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...
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. ...
AfroSpear bloggers are encouraging Blacks to give "the gift of technology" to their children, parents and others, to empower them to communicate in the Internet Age, with recommended gifts of computers, digicams, broadband and open source software. This Christmas, the same AfroSpear Black bloggers who organized the March on Jena...
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...
Through the hard work and dedication of a people who wanted more for their community, a neighborhood staple was born. The Westmoreland Heights Neighborhood Association, their President Pat Stephens, former city councilman Ed Oakley and many others have created a place in West Dallas where residents are able to come...
DALLAS, TX (Oct. 4, 2007) – The Allen Group has started construction on the first two industrial buildings at the Dallas Logistics Hub ("The Hub"), a 6,000 acre multi-modal logistics park. These buildings will provide over 827,000 square feet of new industrial space for lease in the emerging Southeast Dallas...
Today opponents of the Bush Library and Institute vowed to continue their fight within the 11 million member United Methodist Church to deny approval to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to host the Bush complex. The South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church will meet in Dallas from July...
State Senator Royce West and Dallas County Commissioner Wiley Price are teaming up to host a Town Hall Discussion focusing on issues specific to the South Side. The meeting is called What's on The Agenda? and billed as "A...
Dallas City Councilwoman Angela Hunt scored a major political victory when she and TrinityVote secured over 80,000 signatures to force a referendum to alter the tollroad portion of the Trinity River project. Dallas City Secretary Deborah Watkins certified the signatures, and a November vote will allow Dallas voters decide the...
On Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins had not seen potentially fraudulent petition signatures relating to the Trinity River petition. Mr. Watkins has apparently since received some information regarding the signatures. "I can confirm that a packet from the City Secretary, Deborah Watkins,...
