You knew it was coming. And now, it’s here: the lawsuit against the city of Dallas that Andy Siegel vowed to file by week’s end in which he asks the court to void the results of last week’s vote to allow the off-premise sale of wine and beer citywide. It…
Back in April, we told you about Angela Hunt’s decision to reconsider her August 2008 vote to shut down Woodard Paint & Body Shop and develop a compromise to allow the family-owned business to remain at its location on Ross Avenue where it opened 90 years ago. The dozens of…
Andrea’s headed back from Dallas City Hall, where she stopped by the 21st Century City Shindig to katch some Kotkin. But before she left, she caught City Manager Mary Suhm’s noontime announcements concerning big doings down on the Trinity. This is what Andrea just posted in the comments:ANNOUNCEMENT TIME. “I…
Feliz morning, Unfair Amigos! I rolled into City Hall a few minutes ago and found myself standing amid many trendily slacks-ed, bottle-rim bespectacled folks up here in the sixth-floor council chambers. Those New Urbanists, they are a good-looking, if easily spotted, bunch. We’re here for the 21st Century City Conference…
So says Mayor Tom Leppert’s chief of staff Chris Heinbaugh in this just-posted Gay Travel look-see at the city. It accompanies these out-and-abouts on Cedar Springs, at Fair Park, the W Hotel in Victory Park, Gay Bingo, Cyclone Anaya’s, the Nasher Sculpture Center and the original Sonny Bryan’s.Just don’t try…
About a month ago we gave you the heads-up that Dallas City Hall would be overrun all day today with planners and politicians looking for a home in the heart of the 21st Century city. Fingers crossed a few of us’ll have time enough to slip in and out during…
Dallas, at least as of this very moment, is all-wet when it comes to the off-premise sale of beer and wine. And as Rudy Bush noted this morning, there hasn’t exactly been a rush to the Oak Cliff Municipal Center’s permit office — in large part because of the city…
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told a crowd of pro-life advocates gathered at the Majestic Theatre last night that the largest advance in the abortion industry has been the passage of Obamacare and called Barack Obama “the most pro-abortion president to ever occupy the White House.” Palin, introduced…
On Tuesday we got a couple of sneak peeks at the Lower Greenville of the future — meaning, the end of next year, all things go according to plan. Late yesterday, council member Angela Hunt, who’s spearheading the streetscaping with Pauline Medrano, posted to her blog a recap of this…
I’ve been trying on and off throughout the afternoon to keep up with the city council’s attempts to canvass the results of last week’s election — specifically, the votes overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 1 allowing for the off-premise sale of beer and wine citywide. About half an hour ago,…
I stopped by Dallas Animal Services over on Westmoreland Road this afternoon to check out the facilities in anticipation of the long-awaited and long-delayed Humane Society of the United States report about practices and conditions at the shelter. You may have heard of some of the problems as of late,…
As you may have read here earlier, Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano debuted their new plans for Lowest Greenville Avenue earlier today: a street-narrowing game-changer replacing two lanes of traffic with new parking spaces, trees and flower boxes to be implemented straightaway, at the low, low introductory price of $1.3…
Our Danny Fulgencio accompanied me to Borders this morning; he got there early and stayed late, documenting the scene as some 2,400 folks — well, that’s what Dubya told Rush afterward — waited to meet and greet the X-President, who, by my stopwatch, could sign 17-20 copies of Decision Points…
Much like other media outlets, we’ve been following the courthouse rumors of two prosecutors fired on Friday by First Assistant District Attorney Terri Moore as payback for attending the Election Day shindig at Hotel Palomar hosted by the Dallas County Republican Party. But until one of the men — Tom…
Patrick should be up shortly with more details from Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano’s 10:30 media meet-down on Lower Greenville, where the council members bowed their plans to give this stretch of street “a pedestrian- and family-friendly destination” makeover. But City Hall couldn’t wait any longer to share at least…
Guesstimations put the Borders crowd at 1,500-plus, all save for the VIPs still wrapped all the way ’round Preston Royal Shopping Center waiting for Dubya. He won’t be here till 9, and at present media is penned (even the late-arriving Jane McGarry) on the patio — and me without my…
On the other side’s a letter state Rep. Eric Johnson sent Governor Rick Perry yesterday, in which the District 100 representative asks Perry to apply for federal funds intended to “provide critical resources to help small businesses continue to drive economic recovery and create jobs.” That’s per the feds’ definition…
If you can’t stop by 2010 Greenville Avenue tomorrow morning, round 10:30, don’t worry — Patrick Michels already has it down on his to-do list. We wouldn’t miss it for the world, not after the thousands of words we’ve virtually spilled in recent months chronicling council members Angela Hunt and…
The city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee meeting just wrapped, with Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez updating the council on the status of streetcars. Read all about it. But in the middle of Gonzalez’s presentation, before questions, Linda Koop dropped this little infobomb: The city of Fort Worth, she said,…
Middle o’ the day to you, Unfair Friends. I’m here at good old 6ES inside City Hall, liveblogging today’s Quality of Life Committee meeting, featuring Pauline Medrano, who has lost her voice and who is being spoken for by Vonciel Jones Hill. Joining us are David Neumann and Sheffie Kadane,…
White Rock Lake celebrates its 100th birthday next year — why, matter of fact, here’s historian Watermelon Kid’s commemorative tee, offered “tongue-in-cheek,” of course. And the city’s got 100 days of events — from regattas and runs to festivals and fashion shows — planned to mark the occasion, beginning March…
Previously scheduled plans precluded our attending Neil and Kenny Goldberg’s late-called all-star wingding Sunday afternoon, during the so-called “Lamar-B-Q” held in front of the Goldbergs’ Gold Metal Recyclers. Nevertheless, we did receive the details, including the 3-D drive-n-fly-through animated tour — combining my two of my favorite things, film-making and…
