Steven Phillips served 24 years in prison after having been convicted in 1982 of sexual assault and robbery — a crime for which he was exonerated in 2008, after DNA evidence revealed he was not, in fact, the perpetrator. As the Associated Press noted earlier this month, the Dallas resident…
Speaking of economic development and TIF districts …This morning, the council’s committee will also discuss the Butler project first mentioned here, oh, ’bout a year ago: “460 luxury apartment homes, retail space and a five-story structured parking garage for residents and retail customers” that are planned for the Dallas Medical…
Get out your rotten fruit and prepare those ridiculous “this station will be gone by sundown” barbs, because today – finally – I bring you 105.3 The Fan’s final roster. As you may have noticed, it wasn’t easy. I’ve been polluting the air waves more off than on since January and…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldana continued her disjointed closing argument in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial this morning, focusing on the prosecution’s belief that former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and others masked the alleged bribe payments from affordable-housing developer Brian Potashnik. Saldana asked: What kind of legitimate business…
We mentioned this a month ago (and well before that): Forest City’s plans to redevelop the 300,000-square foot Continental Building on Commerce Street have stalled, so the city has made considerable concessions to get it back on track in order to “maintain Downtown momentum” and “strengthen redevelopment efforts surrounding Main…
A Friend of Unfair Park forwards grim news concerning a local soldier killed while on deployment: The Department of Defense reports today that 22-year-old Matthew Courtois, a senior airman from Lucas in Collin County, died yesterday at the Abdullah Al Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait. But how he died remains a…
Sam dropped on my desk a memo sent Friday from Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan to the mayor and council members, in which she’s inviting them down to the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge construction site on Thursday for a private whassup with Santiago Calatrava, who will “discuss the architectural aspects…
In the end, Jordin Sparks had way more time with the microphone than a certain former president at Cowboys Stadium, where, this morning, George and Laura Bush were among those on-hand to unveil the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s educational outreach initiative called Service Learning Adventures in North…
While I finish up an item from this morning’s edutainment event out at Cowboys Stadium, feast your eyes on the new Dallas Mavericks alternate uni, debuted this morning at a press conference (though the color choice dates back to Jason Kidd’s first go-round). Says owner Mark Cuban, “Our fans have…
Governor Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison are sure to grab most of the headlines between now and the March 2 primary elections as they trade insults while seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but Kinky Friedman spices up an otherwise bland field of Democratic candidates. The author and…
Since I’m technically on vacation, allow me to make this short and sweet, and visual. First, I spent my afternoon watching college football and, you guessed it, eating some cooked pig. Yes, that’s a Coors Light can in its mouth and, yes, the guy who prepared the pig (the secret,…
Speaking of the Trinity River Corridor Project …. On Tuesday, the Dallas City Council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee will more or less get an update on the entirety of the project — good timing too, of course, given that Santiago Calatava will be in town by week’s end for…
George W. and Laura Bush are scheduled to speak at 11 this morning at Cowboys Stadium — who knows, maybe the ex-president slept over? Of course, Arlington school kids won’t be out there for the announcement concerning the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee’s historic service-learning program, about which…
Here we sit, waiting for closing arguments to begin in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial in federal court. Judge Barbara Lynn is listening to the lawyers on both sides as they tell her what instructions they think she should or should not give the jury after the closing arguments,…
So, there’s this interesting item on the city council’s Trinity River Corridor Project Committee’s agenda for Tuesday (and the council’s addendum for Wednesday): The Trinity Trust is giving the city a five-year, $2 million grant that makes possible something called the Dallas Urban Design Studio. It will actually create three…
10. Lots to like about Cowboys Stadium tonight. Blue star finally on the field. Ring of Honor unveiled. Rhythm & Blues dancers – in Jetsons-like silver space outfits – dancing on podium poles high above the highest level. But apparently the pre-game guest wasn’t among among the highlights. Former prez…
Every few weeks, it seems, it gets a whole more expensive to tear down Reunion Arena, which, as many Friends of Unfair Park have pointed out, now looks like the world’s largest, grooviest coffee table. (It has joined Traveling Man as locals’ latest favorite photo op.) Originally, council approved paying…
View Larger MapThis morning, Steve Brown mentioned that more than 250 local commercial properties are up for foreclosure next month, including “several vacant tracts of land in Oak Cliff along Davis Street, Kings Highway and Stevens Forest Drive.” But Brown didn’t mention which properties — or who had plans to…
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Terra Watson spent the last 12 years designing and manufacturing pro-team dance and cheerleader uniforms — including her former teammates’ Christmas presents to Cowboys fans, which are still on Santa’s to-do list. But business isn’t boom-boom-booming the way it used to; one client, the Dallas Desperados,…
For those who missed Part One of Mort Meyerson’s 20-minute doc, made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the concert hall that bears his name, it’s right here. You might want to watch that before you view Part Two, in which things get Curb Your Enthusiasm tense during the construction…
I have some hazy memory of my slightly older cousin going to SMU in March 1977 to see Genesis, then touring behind A Trick Of The TailWind & Wuthering, the band’s second album with Phil Collins as lead singer. My cousin — who, earlier today, threatened a libel suit if…
Turns out Brandon Jacobs was right. Maybe the Dallas Cowboys should’ve picked the Detroit Lions for their nationally televised lid-lifter Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium. But certainly, according to Jerry Jones, they could’ve. Instead, Jones admitted to Newy Scruggs and I minutes ago on 105.3 The Fan that he did indeed pinpoint the…
