, which takes place today and tomorrow in D.C. The title of his speech, delivered moments ago, was “Victory of the Level Playing Field,” and in it, he referred to…
Yesterday on DC9, Pete posted a note from Smile Smile’s Ryan Hamilton in which the guitarist-vocalist mentioned that the duo got one of its songs, “Anymore,” placed in a direct-to-video release, Jack and Jill vs. the World. The film — “A Freddie Prinze Jr. movie with some promise,” says here…
This morning’s first query for American Airlines’ Tim Wagner, following yesterday’s announcement that the Fort Worth-based carrier is eliminating five American and 37 American Eagle flights out of LaGuardia Airport. Will American take into account New York Governor David Paterson’s plea that American “take into account more than profit and…
Begin panicking … now. Because, according to the City of Dallas’ Web site: Dallas County announces West Nile Virus found in Highland Park: The City will increase collections and urges residents to take precautions Don’t worry, though. Mosquitoes are only …. Man’s Deadliest Foe! –Robert Wilonsky…
H. Grady Spruce High School, for now No doubt you’re aware that some time after 5:30 today, the Dallas Independent School District Board will take up the issue of what to do with H. Grady Spruce High School, as the school on Old Seagoville Road is considered “academically unacceptable” and…
Conventional thinking: It’s not that we’re obsessed. Just because we ask everyone who comes through the door what they think of the city’s fast-track plan to spend half a billion dollars to get into the hotel business doesn’t mean we don’t have lives. It just means our lives are dull…
Last week, Dallas continued its speedy progress toward completing a deal to build a $500 million, publicly owned convention center hotel when a city council committee selected a developer for the project. But key questions remain unanswered, and the cancellation of a debate on the issue has opponents crying foul…
On a cloudy May morning, the 1,700 students of Bryan Adams High School enter the building in different states of haste, some racing to class to beat the 8:35 bell, some loitering with friends unaware of time or space, some openly defiant and bent on being tardy. A metal detector…
“Sexy Town,” by Jim Schutze, June 19 Unpaved Paradise In response to Jim Schutze’s column “Sexy Town,” I have to say that he may have spent copious time trying to phrase his thoughts in “sexy” prose, but the thrust is accurate: Without the place to “decompress” [in] an urban area,…
Let us not weep at the death of Reunion Arena, but rather rejoice in its life. For it was a splendid stadium, elegantly framing unforgettable moments for a generation of sports fans and bolstering a city’s image with its… Oh, who are we kidding? As an awkwardly flat and rectangular…
FBI Director Robert Mueller, announcing the arrests and recoveries made during Operation Cross Country The Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced that from June 18 to 23, it had law enforcement agencies from across the country involved in a so-called “national enforcement action” called Operation Cross Country, during which 389…
Matthew Tully Me, I prefer the couch and a bottle of cheap hooch with which to enjoy my Bravo, but if you dig on high-end apps, smart cocktails and pointing and bitching at the TV as a group, I can give you the scoop on two Shear Genius watching parties…
DART Couple days back, Dallas Area Rapid Transit debuted its new railcars — the Super Light Rail Vehicles, as they’re technically referred to. Word of the $200-million Osaka, Japan-designed railcars has reached Wired’s Autopia blog today, where it points out that “currently all but one stations have platforms that do…
