According to sources close to the negotiations, the owners of the proposed New Fine Arts store in the Red Bird Area have agreed to sale the building. They claimed to have invested $1 million dollars in the property. Work is still going on at the site, but the sign designating...
Local Hip Hop artists' PPT will perform live at Paul Quinn College on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show Friday, March 2. If you don't know Picnic, Pikahsso, and Tahiti, you need to get to know them in a hurry. Take a listen to some of their music on their MySpace Page. They...
I have updated the election page with a new candidate for mayor as well as four new city council candidates. There are also links to all mayoral candidate websites. I included the MySpace pages of those candidates who do not have a website, though some candidates have both. Click here for the...
With the news of the Cotton Bowl game moving to Jerry World in Arlington, critics have again placed the blame at the feet of Laura Miller and the City of Dallas. The mayor and the council are easy targets. I mean it has to be somebody's fault that the new...
Anyone who has followed this blog for a while knows that I have championed the UNT-Dallas campus from the jump (see Education/Salvation or UNT-Dallas opens). But there's already an institution of higher learning that calls Southern Dallas home. Lately there has been a lot written about the future of Paul Quinn College. Between the...
I think most P1's would agree that Donovan Lewis has brought new life to BaD Radio on SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket. Since his addition nearly a year ago, the contributions of Mr. Lewis have been many and varied. From leading Dan McDowell door-to-door for a Cheerio in South Dallas, to his...
For years I've watched major African-American events take place in cities all across the country. The closest many of them have come to Dallas is a layover at DFW. But next week, the city will host an important discussion that will addresss many of the problems facing our community. On Thursday February 22, Tavis Smiley will bring...
I have to say I was shocked when I found out that New Fine Arts would soon be a neighbor of mine. As politicians talk about economic development and bringing businesses to the so-called “Southern Sector,” I didn’t think that a sexually oriented business was what they had in mind....
In Wednesday's DMN, Gromer Jeffers, Jr. lamented the fact that some of the air has been let out of the District 5 council race since Lynn Flint Shaw is no longer running (read story here). I'd have to agree with Mr. Jeffers, I was really looking forward to some good...
The race is truly on for the Dallas City Council and Mayor's elections. Today, my wife and I received a letter in the mail from Dave Neumann announcing his candidacy for the Dallas City Council from District 3. In the letter Mr. Neumann uses leadership as the theme, and focuses on neighborhoods, safety and...
