In June, just before TrinityVote turned in its 80,000-strong petitions to force a referendum on the Trinity River toll road, the intrepid journalists at D magazine wrote that the group wasn’t going to get enough signatures. They were wrong. Then, in last week’s run-up to certifying the signatures, D wrote that the certification was short. They were wrong again.
Isn’t it about time we stopped paying attention to anything in D that doesn’t have to do with plastic surgery?
I do not write this because several people at D, and most notably editor Tim Rogers, think I’m an idiot. I’ve been called much worse names by much more talented people. I do not write this because publisher Wick Allison sits in his Highland Park home and tells those of us who live in Dallas how our tax dollars should be spent. That’s his privilege — free speech applies even to those who disagree with me.
I write this because they have been flat-out, miss-it-by-a-million-miles wrong — and, until now, they won’t own up to their mistakes. That’s because, in their world of fake noses, conspicuous consumption and places to be seen, where flash is more important than substance, they haven’t been wrong. In fact, they’ve never been wrong, because no one ever calls them on it.
This time, though, someone is.
