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…
Why is Harriet Miers smiling? Because she knows ain’t nothing coming of this lawsuit. Harriet Miers fought the law — and the lawmakers ain’t havin’ none of it, finally. Miers, the former White House counsel and Dallas city council member now keeping a chair warm as a partner at Locke…
Once more, I’d like to comment the fine folks of the Fightin’ 1117 for running such an orderly precinct convention. One of the few, turns out. Our Boy Merten spoke with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins for a piece running in next week’s paper version of Unfair Park –…
Last night, Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle was in Plano covering Indecision ’08. OK, fine, not really. Nonetheless, here’s the clip for those who spent the better part of the night watching the “real” news — during which NBC’s Brian Williams actually said Hillary Clinton’s victories in Texas and Ohio…
Mark Graham Lorlee Bartos Schutze’s East Dallas comrade and Friend of Unfair Park Lorlee Bartos has been sending ’round town an e-mail bearing the subject heading: “Caucus at Precinct 3345 or why you should read your mail.” I asked her if she minded whether we posted the missive; she said…
