On Tuesday, state Senator John Carona said he’d “give consideration” to a mayoral run should Tom Leppert vacate office early in pursuit of Kay Bailey Hutchison’s U.S. Senate seat. A top Republican in the state and one of several names included among Leppert’s potential would-be successors in Sunday’s story in…
On January 14, KERA will broadcast, statewide, a GOP gubernatorial debate beginning at 7 p.m.; it will take place at the Murchison Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton. As you can see from The Texas Debates home page, Rick Perry and Kay…
For more than a year, Smokey Joe Barton’s been trying to kill the Bowl Championship Series — most recently, of course, with H.R. 390: College Football Playoff Act of 2009, which would …… prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, marketing, and advertising of any post-season…
For reasons we can’t explain, politicos are sticking by state Representative Terri Hodge in her bid for an eighth term in office despite the pending March 8 trial for her role in the federal corruption case involving affordable-housing developer Brian Potashnik. Her host committee includes longtime supporters, among them Dallas…
National Public Radio just posted a piece of its All Things Considered piece on the Dallas Tea Party; the audio, of course, won’t be available till this evening for those who aren’t going to listen live sometime after the show’s 4 p.m. kick-off on KERA-FM (90.1). What do we learn…
In late August, Kim spoke with Phillip Dennis, head of the Dallas Tea Party, about his aspirations for the group. This is what he told her:I believe in what we’re doing. I believe in this movement. I think this really is the beginning of the second revolution of America. It’s…
For polling purposes, Rasmussen Reports pretended the Tea Party movement organized as a political party and then tossed it into a ménage with the GOP and Dems. On a generic congressional ballot test using the three parties, 23 percent of respondents to a national telephone poll voted for the Tea…
When we cornered Houston Mayor Bill White in late October after his campaign speech in Plano, he said he can appeal to conservatives and moderates as a Democrat because he knows how to make government run efficiently. He added that he’s “honest and straightforward,” which had been tested when we…
Despite the length of our cover story on the GOP gubernatorial primary, my discussion with former city council member Donna Blumer about Republican Party of Texas chair Cathie Adams didn’t make the cut. Knowing Adams would become newsworthy again in short order, I tucked away my notes, and sure enough,…
Remember when David and Shannon Croft sued the state because they didn’t want their kids, then enrolled in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, to recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance? Yup. Totally forgot about that one. That was two long years ago — back when the Crofts also sued the…
I hate that I have plans for Thursday. I’d much rather be at Eddie Deen’s, where the Greater Dallas Republicans have a fundraiser scheduled: “Boot Scootin’ With Mayor Tom Leppert.” Or, maybe, “Boot Scootin’ With Mayor Tom Leppert … Through the Holidays.” Hard to say just what the event’s formal…
There’s a reason why I went to see Houston Mayor Bill White during his stop in Plano last month. It wasn’t because he was one of many folks vying for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s job in the Senate, although I suppose that would have warranted the trip. Nope. I’ve long viewed…
Kay Bailey Hutchison’s appearance Sunday on Meet the Press could have been an opportunity to show potential voters why she kept her gig in Washington instead of resigning to focus on winning the GOP gubernatorial primary in March. It certainly should have been. Yet, on the heels of her questionable…
Earlier this week, state Sen. Royce West sent to Dallas County Democratic Party precinct chairs a missive beneath the subject heading “From One Democrat to Another.” It has become, during the last 48 hours, a subject of much conversation among those who received it. (Well, that’s not entirely true. Some…
Nearly three months after he told us that Tanya Watkins — the wife of District Attorney Craig Watkins — working as a campaign consultant for judicial candidates posed an “ethical dilemma” for the couple and presented “the potential appearance of impropriety,” Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman was quoted…
I officially grew old yesterday afternoon. Once you’ve seen the rise and fall of a sports stadium, you’ve officially, um, been around the block. I remember a kinder, gentler era in Dallas when as a little punk I’d peer out the family Fury along I-35 and gaze in wonderment at The…
Here we go again. First it was Phillip Linder. Then it was David Finn. Now Danny Clancy is the latest criminal defense lawyer to announce his plans to do the seemingly impossible: knock off incumbent District Attorney Craig Watkins. The former Dallas County prosecutor and judge says he has been…
George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement — grabbin’ a Goff’s No. 2, playin’ a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin’ a little 2 a.m. backstroke at Perkins Natatorium, the usual. But today, he makes it for reals…
Less than two months after we introduced you to criminal defense lawyer Phillip Linder, the would-be Republican challenger to Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has stepped aside and is now supporting David Finn, a fellow criminal defense lawyer and former trial judge and federal prosecutor. At least that’s what…
When Dallas County Republican chair Jonathan Neerman told us that the election of Cathie Adams as the state party’s new chair “set the party back five years,” even the editorial board at The Dallas Morning News took notice. A few days later, DMN’er Gromer Jeffers tried to make peace between…
Sure, you’ve probably already heard by now that Mitchell Rasansky might run for Dallas County judge. However, the benefit of not speaking with the former North Dallas council member until today yielded a much more definitive answer about his intentions. Rasansky tells Unfair Park that while he hasn’t made up…
The land of opportunity still exists in America, and it’s in Texas. At least, that’s what Governor Rick Perry told nearly 200 folks gathered this afternoon at Union Station for the Texas Economic Development Summit. Less government results in fewer hurdles for businesses, Perry said. “Bottom line: The word’s out…
