Just came back from the “streetcar workshop” in the basement of City Hall. A bunch of trolley experts from around the country talked to a small crowd of downtown policy wonks, wonkettes and wonkerinas about building a trolley system in downtown. And guess what? It looks like the best idea…
The Top 5 things I command, okay request, you to do over the Memorial Day Weekend. Yes, there will be a pop quiz Tuesday morning. 1. Fly this. 2. Drink this. 3. Eat these. 4. Try to tell this guy from this guy. No wonder the Cowboys landed Super Bowl…
class=”blogImageCaption”>Longest road trip in Mustangs’ history? If ZZ Top can appear on American Idol, I guess anything’s possible. Even SMU’s basketball team embarking on an African Tour. The squad, led by head coach Matt Doherty, leaves Sunday for a 12-day trip to Senegal and South Africa. Why? Good will. Recruiting…
Let’s see, that’s $15, another $15, another $15 … oh, screw it. In the dumbest move since your Texas Rangers decided to fix their first base problems with a guy who has never played the position, American Airlines is announcing it will skip the nickel-and-diming of customers and go right…
Dear Mexican: Why did the Mexican comedian Cantinflas never catch on in Hollywood? I thought he was supposed to usher in the Mexican wave of actors and movies that would help transform Hollywood. Instead, that movement ended up flat as a tortilla. —El Curioso Dear Curious Gabacho: Do people even…
Johns Hopkins University Well, thank goodness for Morgan Lyons, that’s all I can say. A little birdie called to alert me to a very important meeting taking place Friday at City Hall to discuss building a trolley line through downtown and also to talk about the second downtown light-rail alignment…
The NCAA might wipe off the SMU dust and fire up ol’ Sparky one more time. Since the NCAA sentenced SMU’s football program to the death penalty 22 years ago, the organization has admitted its error by pardoning more than 30 schools that committed similarly egregious violations. Thanks to Division…
Yet another conceptual drawing of a far-off project pushed further back on the calendar. Last night at 10, WFAA-Channel 8 ran a good story on the growing delays in the Trinity River toll road timeline. According to Mayor Tom Leppert’s own metric for the cost of delays, the toll road…
Don’t worry, even if Tony dumps Jessica I’ll still find some excuse to run her pics. Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson are officially broken up. Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson are officially still together. But really, as long as he limits his jumping on stage with Metal Skool and curtails…
Vonciel Jones Hill If it weren’t for two members of the city council yesterday, I don’t think the public would ever have known what just happened on that convention hotel deal. It wasn’t the price of the land. It wasn’t the location of the hotel. Those were red herrings. The…
Wow. This is starting to feel like a real city. Now we’ve got real estate mogul Harlan Crow hurling brickbats at media mogul Robert Decherd’s plan for a city-owned downtown convention hotel. We’ve got the rich people behind the Dallas Summer Musicals throwing rocks at the rich people behind the…
Dear readers: My recent column regarding the dissimilarities between Scots and Mexicans provoked a surprising amount of angry responses—by real Scotsmen furious that letter writer Great Scot could be so pendejo. Here’s the best reader carta: Having just read Great Scot’s question and your response, I can’t help but think…
A better, smoother day of transportation. And lower gas prices. Let’s pretend for a moment that I like NASCAR. I did, since I know you forgot, once write about it. So there. There’s the flimsy sports connection to this rant. It involves the ridiculous 14-mile stretch of HOV lane on…
Erle Nye, former chairman of the board at TXU The dynamic this morning at city council, as they debate that city-owned convention center hotel, kind of tells the whole story about how things work in Dallas. Speaking in favor of the hotel was an all-star line-up of business and political…
Dorit Rabinovitch Living in Detroit, and having black friends who cared enough to speak candidly to me, I learned a long time ago that all white people of a certain age are racist. That includes me. It includes Steve Blow. Growing up white in a racist society distorts your perception…
Look at this way: I’m not trying to get you to vote against the school bond in the May 10 election. And even if I were, so what? I’m against everything, right? I’d hate to be on a jury deciding my own fate. But I do have issues. Like that…
Dear Readers: The paperback version of my book is out in stores now, cheap enough so that even a Guatemalan can afford it. Buy, por favor! Now, on to the preguntas… Dear Mexican: Whenever I see the television show COPS, the white folks pull over and hope no one searches…
Edward Okpa Mayor Tom Leppert and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway — whom I have always wanted to describe as the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of Dallas City Hall, but I can’t figure out which one’s Butch — have nominated Nigerian-born businessman and former mayoral contender Edward Okpa…
Why was Big Brown so happy after winning the Kentucky Derby?…
Today’s agenda at City Hall is a great example of the low regard they have down there for the wretched taxpayers of the world. Drum roll, please: Big and bright, up front and public at 9:30 this a.m. for your entertainment and enlightenment, ladies, gentlemen and hard-working farmhands — a…
This picture isn’t me, my office or my pointy lamp. Nonethless, I’ll try to blog on weekends. Try. Stay tuned. — Richie Whitt…
I’m getting a big stall this morning from Dallas Independent School District HQ on a question I put to them regarding the Deloitte Touche external audit, which is months late and in no hurry to poke out a hole and see its shadow. That usually means DISD bigwigs are preparing…
