Category: Dallas

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON TO HOST CONSUMER SURVIVAL WORKSHOP

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON TO HOST CONSUMER SURVIVAL WORKSHOP

Washington DC – (Thursday, January 31, 2008) –  Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Senior Member of the Texas Congressional Delegation, will host a financial survival day workshop on February 9, 2008 in Dallas. North Texas area homeowners, students, parents, and all interested in learning more about important educational tips for the most common financial...

PAUL QUINN COLLEGE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF EXTENSIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM

PAUL QUINN COLLEGE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF EXTENSIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM

This February, Paul Quinn College will launch a Continuing Education program in an effort to expand its offerings and increase community involvement. Youth programs will focus on academic enhancement, fun and leisure, while adult classes offer personal, cultural and professional enrichment. Topics for the non-credit courses range from Computer Literacy...

Kirby Warnock questions services available in Southern Dallas

Kirby Warnock questions services available in Southern Dallas

Last week Kirby Warnock continued to make the case for improved services in Southern Dallas via a thoughtful Dallas Morning News.  Here are some highlights from Mr. Warnock's column: What has become painfully obvious to me is that there are two Dallases, and I'm not talking about the racial divide....

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON’S STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC STIMULUS DEAL

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON’S STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC STIMULUS DEAL

  Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson issued the following statement today in response to the economic stimulus package announced yesterday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and House Republican Leader John Boehner:  “The most effective thing Congress can do is to create jobs and give the...

Dallas Morning News column – Convention hotel should shift south

Dallas Morning News column – Convention hotel should shift south

This is a column that I wrote which appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Thursday.  Dallas South readers saw most of this last week.  There are however a couple of points that I didn't make in last week's post. Plans for a Dallas Convention Center hotel are moving forward,...

State Senator Royce West to open 2nd District Office

State Senator Royce West to open 2nd District Office

On Thursday January 31, State Senator Royce West will host the Grand Opening of his 2nd District Office.  The Deep Ellum office is located at 2612 Main Street in Dallas. The public is invited to come out an meet Sen. West and his staff, share in food and fun, as...

Forbes ranks Atlanta as nation’s most wired city, Dallas remains 19th

Forbes ranks Atlanta as nation’s most wired city, Dallas remains 19th

      Thanks to Yobachi at BlackPerspective.net for the heads up on a recent article in Forbes magazine.  For the second year in a row the magazine has named Atlanta the most wired city in the U.S. Forbes used three factors to determine its rankings: Broadband Adoption: The percentage of...

Shawn Williams and Dallas South in this week’s North Dallas Gazette

Shawn Williams and Dallas South in this week’s North Dallas Gazette

Thanks to the North Dallas Gazette for selecting me as one of their three People in the News this week.  I was surprised when they told me I would be in the paper, but to see that I was featured with Elder Cathy Moffitt was extremely humbling. Click here to...

Rod Dreher Dallas Morning News column latest of many efforts to de-Christianize Obama

Rod Dreher Dallas Morning News column latest of many efforts to de-Christianize Obama

The Dallas Morning News began Rod Dreher's column tagged with the following question: Do Christian conservatives tempted by (Obama) know what they're supporting? Mr. Dreher's column is exactly what one would expect from America's so-called conservatives.   Please read Rod Dreher's article by clicking here so that you may get...

Wheatland Town Crossing tenant list

Wheatland Town Crossing tenant list

I finally have an accurate tenant list for Wheatland Town Crossing that's going up just north of I-20 in Southern Dallas.  Here are the current tenants scheduled to open in the shopping center.                               In addition to these businesses, there...