Just a few things I’ve collected during the course of a day that would have been better spent in bed …I see here that Bruegger’s Bakery and Café is expanding this year into the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Never had a Bruegger’s, but says here it’s nothing more than “an average…
To the delight of State Representative Rafael Anchía and others in the Dallas County Democratic Party, chair Darlene Ewing couldn’t have been more wrong when she told us that “rampant fear and mistrust” would leave Terri Hodge’s successor in the hands of precinct chairs in House District 100. Anchía, whose…
After early voting numbers showed Clay Jenkins with a commanding lead in the three-way Democratic primary race for county judge, talk last night among the small group gathered at the Belmont Hotel supporting Judge Jim Foster focused on how the race appeared to have been won by dough (Jenkins raised…
In the online discussion related to this afternoon’s Unfair Park post regarding Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’s campaign finance reports, several comments about Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman appeared, pointing to a fine he received from the Federal Election Commission and alleging that Neerman is the target…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has paid family members or businesses they own more than $85,000 from his campaign funds, according to Unfair Park’s review of his campaign finance reports. In addition, after his election in November 2006, Watkins begin paying utilities for his campaign office, which include a…
If you thought the efforts of former Dallas City Council members Diane Ragsdale and Sandra Crenshaw to get Terri Hodge reelected were futile, think again. While lawyer Eric Johnson “would make a fine representative,” says Dallas County Democratic Party chair Darlene Ewing, she predicts that he’ll fall short when votes…
We’re still trying to figure out why Bill White continues to burn through campaign dough since his only significant competition in the Democratic primary is Farouk Shami, but perhaps the former mayor of Houston is aiming to embarrass Shami at the polls worse than Shami embarrassed himself as White makes…
Terri Hodge has already asked voters in House District 100 to stop taking Diane Ragsdale’s robocalls. Now, per a good Friend of Unfair Park, the guilty-plea-taking state representative has a message for precinct chairs:I just got a Fed Ex from Terri Hodge, and it’s a form letter regarding precinct chairs…
Maybe you heard: Former Dallas city council member Diane Ragsdale still wants voters in Texas House District 100 to cast their ballots for Terri Hodge — guilty plea be damned. Said Ragsdale last week, nothing against Eric Johnson, “it’s about enhancing participation and preventing a situation where we have representation…
As Dallas County Judge Jim Foster told us February 15, after releasing the first of three reports as part of former FBI agent Danny Defenbaugh’s investigation of the constables, the second report regarding Kwanzaa Fest alleges that approximately 49 deputy constables under Jaime Cortes and Derick Evans earned more than…
Prior to his gig tonight at the Granada, Kinky Friedman made a campaign stop at Urban Dog Coffee as he continues his bid for the Democratic nomination for agriculture commissioner. Given his close relationship with gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami, who had five key campaign aides resign yesterday, we wanted to…
After a cursory glance at former FBI agent Danny Defenbaugh’s 92-page report released Monday afternoon at a press conference held by Dallas County Judge Jim Foster, we e-mailed Chris Heinbaugh, Mayor Tom Leppert’s chief of staff, for a comment regarding the following: JCCW2761 reported that in early May 2008, he…
Judge Jim Foster conducted a news conference late this afternoon to tell anxious reporters that, well, he hadn’t yet read former FBI agent Danny Defenbaugh’s 92-page report about Constable Jaime Cortes, which Foster said his office had received just minutes prior to the 4 p.m. gathering inside the chambers of…
That’s what we gather by looking at the pics sent to us by Kurt Watkins, cousin and PR man to Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. Kurt also sends word that Craig endorsed Democratic gubernatorial primary frontrunner Bill White on Thursday, and the DA subsequently began campaigning for White during…
If today’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll — which had former Houston Mayor Bill White with a whopping 50-11 lead over Farouk Shami (30 percent claimed to be undecided) — wasn’t enough to hand the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to White, Shami ensured that the 10 million bucks he vowed to…
It’s obvious, apparently even to Debra Medina, that her three-paragraph explanation following her disastrous interview with Glenn Beck yesterday wasn’t enough to put the wheels back on her campaign. So Medina has decided to face the music, or in this case, a group of reporters anxious to hear WTF she…
Just when it looked like Debra Medina could maybe possibly somehow sneak her way past Kay Bailey Hutchison into a runoff with Rick Perry for a chance to grab the Republican nomination in November’s gubernatorial election, she melted down during an interview this morning with Glenn Beck, who questioned Medina…
A very amused Friend of Unfair Park sends word: The four Democratic candidates for Texas governor not named Bill White or Farouk Shami have sued KERA and North Texas Public Broadcasting in federal court down in Austin because they didn’t get invited to Monday’s debate held in Fort Worth and…
Hard to say how seriously to take the results of today’s Public Policy Polling press release that says Debra Medina’s becoming quite the player in the GOP gubernatorial race; after all, this is the same company that asked America the other day, “Saints or Colts?” (Saints all the way, but…
In the current paper version of Unfair Park, we detail the lengthy battle between Robert O’Donnell and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who extinguished O’Donnell’s child support collection business after several courtroom victories. Despite the efforts of Abbott and his office to find O’Donnell’s company non-compliant with federal law, several…
Tonight’s the Democratic gubernatorial debate at KTVT HQ in Fort Worth — can’t wait! In advance of what could be an epic showdown, “hair-care guru” Farouk Shami sends word that he’s picked up the endorsement of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway following a Friday-night winding held by the Interdenominational…
For no other reason than sheer curiosity, I spent last night at WFAA studios for the taping of The Belo Debate featuring Republican gubernatorial primary candidates Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina. I just had to know why dozens of journalists would pack themselves into a storage room…
