Lynn Flint Shaw Nice editorial in today’s Dallas Morning News asking, erm, Why wasn’t Lynn Flint Shaw charged with a felony rather than a misdemeanor for allegedly forging Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ signature? Only, one thing Dallas’ Only Daily fails to note today: Allen Gwinn’s been asking the…
For those who like to get a jump on their city government’s weekly doings, here’s one of the agenda items for tomorrow morning’s meeting of the city council’s Economic Development Committee: the plan for purchasing the land necessary to build the convention center hotel Mayor Tom’s rushing through without explaining…
While Hillary Clinton stumps in South Texas and Bill’s in East Texas, local Barack Obama supporters have commandeered Texas Caribbean Foods, a cozy restaurant at Southside on Lamar, as a gathering place and center of operations. They’re busy making phone calls to garner more foot soldiers and holding meetings on…
Waytago, Stack. Waytago. The deeper we look into the Jason Kidd trade, the more obvious it is that the Mavericks screwed it up. Big time. First, Dallas apparently didn’t take time to make sure Devean George would be cool with being dealt to New Jersey — or anywhere else, for…
A Friend of Unfair Park who’s looking to do you a solid points our attention to this missive from the City of Dallas — a little something about the 2008 Statewide Warrant Roundup. As in, “Beginning Feb.16, officers will arrest people with outstanding warrants pending before their respective municipal courts.”…
Randy Couture, which is also the name for our line of crotchless panties So far, Mark Cuban’s HDNet Fights has been a bit player in the burgeoning Mixed Martial Arts game, but that may be changing. This week HDNet filed suit in Dallas district court seeking to get MMA star…
Today, the ginormous 2-million-member Service Employees International Union, which reps everyone from nurses to janitors, endorsed Barack Obama for president of the U.S. and A. Which is no small thing: Says the union in its media release, it has “more than 150,000 members in the upcoming primary states, including Wisconsin,…
Harlan Crow told Mayor Tom Leppert back in July that the hotel biz should be left to private sector folks — like, ya know, Harlan Crow. In his missive to the mayor, Crow outlined many reasons why spending taxpayers’ money to subsidize a convention center hotel is not economically viable…
Erik Hille of Dallas has really, totally and absolutely impressed Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner. Seems the Freakonomics fellas a couple of weeks ago referenced their chapter on crime — specifically, the factoid that “the average sixty-five-year-old person is about one-fiftieth as likely to be arrested as the average teenager.”…
Last night, the NBA announced that Dirk Nowitzki will replace Kobe Bryant in the Three-Point Shootout, which takes place at 7 p.m. on TNT tomorrow in New Orleans. On Sunday, of course, Nowitzki will be playing in the All-Star Game with Bryant, who’s yet to get an exemption from the…
Your favorite Barking Dog, Avi Adelman, has posted this a.m. a missive from a DPD Central Patrol Division sergeant concerning a Thursday-night SMU fraternity throwdown that was, for the most part, shut down before it could reach Lower Greenville. Seems someone tipped off the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission that “a…
A couple of videos for your eyes this a.m.: The R-rated red-banded trailer for the out-in-August Pineapple Express is online now — and the stoner comedy-thriller gets a mention because it’s directed by local-boy-done good David Gordon Green, whose other 2008 release, the more indie-fied Snow Angels, finally opens next…
Current Energy Big ol’ ad for the Current Energy store on Knox Street in the new issue of Time, and co-founders Joe Harberg and Josh Stern didn’t have to pay a penny for the promotion — nice article, gents, down to writer Bryan Walah’s generous gift of the slogan, “The…
High-stakes testing doesn’t result in better education, at least not among minorities — it just leads to a disproportionate number of African-Americans, Latinos and ESL students dropping out of Texas schools. That’s one finding in a new report released today by Rice University and the University of Texas. The study…
For those who might have missed the news, former Dallas Area Rapid Transit board chair Lynn Flint Shaw — you know who she is, right? — turned herself in to authorities this morning. Shaw’s being investigated for allegedly forging Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins’ signature and letterhead to dodge…
Still no word if or when Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton are coming to town, but Bill Clinton will be kinda close tomorrow — Tyler’s, what, 90 miles east? Hillary’s campaign just sent over the details of the ex-president’s trip to East Texas tomorrow, well in advance of the March…
They’re fightin’ over fightin’ at Addison City Limits — that’s kinda why Megan Feldman wrote about it in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park. But reading? That’s for suckers. Hence, Jonathan Finley’s exclusive video addendum below, with a soundtrack and everything. –Robert Wilonsky…
NBA.com Or, maybe Mark Cuban knew Devean George would block the Jason Kidd trade, thus making it look like Cuban was willing to make a move he didn’t really want to make in the first place? The Mavs’ trade for Jason Kidd isn’t dead yet, but it’s severely wounded. I’d…
Does this look like $40 million to you? No? Well, get used to it. Late yesterday, Sam wrote about the city council’s decision to spend $500,000 on some parking-lot property in BeloWorld’s shadow — property that may or may not become the much-ballyhooed convention center hotel, where Tom Leppert’s planning…
Three items for the price of one: Men’s Health says Dallasites are a bunch of fatties — as in, we’re the sixth-fattest city in the U.S. and A. Top of the list of reasons why? “Mayor Thomas C. Leppert participates in fewer fitness-related events than most mayors.” (Blaming Leppert for…
Still no word on whether or not these sex toys are Constitutionally protected About four years ago in the paper version of Unfair Park, we chronicled the plight of Burleson’s Joanne Webb, who was arrested by local police for selling dildos and other self-help devices out of her house. You…
“If I’m the bad guy …” So began Devean George last night on TXA-21, following the Dallas Mavericks’ win over Portland, concerning his killing the Jason Kidd trade that was all but a done deal by late yesterday afternoon. Someone has posted to the YouTube the entirety of George’s interview…
