I had a chance to interview Carter High School Head Football Coach Allen Wilson this week. Coach Wilson is in his 5th season at Carter, where his team is 2-0 for the 2006 football season. Prior to becoming football coach/athletic director at Carter, Coach Wilson spent 11 successful seasons at...
I moved to Dallas-Ft.Worth 9 years ago. It made sense for a guy from Paris, Texas who had just graduated from Texas A&M University to make a move to Big 'D'. I quickly settled into apartment living in Irving, which was a great place for a new start in life. So many young...
Former Texas Governor Ann Richards has died at the age of 73 following a legthy battle with cancer. She brought so much energy and flare to Texas politics, all the way up to her last days. She was a Texas original, and will be missed.
A while back, I blogged about the Shifting Black Political Scene in Dallas. And as I mentioned then, Ft. Worth has already seen young leaders step to the forefront in the area Civic Service. The Dallas Weekly highlights some of the new faces of Ft. Worth Politics in this week's edition. Take...
Dallas South Blog has been dogged by technical difficulties over the last couple of weeks, but we are back up and running. Be on the lookout for more great info in the days to come. Thanks for your patience. Shawn
Rufus Shaw posted a blog titled The Bond Election: An Afterthought? at Dallasblog.com on Monday. He questions whether the Black electorate will turn out at the polls to support the $1.3 Billion Capital Bond Program that will be on the ballot in November. The program will invest over $365M to streets and...
A year after Hurricane Katrina, I can see why they choose to give names to these powerful storms that batter the coastlines of America, and sweep through the islands of the Caribbean. Katrina now seems like someone that I know, or at least know of. She has been personified in...
As I watched Tiger Woods wrap up another major golf title, I noticed a news crawl at the bottom of the CBS broadcast. I couldn't imagine it being a whether alert, unless it had said, "It's still hot as hell!" But as I read, it was the disturbing news that...
In the 80's, the crane was often referred to as the state bird of Texas. I did pass Texas History in the 7th grade, and any native Texan would know that the State Bird of Texas is the mockingbird. However, the tongue in cheek mention of the crane refers to...
Enough Already! The media storm has not stopped since it was announced that Terrell Owens, the man who stood on the star, would be wearing the star for the 2006 NFL season. But the latest turn in the 'T.O.' saga has gone from the ridiculous to the sublime. First was...
