Trinity River Referendum
In 1846, crossing the Trinity River on horseback cost a dime. Sheep and hogs, another three cents each. These were Dallas County’s adopted ferry rates in the mid-1800’s. Doesn’t qu[...]
07 Nov 2012
I’m trying to make sense out of a city report, presented to a city council committee yesterday, that driving less will cut greenhouse gas emissions and make this a better place to [...]
12 Jun 2012
As further proof that nothing really new ever happens in life or politics, check out this vintage cartoon the DMN’s Robert Wilonsky stumbled across in the DMN archives. It sh[...]
08 May 2012
I miss writing about the Trinity tollroad. Since Mayor Park Cities’ departure, it has hardly come up. But, bless his heart, Mayor Rawlings has decided to feed my jones. Today[...]
02 May 2012
Robert Wilsonsky with the Observer and Rudy Bush with the DMN have been talking about this latest Dallas Citizen’s Council video, touting all of the great things happening he[...]
08 Dec 2011
This is not a complaint about the soon-to-be world famous Calatrava bridge going up just west of Downtown. It’s merely an observation: I’m not sure if the bridge really[...]
09 Jun 2011
It’s a rare admission of error on the DMN‘s part: “This newspaper — and likely plenty of voters — took leaders at their word when they proclaimed that the highway[...]
09 Jun 2011
Yes, I almost fell down at Kroger when I saw the headline yesterday morning. Dallas’ Only Daily Newspaper, which has been shilling for the toll road for so long and doing it [...]
06 Jun 2011
Jeff has a separate post about the Trinity, and he’s kind of back-handed about this. But I say we need to give the Dallas Morning News a little credit here: They seemed to ha[...]
06 Jun 2011
One of the first rules of this business is professionalism. Whatever you do, don’t fall down laughing when someone you’re interviewing answers your question, no matter [...]
23 May 2011
It’s not exactly the shot heard round the world, but neighborhood resident Allen Gwinn is in the news again, this time as he attempts to put together a city ballot referendum[...]
30 Nov 2010
The hotel we’re building Downtown sounds like a pretty first-class joint, according to a sneak preview afforded the DMN by the accommodating folks at Omni, who we’re pa[...]
14 Sep 2010
