A few weeks ago, as you’ll no doubt recall, Angela Hunt called for the formation of a gas drilling task force that would consist of no fewer than 10 people, among them experts well versed in the subject of fracking, neighborhood residents impacted by XTO Energy’s requests to drill near…
All four mayoral candidates are running on similar platforms to improve neighborhoods and boost economic development. But underdog Edward Okpa sought to set himself apart from the field this afternoon, claiming David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings “don’t have the relevant facts” to make the necessary progress in neighborhoods. He also…
Mayor Dwaine Caraway sent a letter on Friday expressing the city’s “deepest condolences” to his counterpart in Sendai, Japan, Mayor Emiko Okuyama. Caraway mentioned in the missive that his wife, state Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway, had attended the Sendai International Marathon, and said, “Due to our years of people-to-people exchanges…
From the Texas Enterprise Fund, that is — otherwise known as the state’s “deal-closing fund” intended, in part, to bring new bidness to Texas. The governor was in Richardson earlier today to announce the state’s “investing” $2.45 million in Virtual Computing Environment Company, a Cisco-created cloud-computin’ company that’s building a…
As Sam pointed out last week, it’s clear that mayoral candidate Mike Rawlings is well funded — so much so he’s released what appears to be a web-only mini-doc shot, for the most part, at the Good Street Missionary Baptist Church on Bonnie View. It also features two current council…
Apparently, the Dallas Police Department is none too thrilled with how info is being disseminated about tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Party along Greenville Avenue; what — this wasn’t as clear as green beer? Which is why Senior Corporal Kevin Janse, the department’s spokesman, forwarded a memo First Assistant…
The majority of neighborhoods surrounding Fair Park are riddled with vacant, boarded-up homes and empty lots. Atlanta Street is no exception. Across from the Park South Family YMCA, Todd Russell bought a 672-square-foot house in June 2009 from the city to save it from demolition. But less than a month…
As the Japan-American Society of Dallas/Fort Worth’s website points out, “Dallas and Sendai became International Friendship Cities in August 1997, when Mayor Ron Kirk and Mayor Hajimu Fujii signed a formal agreement in Sendai.” Which is why, shortly after the 8.9-magnitude quake and tsunami struck off the shore of that…
Vanity Fair’s Jim Wolcott directs our attention today to a dispatch from Los Angeles-based photographer Donald Barnat: “Disappointment at Dealey Plaza,” posted yesterday. Long story short: Barnat was in town during the Super Bowl and, like most visitors to our city, found himself at the corner of Houston and Elm…
Yesterday we covered Dallas Mayor-turned-U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert’s position on National Public Radio. This afternoon, on the Facebook, I got this note from Not Mayor Tom:Excited to launch our new petition calling on President Obama to stop our dependence on foreign oil, boost natural gas production, and create jobs…
Back on February 11, former four-term city council member Sandy Greyson told us that she was “seriously considering” a run for her old District 12 seat now occupied by mayoral candidate Ron Natinsky. The self-described “night owl” e-mailed us shortly after midnight Monday morning to let us know she was…
Real estate broker and international trade consultant Edward Okpa has submitted the necessary 357 signatures of registered Dallas voters required to run for mayor, joining David Kunkle and Ron Natinsky on the May 14 ballot. Former Park Board president Mike Rawlings has also announced his candidacy, but he hasn’t submitted…
In the last 24 hours, press releases have piled up in the in-box announcing three very different mayoral debates featuring ex-Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle, current city council member Ron Natinsky and former “homeless czar” and Park Board president Mike Rawlings.One’s traditional: On April 19 at 7 p.m., KTXA-Channel 21…
Fingers crossed, we’ll get to this asked-and-answered more than once a month. But not a week goes by that four, five e-mails don’t pop up in the in-box wondering what in the wide, wide world of sports became of City Manager Mary Suhm’s plan to take the downtown Dallas Farmers…
It would appear The Hot Topic today is about how hard one can get their drink on at the St. Patrick’s Day Party and Parade along Greenville Avenue Saturday. The Dallas Police Department sends word that one need look no further than the Central Patrol Division’s website, which has the…
A couple hours after U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert tweeted what you see above, we contacted Leppert spokesman Shawn McCoy to find out why the former mayor supports eliminating public funding for National Public Radio. He said he’d talk to him and get back to us. We never heard back…
If there was any question that former Park Board president Mike Rawlings would be the top fund-raiser among the three announced mayoral candidates, he’s seemingly answered it by unveiling a new television ad this morning as pricey mailers hit mailboxes throughout the city yesterday. The TV ad and mailer –…
As mentioned below, Gov. Rick Perry was in town yesterday — at Manda Machine Company, on Myrtle Springs Road near Harry Hines — insisting, yet again, that Texas need not tap the Rainy Day Fund to deal with the state’s $27-billion-ish shortfall. You can watch the entirety of his speech…
Jim’s on his way back from that court hearing involving Mayor Dwaine Caraway’s request for a temporary restraining order that would, at least temporarily, block the release of police records documenting Dallas PD officers’ visit to the home of Caraway and his wife, state Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway, on January…
Never mind what I wrote yesterday. Because yesterday, when I checked the Dallas County District Clerk’s computers, there was no record of it. But early this morning I took another look, and sure enough, there it was — a suit filed yesterday afternoon in the 68th District Court, Judge Martin…
Earlier this afternoon, I noticed that the City of Dallas Store’s selling a Stoelting Model #22608 lie detector, which was the go-to “Emotional Stress Monitor” for the U.S. Armed Forces upon its release in the mid-1960s. I also noticed that 14 people have thus far bid on the item, which…
Seems like only 10 months or so The Hottest Topic in Town was who’d get a crack at those Love Field concessions. And, sure, it seems so 2010, but only for those not paying attention. Because just a few days ago the city put out the request for proposals –…
