Human remains from at least 40 unmarked graves dating back to pioneer days have been hastily excavated and reburied to clear the way for Columbus Realty Trust to develop a 6-acre tract of the historic Greenwood Cemetery. Although excavation work at the site proceeded methodically and quietly for about three…
No pity Your recent story concerning the “victims” of Kathy Kingsmore [“God and mammon,” November 7] elicited no feelings of sympathy from me. There is only one reason why someone would invest his money in a scheme that promises “500 percent within 90 days” or “100 percent every 30 days.”…
San Antonio goes in the toilet It isn’t often that Buzz is lured away from home turf for a choice idiocy, but we couldn’t resist this story out of San Antonio. Station KENS-TV Channel 11 hit the ratings-sweeps bottom with a splash of slime last week when reporter Al Zimmerman…
“Pornography,” Randy replies. It is rather more than I expect to hear, having interviewed a half-dozen men on the floor of Texas Stadium during the Promise Keepers rally. Dallas is the latest stop on the Promise Keepers tour, a traveling stadium revival that has allowed Christian men to make a…
Most con men flourish in anonymity and forever seek fresh territory. Roll into town, filch bingo money from a few grandmothers, then split before the heat comes down. Never stand still. That’s the hustler’s way. But Bryan Wilson Taylor is no ordinary hustler. He’s more of a hometown boy who…
For more than a year, elected officials have agreed that Dallas needs a Hispanic cultural center. After all, Hispanics are the fastest growing segment of the city’s population, and not having a center dedicated to their cultural contributions seems a huge oversight. The prerequisite feasibility study has already been performed,…
Unlovely Rita Memo to Dallas’ meter cops: Don’t mess with geeks bearing high-tech equipment. It seems that Dallas’ parking enforcement corps has been having a field day (and night) ticketing the cars that squeeze into the Ross Avenue area once a month to buy and sell computers and high technology…
Wise County Attorney Stephen Hale thought his decision to routinely dismiss cases of misdemeanor pot possession made perfect legal and moral sense. But it turns out the voters of his largely rural jurisdiction just said no. Hale, a Democrat seeking his second term, lost on November 5 to political newcomer…
Roof-raising good time Just wanted to set you straight on your information campaign about our thriving little metropolis of Grand Prairie, ‘twixt big dirty D and Cowtown. While we appreciate all of the free press we can get about our Festival of Peace, Light, and Sheetrock [“A tale of two…
In one corner: Tom Campitelli, 45 years old, 220 pounds, 6-foot-2, hiding his middle-age spread under baggy shirt and shorts, slow-footed and lacking endurance. In the other: Darla Johnson, 21 years old, 115 pounds, 5-foot-7, with legs up to her collarbone, creamy bronzed skin under tight Lycra bike shorts, and…
By appearances, Kathy and Richard Kingsmore’s world was picture-perfect. The thirtysomething couple had three kids and a $413,000 house on a quiet street, with purple impatiens bordering the manicured lawn. The Kingsmores were shining stars at Prestonwood Baptist Church, a North Dallas megasanctuary that attracts a wealthy congregation. Richard was…
The eatery is packed, with a line that presses against the glass windows and threatens to go outside. It’s Thursday night at Vitto’s Italian Restaurant in North Oak Cliff, and that means family night. A quick look around the room shows that “family” takes on all its hues of meaning…
The Dallas Observer was recognized as the best nondaily newspaper in a five-state region in this year’s Dallas Press Club awards. Three Observer writers won individual press club awards. The Dallas Bar Association also honored a fourth Observer writer last week for reporting on legal affairs. Judges selected the Observer…
No hockey face guard? It must have been the pre-Halloween rush that made The Dallas Morning News do it. You know, all the kids clamoring for the newest freaky look that makes Freddy Krueger and Hannibal Lecter look about as menacing as Pumba. This year, any self-respecting kid who wanted…
Whiner Glen Warchol states in his article [“Promise keeper?” October 24] that the only segment of the population that holds WRR [-FM 101.1] sacred is the “blue-haired society types.” He is wrong. Anybody who likes to be able to tune in to classical music on the radio holds WRR sacred…
It was happy news, and Elizabeth Faeth meant to share it. On March 9, 1995, the legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson wrote her boss a note, informing the congresswoman that Faeth and her husband were expecting their first child. Faeth had been on Johnson’s congressional staff for…
If you think–and we do–that the State Fair of Texas is actually a gastronomic event, then the image of Julia Child meeting Big Tex is irresistible–a star-crossed conjunction as inevitable as that of King Kong and Godzilla; two giant legends linked by food, the clash of the cholesterol titans, the…
By an overwhelming margin, a strikingly insignificant fraction of Dallas residents believe city council member Donna Blumer should remain with us a bit longer. Blumer, you may recall, exhibited rare political courage recently by vowing to “lay down my life” if necessary to prevent the city from selling WRR-FM 101.1…
The Texas Attorney General’s Office may be spared the task of answering a question that could change the face of Texas college football forever: Can an Aggie read the Longhorn playbook? The question was formally posed on August 27, when Texas A&M graduate Michael Kelley sent University of Texas President…
Eternally yours One can never be politician enough to know how far to go when talking in a lighthearted manner at lunch with a Belo reporter. Now I know. At first, I was peeved at Dallas Morning News reporter Todd Gillman for failing to quote my WRR remarks in the…
Nowhere can you look so far and see so little–or so you think while traveling across the Texas Panhandle on the way to the little feedlot town of Hereford. The railroad tracks and telephone wires and tar-covered highway race across land so flat you can see into the middle of…
Politicians make so many promises that most people don’t pay much attention anymore. But last week, our ears perked up when Dallas City Councilwoman Donna Blumer took a dramatic stand in defense of city ownership of WRR-FM 101.1. WRR, of course, is the only government-owned commercial radio station in America…
