Tonight you can go ask Ed Oakley about the 2,000 apartments he wants to tear down — to stop the crime, of course. A note to all our Friends concerned about the future of Deep Ellum (and the rest of Dallas, for that matter): You should attend tonight’s Dallas Mayoral…
Waco economist Ray Perryman We love Tom Korosec around here; he produced some mighty fine stories for the paper version of Unfair Park during his tenure here. But Tom’s now at the Houston Chronicle, where today he has a story about the “lackluster race for mayor” here, and while we…
On Saturday, the missus and I got the weirdest thing in the mail: a folded white sheet of paper sent first class, with the return address of what turns out to be a Mail Boxes Etc. in Casa Linda Plaza. It said it had come from something called “New Voices,”…
Well, we were going to link to Max Wells’ latest TV spot, in which some hired gun sits on his front-porch rocking chair while taking shots at Tom Leppert’s love for Hawaii and that $6.6 mil check Turner Construction had to write to the government. Only, the ad, which was…
That’s what an old rock-and-roll memorabilia-selling Friend of Unfair Park alleges over at his blog: I gathered signatures yesterday at one of the early voting poll locations. You should know that the opposition has hired “blockers” — many of whom were brought in from outside the Dallas area and/or state…
Did the mayoral election already happen? Because, all of the sudden, it seems like we’re deep in Trinity River mud, and it ain’t even May 12 yet. Unfair Park just received a press release from the Greater Dallas Chamber begging folks not to sign Angela Hunt’s Trinity Parkway petition. Indeed,…
On Friday — hey, only eight days before the election, what’s the rush? — Ed Oakley debuted his new TV spot, in which he promises to tear down “aging, rundown apartment complex[es] that have become a haven for crime.” Actually, Oakley doesn’t promise anything; he never says a word in…
We were gonna run a picture of John Cappello, till we read on his blog that it’s the media’s fault he’s gonna lose. So, instead, here’s Jennifer Gale. Nothing personal, John. If you’ve read my weekly rankings of the mayoral candidates, you know I go to great lengths to diminish…
Sorry, Jim, but Aaron “T-Bone” Walker got there first. I know, I know — you just can’t get enough of this Trinity River talk. It’s like porn for politicos, which was also my favorite post-Jane’s Addiction band. So, yeah, here’s some more — a press release from the Sam Coats…
This morning, “richardallenkent” posted to YouTube a few fond memories from the old Channel 11 morning show, Slam Bang Theater. This clip, in particular, seems somehow…oh, I dunno…relevant this morning. –Robert Wilonsky…
Tom Leppert’s got those scintillating ads that look more staged than the Mars landing (sorry, no Capricorn One fans in the room?). Gary Griffith’s still saying “cheese” in order to scare voters to the polls, and the other mayoral candidates, well, they’re not yet there with their TV spots –…
Angela Hunt has a radio date with the mayor this morning. Just a programming note: At 11 this morning, KRLD-AM (1080) will broadcast a live debate during which Mayor Laura Miller and city councilmember Angela Hunt will go at it over the Trinity River toll road referendum Hunt’s pushing for…
I thought this was a Saturday Night Live sketch, till I realized, nope, it’s just accidentally funny: On Friday, Tom Leppert posted to YouTube a handful of videos in which a few Regular Folks — by which I mean hand-picked lifelike Leppert supporters who might be reading off cue cards…
Max Wells has quite a posse, including, at far left, former council member Don Hicks. And Max Wells is quite a pussy. Cat. Pussy cat. Last night, at a forum at a black church in a front of a black crowd, the very white Max Wells had a black politician…
Either Gary Griffith is more popular than we think he is, or he has three interns who figured out how to cast 1,638 votes for him. The results of The Highly Unofficial Unfair Park Mayoral Poll are in, and the new mayor of Dallas is…Gary Griffith. Seriously? Yes, 6,723 of…
Occasisonally in movies about dirty politicians and their dark secrets, there’s some writer from an alternative weekly newspaper skulking about in the shadows, trying to dig up The Truth, man. Usually, he or she’s a bit on the icky side — probably hasn’t bathed in a few weeks, likely reeks…
Dallas attorney Fred Baron, John Edwards’ national finance chairman As reported earlier this week, Texas Democrats love John Edwards — to the tune of $1.5 million in campaign donations raised from January to March 2007, which put him second overall in Texas to the $2-million man, a very flip-flopping and…
Ed Oakley, Jim Schutze may not be a fan, but the Friends of Unfair Park like you just fine…so far. Just a reminder that the Highly Unofficial Unfair Park Mayoral Poll’s up and running till 5 p.m. tomorrow. Thus far, it’s been a fascinating 24 hours, with nearly 2,200 votes…
They don’t call Darrell Jordan the “100 Hour Man” for nothing. For those who think we only publish Sam Coats press releases verbatim, here’s one from Darrell Jordan, who today released his “100 Hour Plan,” which would involve a lot of talking — about crime. Says the release, Jordan’s “first…
It does not get any easier than this. You have until 5 p.m. Friday, when the polls close and retire to Lithuania, to tell us who you think ought to be the mayor of our city. You can vote only once, and when you do, the results will be visible…
Last week in the paper version of Unfair Park, Jim Schutze revealed the real reason Ed Oakley’s been snatching up tiny pieces of land inside the Trinity Design District. Today, mayoral candidate Sam Coats tells Oakley that “an apparent conflict of interest” isn’t such a woonerful thing after all, and…
Brian Harkin Someone told us the other day this photo of Sam Coats almost makes them wanna vote for the guy. “Makes him look tough.” Which is one way of putting it. If a mayoral candidate has a beef with one of his fellow combatants, we usually hear about it…
