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You recall much-lauded sommelier Rudy Mikula, right? He was, after all, the only tolerable thing about Nove Italiano lodged in the Victory Park machinery before he was poached by Tristan Simon to do wine duty at Hibiscus, only to disappear in the wake of a rumored dispute over wine inventory…

Dallas Fed CEO Richard Fisher and Milton Friedman discuss everything from globalization’s impact to boxers vs. briefs. Man, this is like The Basement Tapes of economics: Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas made available a never-before-released interview between the late Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman and Dallas Fed president…

The annual M/PF YieldStar Texas Apartment Markets Conference took place yesterday at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in downtown Dallas; good God, dunno how we missed that one. Thankfully, GlobeSt.com has a recap, which says, in short, things are lookin’ good for in the multifamily biz throughout the state: “If expert…

In advance of this afternoon’s City Plan Commission meeting, during which several Deep Ellum and Exposition Park bars and clubs will have their specific use permit hearings in the council chambers at City Hall, two Friends of Unfair Park have asked for some room to explain the differences between the…

Ole Anthony, not sitting on a commode of any kind As we noted Tuesday morning, Sen. Charles Grassley’s investigating six top televangelists: Paula and Randy White, David and Joyce Meyer, Creflo and Taffi Dollar, Eddie L. Long, Wise County couple Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and Irving-based Benny Hinn. And it…

Roy Abraham Varghese, founder of The Institute for Metascientific Research in Garland Last May, the paper version of Unfair Park published a piece about Garland tech consultant and amateur science philosopher Roy Abraham Varghese, founder of the Institute for Metascientific Research, a one-man, home-grown organization under whose auspices Varghese publishes…

Crock the vote: By the time you read this, the votes in an election called “the most critical in city history” will be counted, and it’ll be left to the jabbering classes to tell you What It All Means. Buzz, who is a member of that class (we sit in…

Unholy Mess I really enjoyed reading this article (“Don’t Tread on Me,” by Sarah Junek, November 1). It gave a glimpse of how a family copes with losing a husband, a father and a friend. In the media today we normally only get reports on the evil deeds of Muslims…

Sean Segura is a wiry 28-year-old with a roughly shaved head who is trying to open up a car lot in a tight cluster of auto-related businesses on Davis Street in North Oak Cliff. You wouldn’t think he’d have any trouble, but even though his place doesn’t stand out as…

He’s witnessed so many executions, it’s hard to remember them all. But certain memories stand out. There was the man who fought so hard he had to be restrained and carried–convulsing–to the death chamber. The one who’d done so many IV drugs the medical team had to shoot the lethal…

Nine people are gathered in a silent circle in Alyce Payne’s cozy living room in North Richland Hills. Most sit with their fingers intertwined, thumbs and forefingers joined, then looped to make a figure-eight. Two stand and sway occasionally. All eyes are closed but for Payne’s. She stands, rocking back…

No, this is not a day of “silent protest,” as one Friend of Unfair Park asks below. Far from it — thought it’d be nice just to let folks talk about the election results, without pointing out, oh, that Southwest Airlines is working hard to get your business or that…

Matt’s got notes from Mayor Tom’s victory speech at Gilley’s, but first a scene-setter: “There was zero mention of Angela Hunt, which seems weird,” says Matt. “Doesn’t it seem odd? Seems like the gracious thing to do, to thank her for all her hard work.” Also, wonders Mr. P, “It…

Might as well learn to live and love the Balanced Vision Plan. Almost there: 383 precincts in now, and Mayor Tom’s got 40,983 out of the 77,296 votes cast. Which leaves a mere 36,313 for Angela Hunt. And only 17 precincts left to go. It’s over: The Trinity River toll…

Almost done here. As in, the Trinity River toll road’s damned near a done deal. With 355 out of 400 precincts reporting, it’s 37,006 folks for the toll road and 33,011 against. –Robert Wilonsky…

Matt reports that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has made an appearance at Gilley’s — guess everyone was waiting to see which way the wind blew? Not Angela Hunt’s way so far: With 282 of 400 precincts reporting, the numbers are exactly the same as they were about half…

Seems we called the mayoral election much earlier than this. Alas, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway tells Our Man Downtown “prepare for a long night.” Maybe, maybe not: The numbers are slowly trickling in, with Dallas County now reporting that 235 of 400 precincts’ totals are in. And it’s…

Council member Dave Neumann Matt’s at Gilley’s right now, sharing a Shiner with Mayor Tom — can’t beat ’em, drink ’em under the table, we say. Actually, this is how Matt breaks down the not-quite-a-victory party at this very moment. I ran into council member Dave Neumann, who was pretty…

Took long enough — turns out, says Our Man Downtown Matt Pulle, “a flurry of votes” came in after 5 p.m., delaying the counting of votes. But, looks like you can get 90,000 or so folks to sign a petition calling for a referendum, but you can’t make ’em vote…