It’s almost impossible to overemphasize how momentous the upcoming wet-dry petition drive and referendum will be for Dallas, especially for those of us in dry neighborhoods. [...]
28 Feb 2010
For the fourth quarter of 2009, anyway — the first quarterly profit since it became a standalone newspaper company in 2008. For the year, it still lost a ton of money, but mo[...]
25 Feb 2010
These are boom times for cost-conscious wine consumers, and one of the best examples is what has happened to the basic Rodney Strong chardonnay (sample). This is quality, top-notch[...]
24 Feb 2010
That sound coming from City Hall yesterday was a very loud and anguished moan. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the city’s appeal, and the federal government will be al[...]
23 Feb 2010
The city has earmarked about $2.2 million in the 2009-10 budget to repair potholes, or just one percent of the $2 billion total. And people wonder why I get so irritated about the [...]
22 Feb 2010
Remember how much fun we had talking about Oncor after the snow storm? Well, now the city council is going to do it. Councilwoman Angela Hunt found six other council members who si[...]
22 Feb 2010
I’m always on the lookout for cheap French wine, and especially red Bordeaux, that tastes like French wine. Sadly, too much inexpensive French wine has been tarted up for Ame[...]
17 Feb 2010
We’ve had winter this month, even without all the snow last week. The weather service reports that the average high in February has been 44 degrees, some 16 degrees below the[...]
16 Feb 2010
The question is not whether Oncor, which maintains the power lines and handles electricity transmission in the Dallas area, did all it could to restore service during last weekR[...]
15 Feb 2010
Dallas city officials, who were remarkably silent during last week’s storm, have finally been heard from. They have decided not to punish us for putting fallen tree limbs on [...]
15 Feb 2010
I’m typing this with chilled fingers. The power has been out at my house since 10 p.m. last night, and was out for a couple of hours on Thursday afternoon. The temperature in[...]
12 Feb 2010
There is good news in the city’s December sales tax collections — we were only 6.2 percent under budget, the best performance of the fiscal year. Yes, that would be sar[...]
11 Feb 2010
