A good Friend of Unfair Park who knows of my fondness for Johnny Cash and the old Big “D” Jamboree — and those magical moments when they meet on a piece of paper — was kind enough to send along this Columbia/Legacy press release issued yesterday, which says that come…
Several Friends of Unfair Park, including a grumpy one below, have asked if we’ll make mention of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fisher’s speech given in Midland yesterday. Sure, absolutely, happy to. Because, first, I’m a big fan of Fisher’s — anyone who mentions…
Of the myriad lawsuits involving the city, Doug Moore v. City of Dallas et al is among the most expensive — and getting a little more pricey all the time. This case, for those not keeping score at home, has already cost the city $2.5 million, paid to the state…
Is Felix Jones the man? Or just the man until DeMarco Murray becomes the man? Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week on his weekly radio show that he considers the fourth-year running back one of the keys to Dallas’ season. “I expect Felix to have a really good season,” Jones…
Not sure he remembers any of it, but lead singer Scott Weiland put on quite the show Wednesday night. Two words: Fucked. Up. 9. Among his amusing, entertaining offerings: “The thing I love about Texas is you’ve got soul. I don’t care about politics, you guys care about your community.”…
No doubt you heard the radio spots in which they promised to “settle your credit card debt for pennies on the dollar without filing for bankruptcy”; no doubt you saw the TV ads in which they claimed you would “truly be debt free in less than 36 months.” From 2005…
Seven games up with 38 games remaining. Magic number down to 32 (smallest in baseball along with the Brewers and Phillies). Three of the first four in the bag already in Anaheim, with a chance to sweep tonight. For those of us who make a living bitchin’ and moanin’ about…
Promised land: Buzz spent the past couple of days sorting through data comparing the Lone Star State’s economy with other states’, a task also being undertaken by about 900,000 media types — damn libtards, all — trying to find evidence that presidential candidate Rick Perry’s bragging about our state’s economic…
A Texas A&M Aggie, a Texas Longhorn and an SMU Mustang are handed blindfolds and cigarettes. Asked for their last words, the Longhorn attempts to distract the firing squad by screaming “Earthquake!” The Mustang yells “Tornado!” Shrieks the Aggie, “Fire!” Here’s all you need to know about the nauseating jealousy…
Natasha Helmick goes up for a header during a soccer match and gets speared in the left temple by an opponent. The 14-year-old, a talented center midfielder playing in the choice Lake Highlands Girls Classic League, crumples to the ground. She can’t see anything out of her left eye. Her…
You may remember Bonnie Bradshaw, the woman who freed a raccoon she believed was overheated and dying in a live trap at a Richardson apartment complex. On that sweltering June afternoon, she thought she was doing the work of a Good Samaritan when she took the animal home, nursed it…
What do you need to know about this video sent out by the Dallas Police Department? Well, let’s see. The stick-em-up in question took place yesterday at around 5:25 in the morning at the Exxon TigerMart at 2503 Lemmon, which is right off of N. Central Expressway. And, per the…
“I don’t want to talk about all that.” The pastor took some letters from the mailbox without glancing over. “What I really want to talk about is getting more people to come to church on Sundays. You want to talk about religion, you can come by anytime.”Yesterday, we got an…
Couple of days back, in this poorly written item, we looked at LBJ Infrastructure Group’s proposed change to the design for the LBJ Express — at least the section of sunken managed toll lanes originally designed to run beneath the Dallas North Tollway. Spokesman Andy Rittler also noted a new…
Got an email this morning from City Hall that Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson would be stopping by for a “a special ‘thank you’ event for her many years of service on behalf of the City and citizens of Dallas.” Alas, we couldn’t make it; too busy filling out scholarship applications…
Anna’s gotten to know the city awfully well in a very short amount of time — that’s what sitting through every single redistricting meeting will do to and for you. And she was there for four hours last night, even though she’s got a cover story due, like, now. And…
Speaking of flow control …On the other side you’ll find a letter that Juanita Wallace, president of the Dallas branch of the NAACP, sent to Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 chief Al Armendariz in which she decries the city’s proposal that would force all solid-waste collectors to dump their trash…
I’m sure the theme of the backlash toward Tony Romo in the wake of this interview will be a continuation of the ridiculous “real men don’t wear their hats backward” bullshit. But even as a staunch backward-cap guy myself, I must admit that hide-‘n-seek at a bachelor party in West Virginia seems pretty…
Not so very long ago it looked as though Paul Quinn College on Simpson Stuart Road might not be long for this world, following the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ decision to yank its accreditation. Appeals were made; lawsuits, filed. And the entire time, president Michael Sorrell stood firm,…
It’s August. But after watching the Rangers clobber the second-place Angels the last two nights it sure feels like October. As in, the West is all but won. On to the playoffs already. For the second consecutive night the Rangers’ offense pounced on an overwhelmed Anaheim starter and staff. Monday night…
Went to look for something on the Dallas Independent School District’s website … only to discover that the DISD has a new website. Trustees got a sneak peek Thursday; it went live moments ago, turns out. It’s certainly a nicer shade of blue than its predecessor. And, I see the…
Three months ago we looked at a plan to bail out Denton’s beleaguered Golden Triangle Mall, which just last year fell into foreclosure and went up for auction. That plan: Give The MGHerring Group (developer of The Village at Fairview and The Village at Allen) and Cencor Realty Services (an…
