L.A. Times to Gov. Rick Perry: “Oh, Yeah?”

Throughout 2009 and ’10 there were a series of magazine pieces wondering how it was that Texas “powered through the global fiscal crisis” (per Fortune) and experienced “something like an economic boom” (according to The Atlantic) while California suffered. But then, of course, we discovered that the state’s facing a…

Wherein FOX ID’s Mayor Tom as “R-Texas”

That $202-million figure seen in the screengrab above comes from PricewaterhouseCoopers’s much-debated Super Bowl guesstimate released a few days ago — though, as you’ll note in Mayor Tom’s interview with FOX Business Channel, he pushes that number up to, oh, ’round $600 million-ish. Which is what happens when you conduct…

Leppert Talks Taxis on National Public Radio

Way back back on Monday, Patrick was at Love Field watching Dallas Police arrest cabbies who’d abandoned their rides in front of the airport, while I spoke with Mayor Tom about how the escalating protest — which, earlier in the day, involved a dangerously slow roll down Central Expressway and…

Why the Extra DPD at Love Field? Well …

We’ve already covered the conditions at Love Field, where just the one runway’s open at present — and, from the looks of this, Southwest has yet to begin its limited operating schedule. (City Hall PIO Frank Librio’s checking with airport spokesman Jose Torres, who hasn’t been available most of the…

Striking Cabbies Leave Taxis Parked in the Road to Shut Down Traffic into Love Field. Says Mayor: Protest Is “Slap in the Face” to City.

When a crowd of independent cabbies kicked off their Super Bowl week boycott last week — upset by the city’s preferential treatment for CNG-powered cabs and frustrated their past strikes hadn’t accomplished much — some drivers talked about simply hanging up their keys for the week and seeing how the…

It’s Official: Kunkle’s Running for Dallas Mayor

Last week, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said he was more than likely going to run for Dallas mayor — as in, chances are “greater that I will run than I won’t run.” He didn’t know when he’d announce, though.But today, it’s official: He’s filed his papers with the…

City to Address “Shopping Cart Menace”!

No council committee meetings this week — can’t imagine why. But the council will meet Wednesday for its regularly scheduled briefing, during which they’ll take up a plan to deal with abandoned shopping carts, which is already addressed in the Dallas City Code — but, it would seem, not well…