City Hall
Early plans for the Dallas Arboretum‘s parking garage on Garland Road meet the zoning requirements for the area, but that doesn’t mean neighbors are on board with the p[...]
19 Jun 2013
Here’s a quick look at what the city council will discuss Wednesday regarding the Lake Highlands area. The council will accept a loan guarantee of $13,350,000 for the Lake Hi[...]
17 Jun 2013
The Dallas Arboretum will discuss early schematic designs of a proposed parking garage on the east side of Garland at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Rosine Hall, but only three nearby homeowner[...]
14 Jun 2013
Florida reporters recently discovered that lawmakers shortened the length of yellow lights, ostensibly in an effort to snare limit-pushing drivers who are accustomed to an extra s[...]
13 Jun 2013
The city’s trail network was the headliner at last night’s Dallas Parks Foundation event at the House of Blues. CONFAB: A Dallas Parks Foundation Conversation brought t[...]
12 Jun 2013
Here’s a quick look at what city council members will discuss Wednesday, regarding Lake Highlands. The council will vote on a construction contract to build a new park pavili[...]
10 Jun 2013
In addition to the bag-ban discussion, the city council will hear updates on the trail network during a Monday briefing. “It’s basically about where we are now, and wha[...]
07 Jun 2013
The city council is gearing up for a lively debate Monday morning over a proposal to ban plastic bags. And, not just plastic bags but most one-time use bags. Councilmember Dwaine C[...]
07 Jun 2013
Around this time last year, Advocate editor Keri Mitchell told us about Walk Score, a website that rates how walkable a city is based on how far residents must go to reach grocery [...]
05 Jun 2013
• KERA focuses on the loss of women and Hispanic members on the incoming city council, noting Dallas’ growing Hispanic population. The city is half Anglo and about half black and H[...]
13 May 2013
1. No one cares. Even where turnout was heaviest – abut 20 percent in District 13, where Jennifer Staubach Gates beat Leland Burk – it still wasn’t much. And some of the totals in [...]
12 May 2013
I was a guest on Observer columnist Jim Schutze’s KNON radio show, Get Off My Lawn, last week, and will return at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Jim, ever the gentleman, even let me plug my [...]
09 May 2013
