Fine print alert! When Mayor Tom Leppert tells you that yesterday’s agenda item vote on the city tax rate didn’t mean anything, he’s got his hand deep in your pocket. It may be fine print, but ask Leppert why the vote was required by state law if it didn’t mean…
Big sturm und drang going on in New York and Europe amongst book dealers dealing with the Green family in Oklahoma City regarding the collection I wrote about in March that was supposed to become a national bible museum here in Dallas. So: Is it on, or is it off?…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *If Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don’t come crying to me. I don’t think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated…
Dear Readers: As you read this, my trusty burro, pigtailed chica and I are crisscrossing Aztlán researching Mexican food. So now is as bueno as any time to do some housecleaning for the columna. Hay que start with a letter from the Mexican’s longtime amigo, William Lobdell. For years one…
The North Texas Tollway Authority board of directors is meeting as you read to take yet another whack at its “legacy contractors” problem. Item No. 11 on this morning’s agenda, dealing with “future procurements,” will provide the sparks:Discussion and possible direction to staff regarding the Board of Director’s role in…
The New York Times today has a story about an organic golf course on Martha’s Vineyard of which the newspaper says: “Opened eight years ago, the club is thought to be the only completely organic golf course in the United States …” As we know, that actually means, “the only…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Best news for your Texas Rangers is that they’re not only successful, but extremely popular. Thursday night’s Cliff Lee-pitched loss to the New York Yankees was not only a sellout, but…
Dear Mexican: As a proud New Yorker, I gotta ask: What the FUCK is up with Mexican food in this city? Sure, we’re used to getting owned by California and Texas and even Chicago when it comes to getting kick-ass, cheap, regional Mexican food. But I just got back from…
As I’m sure you’ve come to realize, I have thick skin. In this here blog and on 105.3 The Fan I’m bombarded daily with insults, criticisms and cheap shots. All part of the game. I realize it. I take none of it personal because, come on, I don’t know you…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Since you guys salivate over local radio news, here’s a zesty taste: Starting August 16 the new program director at 105.3 The Fan will be Bruce Gilbert. Yep, the same Bruce…
Hanna Raskin focuses this week’s Dish on Horne & Dekker, and the sweet (flavor), cutesy fun (as well as a Duck Goat Pizza) they have therein: Horne & Dekker Strives for Cutesy. Turns out, they could use a little less cloying cuteness, and little more flavor punch. Read the review,…
TCU kicks off its 2010 season September 4 against Oregon State in Cowboys Stadium. To promote the game head coaches Gary Patterson and Mike Riley held themselves a little conference call Tuesday. Sounds innocent enough. Until, that is, “Amy Cummings” from “Rawhide Nation Sports Blog” joined the discussion. When it comes…
Dear Mexican: I am a retired gringa living in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Most of us foreigners here are liberal and sympathetic to the immigration problem, which the U.S. Congress refuses to address in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, I get lots of e-mails from acquaintances “apprising” me of the horrible situation in…
This is a story about Tom Leppert, our mayor and a $27-million-dollar stickup he tried to pull out at the airport last week, but it’s also about Jim Schutze winning the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Believe it. Last week Leppert tried to get…
[jump] If I didn’t know better I’d have thought the guy at the bar last night was a paid actor, charged with lathering guests with history and stirring up the spooks. It took him two seconds to buy me a drink. He was a burly Joe Pesci, dressed in a white suit…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Bengie Molina. Cliff Lee. Jorge Cantu. Considering transactions like these this month, the Texas Rangers should be in bankruptcy every year. *If you remember the NFL back when it was a violent,…
Trinity River Project stories are The Dallas Morning News on mescaline. The city’s only daily does so well with other coverage. But then they drop one of those Trinity River tabs, and the walls go to rubber. This morning The Dallas Morning News publishes a story saying the federal share…
We still have the South Dallas News in this town, only now they call it the DallasSouthNews. That’s the name of the online publication Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson went to recently in order to rebut a recent column of mine about her. More this town changes, more it’s the same…
We didn’t exactly love the Common Table, as Hanna Raskin points out in her Dish Column, but it sure is a good place to drink some beer. In their well-curated selection you can find a bottle-conditioned Maudite (priced at $89) and American micro-brews like Dogfish Head and Dale’s. Read Hanna’s…
Dear Mexican: As an old gringo who calls himself a gringo (not a gabacho), I study Mexican culture and ask myself, “Where have I seen this before?” The answer invariably is: 1950s America, that’s where. Current Mexican culture in the United States is about 50 years behind current American culture…
The drums are sounding in the night. Lot of action here last week on the biko front, indicating pent-up interest and a growing constituency. One commenter claimed that only 8 percent of Portland residents are regular cyclists but the entire city council is made up of bikos. I think his…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *OK, OK, I get it. So I write that Dez Bryant almost assuredly wouldn’t be signed by Day 1 of Dallas Cowboys’ training camp. “Barring an 11th-hour agreement … ” I…
