Drink Up and Cover Up

Things are getting mighty ugly in the District 9 Dallas City Council race. Between this story from Pegasus News, in which it’s revealed that council contender Jill Kotvis was convicted in Dallas of driving while intoxicated and for resisting arrest in October 1987, and the following press release we just…

Don Hill Asks Tom Leppert: What, Exactly, Are You Spreading?

Tom Leppert, Don Hill just called you out. Doesn’t really believe that whole billion-dollar minority contract thing. Neither does our sister paper in Cleveland, come to think of it. On Friday, in his weekly mayoral frontrunner round-up, Matt Pulle noted that at week’s end, Don Hill sent Tom Leppert a…

Sam Coats, You’re Movin’ On Up

Ed, couldn’t you have found a mayor people actually voted for? And one they remember? C’mon — you’re loaded. Only a political reporter would ever say this: Sam Coats is super hot. This week, the afterthought candidate became the rage of the local blog world after he debuted two pitch-perfect…

Tom Dunning Goes Both Ways

Phil Romano, like several other prominent Dallasites, loves him some Giuliani — which you can get on a sandwich at Eatzi’s. Gary Griffith isn’t the only local to throw his arms around Rudy Giuliani — which he did again, by the way, in a campaign missive sent to would-be voters,…

Yer Goddamned Right, Sam Coats!

I know we just posted Sam Coats’ anti-Trinity River toll road spot, but we just found another one of the mayoral candidate’s ads, and it kinda tickles us — intentionally, we suppose. The guy’s just so aw-shucksy, so down-homey, so old…sorry, meant to say old-fashioned. We just have one question:…

Sam Coats Whips Out His Fresh Eyes…

…in a new TV spot in which, once more, Coats tells us he’s against the Trinity River toll road — or at least all for a toll road referendum. Dig the folksy music. Dig it hard. Then head over to Sharon Boyd’s Web site to see Max Wells’ latest flier,…

Don Hill Has “Courage.” So, Thanks, FBI!

Low on dough, Don Hill’s finally talking about that danged ol’ FBI investigation. Yeah, right — what FBI investigation? Well, he brought it up. This afternoon, at a mayoral forum hosted by the Stemmons Corridor Business Association, Don Hill mentioned that he has been the subject of an FBI investigation…

Sam Coats Calls for Trinity Toll Road Vote

Brian Harkin Coulda sworn he said this yesterday, but Sam Coats is gonna say it again, dagnabit: He wants The People to vote on the Trinity River toll road. See, he loves the Trinity River Project (says Coats, “I’m a strong supporter of the Trinity River Project”), and he’s all…

Jerry Jones Gives John McCain Money. Not Much, But Some.

Gary Griffith — and Tom Hicks, come to think of it — may be all for Rudy Giuliani, but Jerry Jones is backing John McCain. So reports the Associated Press today, as it thumbs through the presidential candidates’ first-quarter finance reports and discovers that the Dallas Cowboys owner gave $2,300…

Sam Coats, Like Jim Schutze, Loves Angela Hunt

Sam Coats says if he’s elected mayor, he’ll undo at least one thing Mayor Laura Miller’s done. Which is more than any other candidate’s said about the current mayor. This morning we showed you the letter Mayor Laura Miller sent to Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau president and CEO Phillip…

What Would Ron Kirk Do?

On Friday, Mayor Laura Miller booted council member Angela Hunt off the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau board. The reason: Hunt’s opposition to the Trinity River toll road and her attempt to get a referendum on the ballot come November. Wrote the mayor in a missive to Phillip Jones, president…

Max Wells Is Old

Hey, we didn’t say it. The 73-year-old mayoral candidate does in his new TV spot that debuted yesterday. And since we’re giving mayoral campaign ads plenty o’ play here at Unfair Park, we figured we’d slap it up here, in the interest of equal time. God knows it’s far better…

What the Hell is Gary Griffith Thinking?

Why do I (and the rest of the city, sooner or later) ask? Well, have you seen his new TV spot? No? Then, by all means, take a look, and then ask yourself, “What the eff does a tank cruising down a street in Iraq have to do with the…

Tom Leppert’s Gettin’ Down in the Southern Sector

Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III has put his church’s muscle behind Tom Leppert in a radio spot that busts, by our count, two and a half moves. So, we know the mayoral candidates are no good at making TV and Interwebs spots — well, except for Tom Leppert. (And, I…

Video Killed the Mayoral Candidate

Note to Max Wells: Make cooler videos. Remember, you like the kids now. You need them. You no longer want them off your front lawn. I am not exactly sure why Max Wells — or, more likely, his people — would feel the need to post to the Interwebs a…