Dallas Sheriff vs. Dallas PD: Which Is the Bigger Information Black Hole?

Congratulations, Dallas citizen, on your recent decision to examine the nuts-and-bolts operations of your local law enforcement agency(s)! A well-informed citizenry is vital functioning of democracy and, as we all know, crime stats is a particularly dusky corner of local government. Your thirst for knowledge and community spirit are a…

Plan to Close Tent City Gets Muddier

The deadline, May 4, set by the city to clear the Dallas homeless encampment known as Tent City was not hard and fast. That much is clear after Wednesday’s Dallas City Council meeting. Adam Medrano desperately wants to get rid of Tent City. His district — which covers the Cedars…

Police and Fire Pension Fund Should Be Ashamed of Going After Kingston

The Dallas Police/Fire Pension Fund, still trying to dig itself out of the billion-dollar financial hole it dug for itself by making stupid investments, is going to meet Friday to consider “censuring” board member Philip Kingston for speaking candidly and intelligently to the public about the pension fund’s problems. And,…

Both Sides Tossed Canadian Guru Under Bus at Trinity Toll Road Hearing

All through last week’s City Council briefing on the city’s ancient and unresolved Trinity toll road controversy, I kept thinking I sniffed the unpleasant scent of burning human hair that you get when someone is being thrown under a bus. Kept looking around the council chamber, sniffing. Couldn’t find it…

Dallas Keeps Its Culture Warrior Lawyer for Exxxotica Lawsuit

Dallas’ quest to keep Exxxotica out of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center will keep its puritanical legal eagle on the job, thanks to the majority of the Dallas City Council that voted to keep Scott Bergthold on the team defending the city against the porn convention’s lawsuit. Bergthold, a…

Dallas City Council Kills Marijuana Cite-and-Release

The city of Dallas will not be piloting a cite-and-release program for marijuana possession after all. Wednesday morning, the Dallas City Council shot down a long-in-the-works proposal that would’ve required Dallas police officers to issue tickets, rather than making arrests, when they discovered Dallas residents with less than four ounces…

7 Vintage Dallas Jerks Who Add Up to One Trump

Nothing about Donald Trump is new. In any major American city, no one need dig far to find people who exhibited the traits that make Trump so appealing to the Republican electorate, and Dallas is no different. None of its residents may have had all of Trumps’ charms rolled into…