Politics
Brandon and Susan Pollard herd honeybees. “Urban bee-wrangling,” they call it. [...]
19 Jun 2013
In 2001, the Dallas City Council denied Ursuline Academy’s request for a lighted soccer field for its soccer and lacrosse players, but a May 23 vote ended the school’s [...]
23 May 2013
Brilliantly bright dirt; We Yogis’ yoga camps; Erwin Waldman Memorial Golf Tournament and much more[...]
22 May 2013
Gov. Rick Perry surprised Lamplighter third and fourth graders with a surprise visit one week after they visited the Capitol for a field trip. Lamplighter students travel to Austin[...]
14 May 2013
It appears endorsements from Ann Margolin and Mitchell Rasansky weren’t enough to to land Leland Burk the District 13 council seat. Jennifer Staubach Gates won by an overwhel[...]
13 May 2013
• KERA focuses on the loss of women and Hispanic members on the incoming city council, noting Dallas’ growing Hispanic population. The city is half Anglo and about half black and H[...]
13 May 2013
1. No one cares. Even where turnout was heaviest – abut 20 percent in District 13 (Preston Hollow and parts of far north Dallas), where Jennifer Staubach Gates beat Leland Burk – i[...]
12 May 2013
The day of elections for Dallas City Council Districts 13 and 11 is upon us from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. May 11 (tomorrow). Candidates Jennifer Staubach Gates, Leland Burk, Richard P. Sher[...]
10 May 2013
I was a guest on Observer columnist Jim Schutze’s KNON radio show, Get Off My Lawn, last week, and will return at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Jim, ever the gentleman, even let me plug my [...]
09 May 2013
This Monday and Tuesday are the last opportunities to vote early before the municipal and ISD elections next Tuesday, May 11. Here’s a Google map of early voting locations (t[...]
06 May 2013
The continuing debate over whether Ursuline Academy can build a lighted soccer field will come to a vote before City Council May 22 after school administration put it off for a mon[...]
03 May 2013
Lamplighter fourth graders recently recorded a song with Texas musician and songwriter Jimmy LaFave during a trip to Austin. During the “seniors” trip to explore the Ca[...]
03 May 2013
