When a crowd of independent cabbies kicked off their Super Bowl week boycott last week — upset by the city’s preferential treatment for CNG-powered cabs and frustrated their past strikes hadn’t accomplished much — some drivers talked about simply hanging up their keys for the week and seeing how the…
On Friday, Assistant City Manager Forest Turner — to whom I spoke for last week’s cover story about cruelty, cronyism and incompetence at Dallas Animal Services — sent out a memo to city council members updating them on progress made at DAS with regard to the Humane Society of the…
On the other side is a brief filed on Friday by the attorneys trying to overturn the November referendum that allows the citywide sale of beer and wine. In it, attorneys Leland de la Garza and Andy Siegel argue that the vote to “wet up” Dallas was invalid because it…
Last week, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said he was more than likely going to run for Dallas mayor — as in, chances are “greater that I will run than I won’t run.” He didn’t know when he’d announce, though.But today, it’s official: He’s filed his papers with the…
No council committee meetings this week — can’t imagine why. But the council will meet Wednesday for its regularly scheduled briefing, during which they’ll take up a plan to deal with abandoned shopping carts, which is already addressed in the Dallas City Code — but, it would seem, not well…
On the other side you’ll find a hefty doc consisting of the city’s federal legislative to-do list, which will be presented to the local congressional delegation in March at the National League of Cities’ Congressional Cities Conference in D.C. Normally, says council Legislative Committee chair Vonciel Jones Hill in a…
‘Round this time Friday morning we tuned into the Green Bay FOX affiliate to find Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau honcho Phillip Jones promoting the city and a Super Bowl prize-pack giveaway, which included two tickets to the game, four nights’ worth of accommodations in Dallas and $500 toward airfare…
Perhaps most disappointing to everyone gathered in support of Bruce Sherbet at yesterday’s Election Commission meeting was the refusal of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins to face his critics after he and two other Democrats, County Clerk John Warren and County Tax Assessor-Collector John Ames, voted against reappointing Sherbet to…
Sam took this photo of the Calatrava bridge earlier this week; it’s part of a larger collection we’ll get to, oh, tomorrow maybe? Till then, this announcement: On the other side you’ll find a memo City Manager Mary Suhm sent to the city council yesterday in which she announces that,…
[This story has been updated to amend the quote from Darlene Ewing.] A passionate group of approximately 100 election judges, precinct chairs and other folks from all sides of the political spectrum chanted “We want Bruce back! We want Bruce back!” as the Dallas County Election Commission met behind closed…
Well, that was … surreal.When I left Dallas City Hall at 4:50 this afternoon, Gene Simmons was still there — in the mayor’s fifth-floor conference room, surrounded by cameras and politicos and one or two fans who’d managed to work their way into the room. Laid out before the God…
[Update at 5:28 p.m.: The Elections Commission voted, 4-1, to make Toni Pippins-Poole the “temporary” elections administrator for Dallas County. Which isn’t the half of it. Sam will be up in a little while from what he calls “a frustrating” afternoon spent at the Dallas County Administration Building.]Sam’s at the…
Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman says today’s 3:30 p.m. meeting of the Election Commission — the first such gathering in more than two decades — should be relocated to the commissioners court and streamed live so citizens and the press can observe the proceedings. He’s requested as much…
Super Bowl trip up for grabs: fox11online.comDCVB honcho Phillip Jones was on Green Bay’s FOX affiliate this morning promoting a Super Bowl trip giveaway being run through the Visit Dallas Facebook page and the Twitter. Which doesn’t mean anything to you. You’re probably curious how he answered the anchor’s question:…
A Friend of Unfair Park writes: He’s heard whispers of a protest planned for 3:30 tomorrow at the Dallas County Administration Building, where the County Election Commission will meet for the first time in more than two decades. The reason, of course, is the departure of Dallas County Elections Administrator…
While that box of files might’ve stolen their thunder this morning, at least 200 sign-toting cabbies were back at Dallas City Hall this morning, marching ’round the reflecting pool to yet again complain about the preferential treatment given compressed natural gas-powered cabs at Love Field, where the city allows them…
After Chris Heinbaugh’s heads-up yesterday about the city repairing its broken seal, Intern Jesse stopped by Dallas City Hall toward Wednesday’s end to check that “S” out. I showed the photo to the boy this morning before he left for school. He grinned and demanded a high-five. “We fixed the…
I know, I know. I promised — no more about the city’s spending at least $12 million in 2006 bond funds to two-way and widen César Chávez Boulevard downtown. But that was before Patrick “Car-Free” Kennedy, the best-of blogger trying like hell to restore Dallas to walkability, chimed in today…
On the other side is a release that just arrived from City Hall announcing the Office of Cultural Affairs and Dallas Arts District’s decision to take part in D.C.-based nonprofit Americans for the Arts’s economic-impact study. The city didn’t take part in the ’05 study, the most recent conducted, which…
A couple of days back, a Friend of Unfair Park asked, via e-mail: “Have you noticed the number of cabs in Dallas recently? We drove home last night from Cole and Armstrong to the Lakewood area and counted 20 cabs. It looked like NYC. Super Bowl-related influx?” Not sure about…
I caught the tail end of former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle’s chitchat with The Ticket’s Hardline, which aired a little past the 6 p.m. hour yesterday. During it, Kunkle talked, of course, about his maybe-sorta-more-n-likely run for Dallas mayor, which he said he’ll nail down publicly once the Super…
After hearing from a coalition of business and property owners in the Lower Greenville area that represent 5,500 households, the city council voted moments ago to approve the Lower Greenville Planned Development District, which will place tighter constraints on bars and late-night businesses on the troubled strip. The PDD has…
