I Want My Block

Below, in the comments affixed to today’s earlier item, we have reports from around town — East Dallas mostly, where all’s clear. Same goes for up here in Northwest Dallas — again — where trips to two polling places this afternoon turned up no petitioners for the Trinity Vote, and…

All’s Quiet on the Northwestern Front

The missus and I just concluded a morning tour of the Northwest Dallas polling places, and so far, no drama — or voters, for that matter. At 9:32, we were Nos. 53 and 54 at Leonides Cigarroa Elementary School on Webb Chapel Road and Walnut Hill Lane (our third polling…

Because We Clearly Have Nothing Better to Do Tomorrow…

…we will be live-blogging the election, beginning, most likely, in the late morning, between voting and going to Home Depot to buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Matt Pulle will be at county election HQ around 7 p.m., when early results start coming in; Jim Schutze…

And Your Little Dog Too…

After the jump, we’re posting a phony “Sink the Petition! Save the Trinity!” campaign poster making the local Interwebs rounds this a.m. And, far as we know, Jim Schutze has nothing to do with it. Far as we know. –Robert Wilonsky…

Kicking Out “The Money Changers” in South Dallas

The United Black Clergy, which bills itself as “a coalition of religious leaders, along with Southern Dallas business and civic leaders,” wants mayoral and city council candidates to know something: Their vote is not for sale. They will say as much at 1:30 this afternoon at St. Paul Missionary Baptist…

Still No Word on Them New Voices…

…despite our (and your) best efforts. But here’s the flyer, which some of you received last week and which I got at the house just yesterday. And speaking of mayoral-election mailers, we have a few forthcoming that are utterly fascinating, including one Ed Oakley mailed solely to southern Dallas voters…

New Voices…But Whose Voices?

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,”…

Star Chambers

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,…

Ed Oakley: The Man’s Got Wrecking Balls

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 Now Officially Have Those Trinity River Blues

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…

I Vote for Icky Twerp!

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…

Griffith Says “Cheese,” Again, While Coats Gets Around

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 –…