At its meeting two weeks ago, the Dallas City Council passed a resolution urging the state Legislature to crackdown on payday lenders and “to pass any necessary legislation to protect the citizens of the State of Texas who may find themselves with no alternative but to seek the type of…
About an hour ago, Rudy posted a piece saying Mayor Tom Leppert’s announcing his resignation tomorrow, during the city council meeting. But that doesn’t mean he’s ending his term tomorrow.A little while ago I asked the mayor’s chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh, for further details. All he would say is:…
The Dallas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a new code of conduct for commissioners this morning in response to Commissioner John Wiley Price last week telling several audience members to “go to hell” after pointing out that they were all white. None of the commissioners voiced their opinions in open…
There is no shortage of Walmarts in and around Dallas. But City Hall sends word this afternoon: More are a-coming — “more than a dozen new projects in the city of Dallas,” per the release that follows, including three in the southern sector and one across the street from Bachman…
Last week, Ron Natinsky made it official, taking the missus down to City Hall on Valentine’s Day to file his petition to run for Dallas mayor. This morning at 10 a.m., David Kunkle will follow in his footsteps, filing his paperwork with the city secretary after gathering enough signatures to…
So we didn’t need to wait till Thursday’s press conference to get a few more sneak peeks at the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park scheduled to open early next year. The good folks at the foundation were kind enough to share several more glimpses into the future, following January’s early look-see…
Before taking that mandated four-day break, Mayor Tom’s chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh, sent to media a copy of the mayor’s coming-week schedule. And, on February 24, was this note: “2:00 PM — News Conference (Not what you think).” Meaning, of course, Leppert won’t be announcing that he’s stepping down…
Back when those eight council members called for that tax hike intended to keep rec centers open and library shelves stocked and parks mowed and so on, we asked Angela Hunt: Yes, but how will we know that’s where the money’s actually going? To which she replied that she’d spoken…
During the 2007 mayoral campaign, former city council member Ed Oakley sent out mailers depicting himself and convicted felon Don Hill as Democrats and Tom Leppert and former Mayor Pro Tem Max Wells as Republicans. Oakley also accepted the endorsement of the Dallas County Democratic Party and printed thousands of…
I’d been all ready to settle in for a lengthy City Plan Commission meeting this afternoon, conditioned by months of long waits before commissioners got to talking about the things I’d come for — old favorites like gas drilling or food trucks — but today they took each of those…
It’s been close to two years since we last looked at Ash Grove’s federal lawsuit, filed in the fall of ’08, in which the cement-maker whined that Dallas’s refusal to buy its dirty, wet-kiln-made concrete was a violation of the state’s competitive bidding laws. Dallas, claiming its thanks-but-no-thanks was due…
Mike Rawlings formally announced his candidacy for mayor this morning to a group of approximately 150 supporters in front of Dallas City Hall, claiming he’ll utilize public-private partnerships to protect both the city’s infrastructure and its citizens during what he said would be a budget deficit as difficult to overcome…
As Sam pointed out in February 2007, when he covered Tom Leppert’s mayoral campaign kick-off at St. Philip’s School in South Dallas, Roger Staubach served as his campaign co-chair alongside Elaine Agather. But Staubach couldn’t make it four years back; he was “not in attendance.” He is expected at Dallas…
When we stopped by the Elections Department Friday afternoon to speak with newly appointed Elections Administrator Toni Pippens-Poole, something odd happened. As we’ve done numerous times before, we pulled the campaign finance reports for all five members of the commissioners court and the district attorney. And, as we’ve done plenty…
Every so often, Friends of Unfair Park send in e-mails full of questions to which we only wish we knew the answers. And I’ll send those queries to the experts. So, this morning, we tackle two topics pulled at random from the grab bag. First up …Friend of Unfair Park…
A certain chief arborist for the city reminds: We’ve yet to mention today’s Official Release of the Texas Legislative Study Group’s annual Texas on the Brink report, which offers a harsh look at the state of the state. Emily Ramshaw sums up (and mentions the House of Representatives’ caucus, of…
While Republican Tom Leppert hasn’t exactly been coy about his plans to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Representative David Dreier confirmed Leppert’s intentions late last night. He told the Forum, Claremont McKenna College’s newspaper, that a fellow CMC…
Aside from those education cuts, there’s also the very real possibility that the state will do away with the Project Reintegration of Offenders and all Homeless Housing and Services Program funding. The former — which, per the Texas Workforce Commission, “provides a link between education, training and employment during incarceration…
Seems like just yesterday the City Plan Commission took up XTO Energy’s second application for a specific use permit for gas drilling on city land — this time along Camp Wisdom Road near Joe Pool Lake — and quickly put off its decision for three months.But that was November, and…
Councilman Ron Natinsky got his Valentine’s Day started right, taking a short stroll with his wife, Nancy, down to the City Secretary’s office to submit his petition to run for mayor. Ah, romance. A handful of cameramen and reporters crammed into the office alongside Natinsky, where he gabbed about future…
Greetings to you, Unfair Friends, from City Hall, where the Quality of Life Committee kicked off their meeting about trash and trails today just after noon o’clock — and after David Neumann gave a clowny and enthused interview to a TV camera. Willis Winters, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation…
Late last week, we took a look at three of the five potential candidates for Angela Hunt’s District 14 city council seat — Jim Rogers, Vernon Franko and Brian Oley — one of which (Rogers) said Hunt’s decision to run for a fourth and final term caused him to put…
