Dallas, Texas (Thursday, November 1, 2007) – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that she would be holding a telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, November 6th at 7:15 pm local Dallas time. Congresswoman Johnson will be listening and commenting on her constituent's questions regarding her and the Congress's work...
My man Mike Davis from Dallas Progress was interviewed as part of the Dallas Morning News' Point of Contact section in Sunday's paper. The interview was far too short, but Mike was able the get his 'point' across in the limited space. Here are a couple of questions from the...
WASHINGTON—Today Rep. James L. Oberstar (Minn.), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Tex.), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, blasted President Bush for vetoing H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. This bipartisan legislation, which was approved...
I have tell you, I had written an entire post titled "I'm voting Yes," with all these reasons why. Many of them were in line with facts detailed by Renee at Blue Island. The Vote "No" people have not been straight with the citizens of Dallas in their reasoning. ...
DALLAS, TX— The Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2007's eleven newest inductees are an elite class of history making athletes and coaches: Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson; former Dallas Cowboy and Super Bowler Harvey Martin (posthumously); former Dallas Cowboy, Super Bowl co-MVP, and Dallas South Oak Cliff H.S. standout ...
In a post on the Dallas Morning News Editorial Blog, Sharon Grigsby states that the DMN writing team has struggled to find an alternative to the term "Southern Sector." "Our writing team has the same negative reaction to the term," Gribsby says in the post, "but we've been hard-pressed to...
Since I moved to Dallas in 1997, I have heard city and community leaders refer to the area south of the Trinity River as The Southern Sector. Back then, it seemed like a good way to discuss what was happening in what most agreed to be a forgotten area of...
Last night Mike Davis at Dallas Progress broke the news that Lynn Flint Shaw has been named as the new Chair of the DART Board of Directors. Mrs. Flint Shaw was appointed in 2003 by the Dallas City Council to represent Dallas on the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Board...
In the latest Arbitron ratings, K104/KKDA-FM appeared in a familiar place, #1. The move to the top comes after the station had fallen to fifth in the spring book. Kid Kraddick and KISS-FM dropped from 1st to 3rd. Skip Cheatham, who serves as the station's program director, basically hired himself...
I was tipped off today on a song that the Vote No! Save the Trinity folks are hoping to use to defeat the Trinity Parkway Referendum. It's a rap produced by local talent urging citizens to get out and defeat the proposition. The ad is scheduled to run on local...
