The sprawling new apartment complex called Jefferson at Gaston Yards has become popular in recent months. The trendy, gated complex in Deep Ellum is still under construction, but some up-scale renters will do just about anything to get inside. One tenant in particular could not wait to call the Yards…
Plugged We were surprised the other day to see that The Dallas Morning News, which has otherwise tenaciously clung to the ’70s ideals of newspapering (minus unions), has broken new journalistic ground. Buzz was browsing through a slick promotional book for the law firm of Lynn Stodghill Melsheimer & Tillotson…
Mixed Reviews After reading Ann Zimmerman’s article about P-FLAG President Pat Stone, I didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or be angry about the whole episode of Stone “discovering” her lesbianism at the age of 51, and after a 35-year marriage [“Late bloomer,” January 30]. It is downright comical that…
Brian Rieck was looking forward to hitting a few golf balls during an unseasonably warm weekend last month. But his plans were waylaid in the early afternoon of January 21 when someone walked into his garage–the door of which had been accidentally left open–and stole his golf clubs. The burglar…
There are infinite uncertainties in the life of Gregory Morris. But he knows this one thing for sure–that selfishness circumscribes his creativity. “In order for me to choose a song, it really has to mean something to me. It has to be relevant to my life in some form or…
The morning of February 19 will bring more than business as usual at 400 South Record Street. In the cavernous lobby of the A.H. Belo Corporation’s downtown Dallas office building, freshly brewed coffee and orange juice will flow for a crowd of very happy, mostly rich people. A group of…
Herrman, Herrman & Guido In the past, Buzz has wondered at a recent advertising trend that cleverly equates lawyers with stupid, vicious animals and destructive machines–you know, sharks, attack dogs, Sherman tanks. (We should point out that these violent and inane ads aren’t diatribes against lawyers–they’re promotional messages paid for…
Convoluted legal questions surrounding who is allowed to know–or talk about–what is contained on the notorious Peavy Tapes could open the door to criminal investigations of former school trustee Dan Peavy and long-time DISD critic Richard Finlan. A federal prosecutor has told a judge that Peavy and Finlan may be…
After Dallas police concluded last month that Cowboys Erik Williams and Michael Irvin had been falsely accused of rape, Williams’ attorney asked investigators to give back some of the personal items police seized during their investigation. In response, police boxed up and returned some sex toys, a video camera, and…
Bouquets, and one brickbat I would like to wish Laura Miller the best as she embarks on her year-long sabbatical to spend some time with her family [“Mommie dearest,” January 23]. She will be missed. I will be looking forward to the return of her razor-edged investigative reporting. Enjoy, Ms…
Last summer, Pat Stone phoned her daughter, T.J., and told her she had something very important to talk about. Pat and her husband, Dan, were planning to visit T.J. in Virginia, and Pat wanted to make sure her daughter could carve out some time for them to be alone–no easy…
Back when the Dallas Cowboys were winning Super Bowls–instead of leading the league in the number of players suspended for drug infractions–corporate heavyweights like Nike and Pepsi were eager to court America’s Team. But this year it’s a little different. Sunday’s Super Bowl passed with no Cowboys, and the team’s…
Dan Peavy, the former Dallas Independent School District board member who was acquitted last November on bribery charges, has begun taking steps to prepare himself–and his wallet–to battle another potential criminal charge. As the Dallas Observer first reported last week, U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins has asked federal judge Jorge Solis,…
Dana “Isis” Brantley believes in the orderly design of things. You can see it in the intricate braid creations she designs in the hair of African-American women from across Dallas. So it is no accident that, for more than a year, Brantley has been fighting with state regulators to preserve…
Dan’s party line Unnoticed amid the ongoing DISD school board ruckus, former trustee Dan Peavy has moved from his far East Dallas home at 2440 Peavy Road to what he must hope is a more peaceful abode in Plano. Peavy, you may recall, resigned from the board after a racist,…
Mari-Lena Ochoa had it all figured out. “I want to be a teacher,” the 19-year-old explained earnestly, leaning over the empty seat between us to talk. “I really want to make a difference. White, Hispanic, Oriental, black–I want to help.” Nice sentiments. Wrong venue. What better place to squash one’s…
We really, really apologize Clearly, your reference to me in the recent edition of the Dallas Observer as a “lawyer” is beyond the pale [“It’s all a matter of power,” January 23]. You have referred to me as a Government Watch Dog and as a “Killer Gadfly” in the past,…
On a mid-February afternoon in 1995, the nine members of the Dallas Independent School District board were holding a work session, one of their regular informal gatherings to hash out the particulars of pending business. Among other things that day, the board faced the question of establishing permanent committees–small groups…
Dallas attorney Brian Loncar vows in his hard-to-miss TV commercials, “I’ll fight for you.” Of course, that presumes he’ll show up when the judge calls your case, and not send some coffee-fetching flunky who doesn’t know a pleading from a Post-it note. That’s a presumption you might not want to…
Is this some kind of hoax? Buzz loves it when The Dallas Morning News gets all fuss and feathers over something. And, hot damn! the editorial board–or whoever writes those unsigned opinions representing the codger’s voice of the paper–had her/his/its knickers in a bunch about the Cowboys-topless dancer hullabaloo. You…
Dallas Observer investigative reporter Laura Miller will be taking an extended break from column writing so that she can devote more time to her family. Miller, 38, will remain a member of the Observer staff and will continue to work with other writers and editors. Her weekly column will return…
Looking back, that briefcase episode should have been the first sign of trouble. It was October 1995, and I was slated to return to my job at the Dallas Observer after a 10-week maternity leave. I wasn’t anywhere near ready. As only the Secret Society of New Mothers knows, the…
