“For the Kids!” by Jim Schutze, May 8 Do the Math It would be totally irresponsible to provide additional money for DISD when they can’t provide an adequate reporting of their current financial status. With the school board members having their business mixed in with the district’s business, I have…
There are those gullible enough, stubborn enough and warped enough to believe the Dallas Stars can rally to defeat the Detroit Red Wings. Hillary Clinton. DISD bookkeepers. Guys convinced that chicks actually go to bars with bacon in their purses. For the rest of us—the Stars included—reality and resignation formed…
Fairly mediocre: So last week, D magazine executive editor Tim Rogers and The Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow got into a blog squabble over whether the Morning News is being forthcoming enough in its reporting about city plans for a convention center hotel. Belo Corp., owner of WFAA and,…
Opponents of a city plan to publicly fund and own a convention center hotel are talking about—but so far not acting on—a last-ditch option to derail the project: Let voters decide for themselves if they want to invest up to half a billion dollars to become hoteliers. Council members Angela…
King Henry VIII was on the throne, working his way through Anne Boleyn on his wife-littered path to notoriety. The village of Scarborough, England, was under siege, not from power-hungry French or Spanish kings but from a virus of unknown origin. Without warning, entire families turned into zombies, gnashing at…
By now, you know you’re the proud future owners of a convention center hotel; the only question left to ask is, would you like a happy ending with that in-room massage? Too soon? Then how about a recap of the day’s events, which concluded with 11 council members agreeing to…
Angela Hunt In a moment, Schutze will be along with something to say about Vonciel Hill — the other council member “who has some brains,” as Jim puts it. But first, some thoughts from Angela Hunt, who also voted against the city getting in the convention center hotel — which…
This just in. At this point, it’s easier to tell you who voted against the city getting into the convention center hotel business rather than who voted for it: Vonciel Hill and Angela Hunt. (Mitchell Rasansky and Elba Garcia had to recuse themselves, as both own Citigroup stock, turns out.)…
All week long, VH1’s been running the Sex: The Revolution mini-series, a doc done in conjunction with the Sundance Channel about doin’ it through the decades. Noted Dallas blues guitarslinger and occasional but always welcome Dallas Observer contributor Josh Alan Friedman was interviewed for the series — and though he’s…
The cover of this week’s Economist. Oh. Wait. So, it’s … official? Because, OK, look. For the past few days, stories have circulated that … um … Tonessica? … are kaputs. Been everywhere — and thanks, New York Daily News, for your morning rumor round-up. Jessica Simpson went on Extra…
Rick Carlisle can be the same. Long as he’s different. Us media dorks get our first chance to meet ‘n greet new Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle this afternoon down at American Airlines Center. Honestly, I’d have rather landed the entertaining and up-tempo Mike D’Antoni or persuaded general manager Donnie Nelson…
Now “it’s a My27 event” — but, sure, who’re we to argue. Because, as you know, Terrell Owens makes his acting debut on The Fresh Flav of Bel-Air tonight at 7. Though, from the looks of two minutes’ worth of footage, I am not sure “event” is the word I’d…
“Fort Worth Native on Emmy-nominated Court show.” That was the subject heading of a missive sitting in UP’s e-mailbox this a.m. Which didn’t quite prepare us for the actual contents concerning a forthcoming episode of Judge David Young, one of the dozen or so People’s Court knock-offs airing on KDFI-Channel…
Look at Avi Adelman — all legit and professional. The Barking Dog’s done gone and collaborated with WFAA-Channel 8 on a towing story, specifically one about how Lonestar Auto Services is illegally tacking on a $43.65 governmental entity charge when it hauls off your vehicle. And how’d Avi get on…
Item No. 85 on today’s action-packed city council agenda should make for an interesting discussion: That’s when the council considers GGH Development’s request to build “a high-rise multiple family use as part of a mixed use project providing for hotel, restaurant, health studio, and bar uses.” Course, the developer wants…
Hmm. Take another cross-check to the ribs or chase the Mrs. around the house? Decisions, decisions. Face it, tonight’s Game 4 could be the last game of Mike Modano’s Stars-studded career. I know! It’s not a guarantee, just a frightening possibility. With Detroit having sucked the drama from the series,…
Figured I might as well show rather than tell. If only because whoever made up the forwardDallas! Code Amendments: Form District Zoning — New Zoning Districts to Encourage Transit Oriented Development doc for the council’s Transportation and Environment Committee has quite the randy sense of humor. Though, as our sage…
Owner Tom Hicks admits he almost asked for Ron Washington’s jersey back There’s a contingency list for if and when the Texas Rangers’ season goes south. General manager Jon Daniels and president Nolan Ryan admit the team might revisit Ron Washington’s job status in July. And, as if the manager…
Courtesy XKCD Oh, sweet baby Jesus. We just received the Best. Press. Release. Ever. Why come? Because it contains the following sentence: “Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes will compete performing a Guitar Hero song to kick off 24-hours of jam sessions on May 16 at 2:30…
Couple of days ago, an old Friend of Unfair Park wondered, simply, whatever became of forwardDallas!, anyway? Which led me, earlier this a.m., to this sexy agenda item from yesterday’s meeting of the city council’s Transportation and Environment Committee: forwardDallas! Code Amendments: Form District Zoning — New Zoning Districts to…
Barry McNeil of Haynes and Boone For six years, Barry McNeil, a partner at Haynes and Boone, has been trying to spring two Mexican nationals from a Panhandle prison, where they’ve been incarcerated for life for a murder they didn’t commit. And, yesterday, the Dallas litigator, working with two other…
If the name Becky Beck rings a bell, it’s because she was the whistleblower who, two years ago, notified the feds that a $316,000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant intended to go toward HIV prevention education efforts was being used by the district on everything but HIV prevention…
