Esther Weisbrod, with the inspiration for her paper on “The War Over the Trinity.” Almost a year ago to the day, Angela Hunt dropped off 90,000 signatures at City Hall, triggering the Trinity River toll road referendum. And it felt like old times last night as former council members Sandy…
For those not keeping track of D.C. doings this a.m., former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is talking to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. And, for one, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith, the Republican from our great state’s 21st Congressional District, isn’t terribly pleased about the…
This morning, the missus called from the road: “Kinky’s on KRLD, talking about how he’s going to run for governor again in 2010 — as a Democrat.” And, sure enough, that’s just what he said — needs, oh, $3 to $5 million, far as he figures. And over on KRLD-AM’s…
Always a good day when you can lead off with a Daily Show video mocking a local business — in this instance, Central Kia’s spot using a Barack Obama lookalike to move 2008 Sportages at low, low prices. Notes Stewart: “Un. Believable.” Because of the low, low prices. And because…
George P. Bush, throwing McCain a BBQ fund-raiser in Dallas next week John McCain hasn’t allowed media into his fund-raisers, insisting he wants to protect his donors’ privacy — though, more likely, he also wants to protect John McCain’s privacy. Barack Obama has also raised dough in private, but earlier…
One of Stop Him Now’s features is a cartoon titled “The Oval Office,” in which Barack Obama’s been elected president — a “scary peek,” says the site. Looks like Richard Collins, Dallas businessman and Republican moneybags, has decided to steer his swift boat in another direction: The man who’s poured…
As mentioned in yesterday’s wrap-up of the big convention center hotel vote, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway made a motion to amend the item right after council member Vonciel Hill’s motion to divide it narrowly failed. Caraway proposed changing the date for final approval of the land purchase from…
Item No. 85 on today’s action-packed city council agenda should make for an interesting discussion: That’s when the council considers GGH Development’s request to build “a high-rise multiple family use as part of a mixed use project providing for hotel, restaurant, health studio, and bar uses.” Course, the developer wants…
Farmers Branch touts itself as a homey community of parkland and wide, landscaped medians — you know, a “charming” paradise. Only, as you no doubt well know, the suburb has seen some pretty charmless chapters over the past year or so. And as this Saturday’s municipal election approaches — including…
City of Carrollton Carrollton Mayor Becky Miller So, let’s recap: This morning, Carrollton Mayor Becky Miller wakes up to find that on the front page of The Dallas Morning News, she’s been outed as a liar — as in, no, she did not sing backup for Linda Ronstadt or Jackson…
According to the New York Daily News today, President Bush ain’t none too happy with the housing prices in his once and future hometown. Notes Tom DeFrank on the paper’s D.C. blog, George W. has … … been muttering about the spike in real estate prices in Dallas since he…
Why is Greg Abbott smiling? Something to do with watching an old lady bathe, mebbe? If you’re old, a minority and a Democrat who loves your country enough to vote regularly, you should draw the blinds when you take a bath, ’cause Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and his boys…
Should you see a parade of limos and police officers later today, don’t worry — Dick Cheney won’t be in town loading up on more weaponry. John McCain will finish off his day in Dallas after a morning stint on The View and a “a small business roundtable in Brooklyn.”…
How we missed this Huffington Post piece yesterday … well, no idea. Anyway, any story that begins … … at recent hearings before a House Judiciary subcommittee, new revelations emerged about how the Justice Department failed to investigate illegal mailers sent to African-Americans in Dallas threatening criminal punishment if they…
Going on a voting Spree: At bottom, Julie Doyle and Tim DeLaughter stump for Hillary Clinton before Saturday’s senatorial district convention on the SMU campus. I spent Saturday serving as a delegate at the Fightin’ 16th Senatorial District’s Democratic Convention at SMU’s Moody Coliseum, and I’m happy to report the…
You know who we feel for right now? Gary Fitzsimmons, who’s got a long Saturday ahead of him. Like, marathon long. There are 178 precincts in the 23rd Senatorial District — including Sandra Crenshaw’s, No. 3549. But as it turns out, despite Crenshaw’s claims in the item below, only one…
Sandra Crenshaw OK, so … deep breath. No doubt many of our Friends also read the FrontBurner, which means many of you are very, very familiar with the story of former city council person Sandra Crenshaw, who’s spent several weeks defending herself against allegations that on March 4 she absconded…
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has a super — and superdelegate — idea that includes Dallas. Awful nice of the Tennessee gov to throw some bidness Dallas’ way. But over on Politico.com today, there’s an interview with Phil Bredesen, who’s yet to cast his lot with either Hillary Clinton or Barack…
Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson Friends of Unfair Park know all too well the hot water in which former Dallas Housing Authority president and CEO Alphonso Jackson’s bathing these days, so no point in rehashing it when the history lesson’s but a click away. But for those in need of more…
Lewisville-based Institute for Policy Innovation — the Dick Armey-founded “non-profit, non-partisan public policy ‘think tank'” — will be in D.C. this week, hosting a chitchat at the National Press Club called “Trade and the Race for the White House: Exploring the Candidates’ Positions.” John McCain’s sending someone: a former director…
The Washington Blade today looks into the rift in the gay community between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama supporters — and it specifically deals with the how the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas have had to deal with the fact that president Jesse Garcia lists Clinton as a “political hero” while…
In this week’s paper version of Unfair Park, Buzz talks about Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ defensiveness concerning criticism directed at him and his office. Watkins was asked about a few issues, most notably his decision to charge Lynn Flint Shaw with a misdemeanor instead of a felony for…
