Yesterday, Tom Hicks’s PR peoples sent word that, yes, he and Liverpool FC partner George Gillett were indeed evaluating “the possibility of new investors injecting equity into LFC,” but that no deal was on the table despite reports that Gillett was close to inking a deal to sell to a…
The Match.com profile to which Golf.com links this morning has been removed — so much for the “goodguy_in_Texas” looking for women 32-42 living within 50 miles of Lewisville, always a plus. Besides, says David Feherty, that’s not him, swear — no matter what the picture with the profile says with…
Now that the air has been cleared regarding Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s poorly spelled add-on agenda item to “undo” the $28,000 raise set aside for Chief Academic Officer Robin Ryan, we can move on to what happened at today’s Dallas Regional Chamber meeting: “A Look Back and…
In late July, Emily Ramshaw sent word that after six years she was leaving The Dallas Morning News, for whom she covered City Hall before moving to Austin, for the online news venture Texas Tribune, of which Evan Smith will be CEO. Today, the folks over at Poynter want to…
A Dallas Regional Chamber meeting featuring Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has been on our agenda now for some time. Still, we couldn’t help but use the opportunity to ask Hinojosa in person about this morning’s story by Tawnell Hobbs, who reported that Hinojosa may face reprimand after…
A Friend of Unfair Park just shot me a link to the Dallas Stars’ latest “Ice Girls” promo. Seriously, he couldn’t have done that before Yom Kippur? En. Joy…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
… and saw this sign at the intersection of N. Lamar Street and Ross Avenue, as our pal Justin Terveen did yesterday. Jeez, was that a whole year ago? Hmmm. Says there’s a fine for taking the sign before the public hearing, but not after. Scavenger hunt, maybe?Update: Though, as…
It’s been close to a year since Chesapeake Energy tossed its Shale.tv start-up down an deep, dark shaft — and, along with it, former KTVT-Channel 11 anchor Tracy Rowlett, who left the CBS affiliate in the summer of ’08 to work for the online news service that wasn’t. On Monday,…
Speaking of the city council’s Transporation and Environment Committees and Tuesday briefings …Yesterday I mentioned the Great Streets presentation RTKL’s Erich Dohrer and Tom Brink are giving the council today, during which they’re guaranteed to use the word “balance” a lot. But what else? Hard to say: Dohrer chatted with…
On Thursday, the Dallas Police Department will begin enforcing the Valet Parking Services division of the Code, a duty that’s currently handled by Public Works and Transportation. But for nearly a year, the council’s been considering making changes to the Code — specifically, to the part that disallows paid valet…
Since we, oh, couldn’t make Friday night’s $150-a-ticket Trinity River shebang, I went over to The Trinity Trust’s Web site for a recap — oooh, fireworks. Distracting! And “watermelon gazpacho shooters.” And … commemorative T-shirts? Yup — still available for 30 bucks a pop. Which means Schutze and Merten know…
It’s been around since forever — not quite since the ’70s, but close enough. But just yesterday, National Public Radio’s Wade Goodwyn got around to profiling for All Things Considered none other than Mesquite ISD’s KEOM-FM (88.5), our once-upon-a-time favorite blast from the past where, Goodwyn reports, the sound of…
10. Welcome to the NFL, Victor Butler. Mind if Anthony Spencer borrows your directions? 9. Despite playing without Marion Barber and losing Felix Jones early in the second half, the Cowboys and Tashard Choice (82 yards) rushed for 212 yards in the 14-point win. They’ve now produced consecutive 200-yard-plus rushing…
Nolan Ryan wants Your Texas Rangers, and word is Tom Hicks is this close to having a new partner in Liverpool FC: Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud. At least, that’s what the Saudi’s sayin’: “We are looking forward to acquiring 50 percent of the club’s stake.” And the…
Speaking of Angela Hunt …The District 14 council rep just sent word that she’s guest DJ’ing tomorrow night on KNON-FM (89.3). She’s in the midst of selecting songs for her playlist, per the invite of Allison Gordon and Reid Robinson, host of the Sonic Assembly Power Hour. So, of course,…
Speaking of how Dallas doesn’t have great streets … It was awful early when, back in June, we directed your attention to the Cylesomatic event scheduled in and around the Oak Cliff during early October. But now it’s but days away, which is why Angela Hunt just posted to her…
As he’s done (almost) every year since 1977, Brad Sham will tonight show up before kickoff to call a Dallas Cowboys game on radio. But Sham has never arrived quite like this. The only “Voice of the Cowboys” I ever remember will be accompanied by a police escort en route…
That illustration up top? Used to have one of those hanging in my office, back before our then-publisher moved us out of downtown four years ago, thanks so much. It was done by the folks at RTKL Associates on Pacific Avenue and is included in their brochure on urban planning…
First off, Brad Sham wanted me to wish you all a “G’mar Chatima Tova”; sorry I forgot this morning in my haste to make it to temple on time. But if you couldn’t make it to services this morning, there’s always the new Coen Brothers movie coming soon to a…
Those familiar with the finds published in his books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City? weren’t necessarily inundated with a wealth of new material to ponder during Richard Florida’s talk at the University of Texas at Arlington on Friday night. But at the debut speech of…
After the FBI busted Hosam Maher Husein Smadi last week for trying to blow up Fountain Place, Dallas County Republican Party chair (and the Observer’s 2009 Best Politico) Jonathan Neerman found himself the victim of a pretty sick joke. Seems as though his GOP and CIA ties made it too…
