Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Took a while to find a Dallas connection to John McCain’s freshly announced running mate, first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but, bless The Wall Street Journal, there it is at the very bottom of a lengthy, just-posted profile: Gov. Palin’s judgment was called into question by…
Alex Jones Dallas-born, Austin-based Alex Jones — the gravely voiced conspiracy theorist behind Infowars and this interview with Mark Stepnoski — has turned his attention toward Dallas’ Only Daily, which, he insists, libeled him yesterday in a posting by WBAP-AM (820)’s Mark Davis. Davis, who contributes to the paper’s op-ed…
Harold Simmons Harold Simmons spent about $3 million on that Barack Obama attack ad, and Politico.com’s making sure he’s getting his money’s worth. Because moments ago, Ben Smith posted the second missive Obama’s counsel, Robert Bauer, sent to the Department of Justice in which Bauer demands an investigation into the…
Two notes this a.m. concerning the Texas delegation’s afterthought treatment at the Democratic National Convention. First, from KERA-FM (90.1) via Capital News Connection, this report in which Dallas City Plan Commissioner and Cesar Chavez Tollway fan Neil Emmons explains why the Texans are stuck 45 minutes away from the convention…
Caption-writing contest time, if you don’t mind. Lance doesn’t. He’s tough. Every year, The Washingtonian surveys some 1,700 top aides on Capitol Hill — “the administrative assistants, press secretaries, legislative directors, and chiefs of committee staffs” — for its Best & Worst of Congress issue. And, turns out, U.S. Senator…
On the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Barack Obama’s campaign is busying itself with the handiwork of Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who, as we noted yesterday, financed an ad linking the Democratic presidential candidate with former Weather Underground-er William Ayers. As Time noted late this afternoon,…
Harold Simmons, a vision in white Lots of Harold Simmons mentions in the news today; it started last night, actually and one can’t imagine why, judging from the ad after the jump, which links Barack Obama with former Weather Underground-er William Ayers, a subject discussed and more or less dismissed…
Central Texas’s own Chet Edwards So, yeah, everyone’s suddenly thinking that maybe, just maybe, Barack Obama’s going to announce Congressman Chet Edwards as his running mate, maybe as early as this afternoon — and if it’s on Fox, it must be true! To which Gawker notes this very funny hypothetical…
Jonathan Neerman At the end of the day yesterday, Jonathan Neerman, the recently installed chair of the Dallas County Republican Party, called Unfair Park to talk about that Lupe Valdez-is-a-chicken video. Neerman said, sure, Dallas County GOP absolutely made it — because, see, they were pretty sure the Dallas County…
Around 7:30 this morning, I hopped on the YouTubes to see if someone had posted a video of local interest — do it every day. Maybe a page or two into the search this a.m., I came across the video in which someone dressed in a chicken outfit taunts Dallas…
U.S. Senator John Cornyn The New Republic’s Eve Fairbanks this morning posted a fund-raising e-mail she received last night from the campaign of U.S. Senator John Cornyn, who links Fred Baron’s, um, generosity to Rick Noriega, Cornyn’s Democratic challenger and the recipient of several thousands dollars in Baron campaign contributions:…
It’s been a little more than a year since ex-White House Counsel and so-close Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers returned to work at her old law firm, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell on Ross Avenue. Haven’t much heard from the former Dallas City Council member in a while; last we…
Betty Culbreath Dallas Housing Authority chair Betty Culbreath, who is known to enjoy hot ham sandwiches on occasion, is in the national news this a.m. — because she’s a Republican voting for Barack Obama, oh my! Notes ABCNews.com’s Marcus Baram, she goes way, way back with the Bush family, but…
Mark Graham Fred Baron, the Sgt. Schultz of Dallas attorneys Hey, look, there’s Dallas attorney Fred Baron on the front page of The New York Times this morning — where it’s revealed, likely to no one’s surprise, that he played a significantly larger role in the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter affair…
Mark Graham Fred Baron Moments ago, the Houston Chronicle reported that John Edwards has decided to, like, pass on delivering his speech to the Harris County Democratic Party during its September 20 fund-raising gala. Cannot imagine why. Also noted in the story: Harris County Republican Chairman Jared Woodfill’s demand that…
Dallas trial attorney Fred Baron, who’s a very, very good friend So, yes, Fred Baron, former finance chair for John Edwards presidential bids, is indeed the “super-rich pal” and “rich retiree in Dallas, Texas” who’s been giving money to Rielle Hunter, with whom John Edwards today admitted having an affair,…
You know who kinda hearts Barack Obama today? T. Boone Pickens. No kiddin’. The Dallas oil billionaire who’s out selling his plan to “create a new renewable energy network” today released a statement following Obama’s speech in which the Democratic presidential nominee outlined his energy plan. Notes Pickens: “I’m strongly…
Later this week, folks around the Fort Worth might spot the bus pictured above and wonder to themselves, “Hey, is Kanye West in town?” No, no, silly. It’s just a roadshow sponsored by Americans United for Change, which has been rolling The Bush Legacy Tour across the U.S. and A…
Betty Culbreath Thought now might be a good time to peek at the blog of Betty Culbreath, the Laura Miller-appointed chair of the Dallas Housing Authority, which, it was revealed today, is paying CEO Ann Lott $90,000 in severance following her resignation Tuesday. Culbreath, who yesterday posted a comment to…
Don Hill, giving the finger to his attorney’s motions to dismiss Last night, Jack Fink mentioned the two motions to dismiss former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill’s attorney, Ray Jackson, filed on behalf of his client on July 25. Hill, of course, has been indicted on federal corruption charges…
Daniel Rodrigue Ray Hunt The New York Times today reveals that earlier this week, Harold W. Geisel, Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State, sent several lawmakers a missive in which Geisel revealed his office is investigating just how Dallas’s Ray Hunt and Hunt Oil Company scored that…
One of our sister papers, the Seattle Weekly, has news today concerning my favoritest Dallas Maverick ever: James Donaldson. Turns out, the well-traveled baller with the bad knees — who started with the Seattle SuperSonics before joining the Mavs in 1985 for a seven-season stint that included a trip to…
