Posted on November 7, 2007 at 12:12 p.m.

I salute you, fellow comrades of the People's Republic of East Dallas! (tm FB) Hee.

On UPDATED: Dallas County election results

Posted on November 7, 2007 at 11:23 a.m.

The future is NOT based around the gasoline powered internal combustion engine. Global warming, dirty air, and expensive gas make that a certainty. Too bad Dallas doesn't seem to have the foresight to plan for that.

On UPDATED: Dallas County election results

Posted on May 17, 2007 at 11:57 a.m.

Veegee's comment is partly true-- the problem is illegal EMPLOYERS who are breaking the law and taking advantage of these workers. However, most of the time only a fraction of the cost of goods and services is determined by labor, even with LEGAL employees. The vast majority goes to executive salaries and perks.

What we should do is dry up the demand by targeting these employers. Thus, forcing the employers to pay a living wage to their workers. And also work on the border security. If Farmers Branch really wanted to work on enforcement they could establish a committee to supplement ICE's work or figure out some other measure to target these lawbreaking employers. Instead, FB has decided to turn itself into a "Sundown Town." Which will do nothing to solve the problem. And they say it's not racist.

On A message to Farmers Branch: There are higher values than being "law-abiding"

Posted on May 13, 2007 at 10:54 a.m.

May I point out how completely idiotic it is to assume that there is a rental housing shortage in Farmers Branch? Please show me your sources that prove that there is one.

On Farmers Branch Mayor Bob Phelps talks

Posted on May 13, 2007 at 9:04 a.m.

Racism, hm, that's actually a bit too kind of a word for this ordinance. Let's call it what it really is: FASCIST.

Proof of citizenship to rent an apartment? That's WAY too close to "Papers please!" for me. What's next? You have to show proof of citizenship to buy food at the grocery store? How about official Farmers Branch roadblocks on each road into the city where people have to show their passport and state their business for entering the city?

CITIZENS! We must submit to the control of the state for the better good of all!

And I would bet you a nickel that tonight, citizens in Farmers Branch will go out to eat in restaurants that employ illegal immigrants in their kitchens (and pay them terribly) and they will go to sleep in houses which were built by illegal immigrants (for low wages). It's the dirty little secret of this area in general-- cost of living is low because LOTS of businesses employ illegal immigrants. Oh, but FB doesn't seem to MIND that ... just so long as they sleep somewhere else. Outside the city limits.

Fascist Farmers Branch. It even has that nice alliteration thing going.

On Farmers Branch Mayor Bob Phelps talks

Posted on May 9, 2007 at 4 p.m.

All I know is that I'm an election judge in my precinct and if I see anybody at all behaving badly within the distance marker (or even outside the distance marker) I'm gonna open a can of whoopass on them so fast it'll make their head spin. :P

On Are "outsiders" trying to block the Trinity petition drive?

Posted on March 17, 2007 at 8:42 a.m.

Bon voyage, Mr. Nasher. What a good man and a great legacy.

On UPDATED: Dallas arts patron, NorthPark developer and great man Ray Nasher dies at age 85

Posted on March 13, 2007 at 10:15 a.m.

LOL.

If I recall correctly, in order to get on the ballot county-wide you have to get somewhere around 2000-3000 signatures. I personally know of at least one judicial candidate (now a judge) who got all of those sigs mostly by himself, with maybe 2-3 other people helping him.

On UPDATED: Zac Crain's Dallas mayoral campaign may be in jeopardy says it has enough signatures

Posted on March 12, 2007 at 6:17 p.m.

Wait a minute. He's been running for, what, a YEAR, and he had to send out a last minute call to make sure he got a little cushion room for 473 petition signatures?!

Hahahahhahaha. That's completely ridiculous. If you did 50 sigs a month for 12 months you could do that WAY EASY. Hell, on the run up to the 2004 election I registered 500 people to vote ALL BY MYSELF in six months.

On UPDATED: Zac Crain's Dallas mayoral campaign may be in jeopardy says it has enough signatures

Posted on March 12, 2007 at 5:48 p.m.

How many signatures are required to get on the ballot for the mayoral race, anyway?

On UPDATED: Zac Crain's Dallas mayoral campaign may be in jeopardy says it has enough signatures