Why’d Mayor Tom Really Quit Early?

U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert posted to his website today a piece titled “Serious Leadership,” in which he says he’s just the man to take Kay Bailey’s place in D.C. because, look, “I’m not a career politician and I didn’t expect to be in this position. I’m a businessman.” Of…

Natinsky Reveals His “Priorities For Dallas”

Ron Natinsky asked members of the media to join him Monday afternoon at The Cedars Social — not for a drink, sadly, but so he could announce an endorsement (from the MetroTex Association of Realtors) and unveil a handful of “priorities” intended to rejuvenate Dallas — which include, ta da,…

Kunkle Wants Dallas to Become “No-Kill City”

The myriad issues with the Dallas Animal Services have been well chronicled, especially in our January cover story on the shelter, which described the conflicting mindsets there thusly: “The old dog catcher mentality of ‘catch, cage, kill,’ which focuses on rounding up strays, keeping them a short time and euthanizing…

City Proposes Redesign of Second Calatrava Bridge to Green-Light Construction in Mid-2012 and Add Pedestrian and Bicycle Components

Following Thursday afternoon’s presser celebrating the anticipated approval of a plan to restore the Trinity River levee system’s 100-year flood protection, we asked City Manager Mary Suhm about the progress of the Margaret McDermott Bridge — the second Santiago Calatrava-designed bridge that will replace the current IH-30 bridge. After all,…