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Does knocking down trees and filling creeks equal pro-enviroment?

Does knocking down trees and filling creeks equal pro-enviroment?

Dallas Progress has information regarding the destruction of Timber Creek, a plan for which Ed Oakley cast an affirmative vote.  According to Mike Davis, developers will remove 1,000 trees and fill a creek with sand while displacing 2,000 apartment residents. See Dallas Progress' full story here.  Friend of the environment...

Skip Murphy and Co. discuss firings of Nanette Lee and Wig during “Real Talk”

Skip Murphy and Co. discuss firings of Nanette Lee and Wig during “Real Talk”

I had my radio locked on 104.5 this morning because I knew that Skip and the crew were scheduled to speak to their audience about the station's decision to fire Nanette Lee and Wig.  Murphy called the segment Real Talk, and in teasers leading up to the discussion he promised...

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON TO HOLD LIVE TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON TO HOLD LIVE TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that she would be holding a telephone town hall meeting on immigration reform on Tuesday, June 26th at 7:00 p.m local Dallas time. Congresswoman Johnson will be listening and commenting on her constituents questions regarding the current immigration reform bills pending in the U.S....

John Mayberry, Jr. debuts in Frisco RoughRiders comeback win

John Mayberry, Jr. debuts in Frisco RoughRiders comeback win

Day baseball always sounds like a good idea -and it is- as long as you don't live in Texas.  I've had today's game circled for a long time, but as the temperature has risen over the last week or so I thought about bowing out gracefully.  Yet and still my...

William Henderson Hosts 4th Father/Son Golf Tourney at Riverside

William Henderson Hosts 4th Father/Son Golf Tourney at Riverside

BY WILLIAM HENDERSON The Father/Son Golf Outing was first initiated on Father’s Day Weekend in June 2003.  The concept of the “Outing” was to promote companionship, camaraderie, networking and an all around good time amongst family and friends. The other purpose of the golf outing was to celebrate and show...

Top 3 Dallas South Posts from Year One

Top 3 Dallas South Posts from Year One

Here are my three favorite posts from year one of Dallas South Blog #3 – Nanette Lee leaving K104   It was amazing that my tuner happened to be on K104 as Skip Murphy was announcing last January that Nanette Lee would no longer be on the Morning Show.  I...

Howard Witt flips the script – possible black on white hate crime in Knoxville, TN

Howard Witt flips the script – possible black on white hate crime in Knoxville, TN

Howard Witt, who brought national attention to possible black racial bias in Paris, TX and Jena, Louisiana, has a different type of story that will run in Sunday's Chicago Tribune (or is it different?). See Witt's Sunday article here .  Witt reports on the murder of Channon Christian and Christopher...

My favorites continued – Numbers 6, 5, and 4

My favorites continued – Numbers 6, 5, and 4

Three more of my favorites including 2 breaking news stories and my most popular subject. #6 –  Black Images Book Store is Shutting Down Dallas South Blog was the first entity to report that Mrs. Emma Rodgers was shutting down Black Images, leaving a void in Wynnewood Village and the...

Dallas South Celebrates Anniversary at Brooklyn Jazz Cafe

Dallas South Celebrates Anniversary at Brooklyn Jazz Cafe

On Thursday night. the the friends, family, and readers of Dallas South got together with the folks of Real Men Cook Dallas and had a wonderful celebration.  Mrs. Lorna Tate was an outstanding host as we partied at Brooklyn to great tunes and the NBA Finals.   Thanks to all...

Favorite Posts – # 8 and #7

Favorite Posts – # 8 and #7

Two more of my favorite posts from the past year. #8  No guns, No Glory This was a post I did after a series of gun violence episodes back in July of last year.  I re-posted this after the Va Tech shootings. #7  15 Year-Old shot and killed by DART...