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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
We’re happy to give other candidates some play. Like Ed Oakley. Here’s his picture. Hi, Ed. Yesterday’s Sam Coats items have sparked a minor debate about Coats’ position on the TXI board, his take on the Trinity River toll road and the exact reason why his tenure in the state…
Jim Schutze looks just like this, more or less. That’s what he keeps telling us. I see there’s a little discussion taking place about who people might wanna vote for in next month’s mayoral election. (No votes for Jennifer Gale yet, shame.) But let’s say you want — you need…
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:…
…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,…
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…
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…
Can we go back to that item below, in which we mentioned how much money Jerry Jones gave John McCain? Because in there, we kinda skipped over something that just may answer a question that’s been nagging at us for days — chiefly, just why did Gary Griffith cut that…
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 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…
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…
We took this off Sam Coats’ Web site, because, damn it, it just makes us giggle. Just don’t let Dr. Seuss’ people see this. Well, it’s time, once again, for your end-of-the-week rankings of the top eight mayoral candidates. Usually when I do this I make it clear there is…
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…
