It’s Official: Kunkle’s Running for Dallas Mayor

Last week, former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said he was more than likely going to run for Dallas mayor — as in, chances are “greater that I will run than I won’t run.” He didn’t know when he’d announce, though.But today, it’s official: He’s filed his papers with the…

City to Address “Shopping Cart Menace”!

No council committee meetings this week — can’t imagine why. But the council will meet Wednesday for its regularly scheduled briefing, during which they’ll take up a plan to deal with abandoned shopping carts, which is already addressed in the Dallas City Code — but, it would seem, not well…

More From Yesterday’s Elections Commission Meeting Turned Bruce Sherbet Rally, Including the Postgame Interview With Clay Jenkins

Perhaps most disappointing to everyone gathered in support of Bruce Sherbet at yesterday’s Election Commission meeting was the refusal of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins to face his critics after he and two other Democrats, County Clerk John Warren and County Tax Assessor-Collector John Ames, voted against reappointing Sherbet to…

City Hall Gives Gene Simmons a Big KISS

Well, that was … surreal.When I left Dallas City Hall at 4:50 this afternoon, Gene Simmons was still there — in the mayor’s fifth-floor conference room, surrounded by cameras and politicos and one or two fans who’d managed to work their way into the room. Laid out before the God…

Dallas City Hall Gets Its “S” Straight

After Chris Heinbaugh’s heads-up yesterday about the city repairing its broken seal, Intern Jesse stopped by Dallas City Hall toward Wednesday’s end to check that “S” out. I showed the photo to the boy this morning before he left for school. He grinned and demanded a high-five. “We fixed the…

Thursday-Morning Rewind: Kunkle Talks Ticket

I caught the tail end of former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle’s chitchat with The Ticket’s Hardline, which aired a little past the 6 p.m. hour yesterday. During it, Kunkle talked, of course, about his maybe-sorta-more-n-likely run for Dallas mayor, which he said he’ll nail down publicly once the Super…