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Dr. Ian Smith Celebrates 1 million pound mark of 50 Million Pound Challenge

Dr. Ian Smith Celebrates 1 million pound mark of 50 Million Pound Challenge

The following is a press release for Dr. Ian Smith's 50 million pound challenge.  I have been a fan of Dr. Ian since his days as a contributor to Men's Health magazine.  I continue to admire his work on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club.  New York City, Nov. 7, 2007 –...

On the Trinity Vote

On the Trinity Vote

Not much for me to say here, but I would advise reading the Final Analysis of the Trinity Vote at Dallas Progress. The victory goes in the win column of Tom Leppert which makes him 3 for 3 in my book (election, runoff, Trinity).  Too bad the strong mayor initiative...

Michael Baisden questions credibility of ColorofChange.org; group responds to accusations

Michael Baisden questions credibility of ColorofChange.org; group responds to accusations

On Monday of this week, Marcus Jones -father of Jena 6 defendant Mychal Bell- made strong statements about a group that has helped raise funds for the accused teens.  Jones claimed that $10,000 was unaccounted for by the group ColorofChange.org who was working with the families of the Jena 6...

House of Representatives vote on water bill marks first override of a President Bush veto

House of Representatives vote on water bill marks first override of a President Bush veto

This may not seem like a big deal, but it is.  It means that Bush can't do whatever/whenever anymore.  Congratulations go to Congresswoman Johnson who lead the override effort. Washington, DC (Tuesday, November 6, 2007) – By a vote of 361 to 54, the House of Representatives today acted to...

Homeland Security employee on leave; racially offensive Halloween costume leave some upset

Homeland Security employee on leave; racially offensive Halloween costume leave some upset

An employee from the Department of Homeland Security was encouraged to take leave after an incident involving a Halloween costume last week.  The incident has made its way to the top of the department, as Secretary Michael Chertoff is involved in the matter. According to CNN.com, "The employee wore a...

KERA/Dallas Blog take issue with Trinity Parkway’s impact on Pegasus Project

KERA/Dallas Blog take issue with Trinity Parkway’s impact on Pegasus Project

Unfortunately I don’t have the opportunity to link to this story from the dallasblog.com right now, but I’ve gotten a number of e-mails regarding my “Vote No” post last week. Here’s the post and I’ll clean it up and give the proper credit later. From DallasBlog.com Texas Transportation Chairman Ric...

Erykah Badu where are you?  One Dallas fan’s personal Top 5

Erykah Badu where are you? One Dallas fan’s personal Top 5

It's rare that an artist comes along and totally change the music scene the way Erykah Badu did in the late 90's. Though Mary J. Blige remains my favorite female artist, her contributions to the Black Music experiece are not the same those made by South Dallas' own E. Badu....

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON INVITES 30TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING  ON RECENT ACTIONS IN CONGRESS

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON INVITES 30TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING ON RECENT ACTIONS IN CONGRESS

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...

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Sunday’s DMN on the relevance of Al Sharpton

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Sunday’s DMN on the relevance of Al Sharpton

                   Speaking of Points, Mr. Ta-Nehisi Coates writes a scathing piece titled Why Al Sharpton has become irrelevant that appeared in Sunday's Dallas Morning News.  Coates takes issue with the view that Mr. Sharpton represents the opinions of Black America, questioning his credibility and his record in the process.   Here...

Mike Davis Inteviewed in Sunday’s ‘Points’ Section of Dallas Morning News

Mike Davis Inteviewed in Sunday’s ‘Points’ Section of Dallas Morning News

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...