Michael Davis
Joined Oct. 20, 2006
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1 week, 2 days agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas Police cracking down on Car Wash on MLK for "open air drug sales"
it means out in the open vs inside of a house/building/etc i.e. the way they've been doing at this car wash for years while the owner claims he knows nothing.
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3 weeks, 2 days agoMichael Davis's comment on:
LatinaLista on prostitution diversion initiatives
This is a great piece. A lot of prostitutes do want to get out of that life but feel like they have no options. This program shows that there is hope for those that want to make a change.
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1 month, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Eats has list of places in Dallas to get your burgers ground fresh
Rudolph's!
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1 month, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Is mass transit sinking in Collin County?
that ploy of "keeping out riff raff" by blocking rail has always failed, no matter what the city.
Example: Lake Highlands didn't want a rail stop when DART was first built. Now, we're retrofitting the Lake Highlands Town Center area with...a DART station.
The train stations inside of Plano are always packed. People from Allen, Mckinney, and Plano flood the DART Parker Road station to the point where people are parking illegally just to make the train.
Collin County is putting itself at a disadvantage by ignoring mass transit, especially as other suburban counties embrace the concept.
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1 month, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Deep Ellum looks to return to former glory
There are a ton of good ideas on this board. There's a lot of passion about Deep Ellum, what is lacking is the $$$. But there's creative things around that.
While music and arts is at the core of the history of Deep Ellum.
The one challenge is that Deep Ellum is never going to be heavily populated with the current setup of the buildings. Still, here's a few things that I think the city should do:
Get with the owners of the Knights of Pythias bldg and do something with it. Having it become a possible future victim of demolition by neglect is borderline criminal.
http://www.dallascityhall.com/histori...
Renovate and turn into office space? Who knows, but do something.
Sponsor a community garden on a piece of open space.
The people from the future UNT Law School will want excuses to hangout near downtown after class. The food aspect is there, so fill in the rest.
Get someone to build a basketball court or two. I envision something like the courts in NYC like "The Cage" in GreenwichVillage at 4th Street or Rucker Park. Get Nike to pay for it or Mark Cuban or someone like that. Have Frank Campagna (sp?) and the crew paint a massive mural on one wall.
100,000 people a year go to see games at the Cage each year. They have to eat somewhere; the neighborhood needs other things around it to make it more cohesive.
Then down the line somebody builds a 3 story building on the outskirts with a Lucky Strike bowling spot or a place like that. Bowling. Basketball. Grocery. A branch of the Art Institute. A cigar shop. A place that sells one of a kind sneakers like the place that was in Bishop Arts.
Do whatever it takes to bring people out during the day.
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1 month, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Deep Ellum looks to return to former glory
I took a lot of abuse during the Deep Ellum rezoning. The trash clubs like Uropa (sp?) had to go. Some things I voted for at City Plan didn't make it.
The area still has the same real estate. I've been in some of the spaces and yes they're old but some of them are just in need elbow grease. You can see several shops being improved for businesses in spite of the economy.
I do try to support. I've been to Trees and Tuckers Blues. Twisted Root can get my money if the line isn't out the door. Rudolph's is a great butcher shop. There's a great barbershop that opened in the 2900 block of Elm after being on Murray for a while. Pepe & Mitos is packed at lunch.
I would like to see someone open up a laundromat/drycleaners or a little bodega that cooked breakfast sandwiches and had groceries. Also, I hope that the DART green line will run later into the night at some point.
Deep Ellum will continue to come back. It will just take time.
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1 month, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
A production crew will film later today (Sept. 30) on Main St. in downtown Dallas
where on Main Street?
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1 month, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Landmark strip on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas razed for new bank
I know things get demolished, as that's part of business. The owner of this strip probably got a great $$$ figure for selling to Chase. In this economy, who can blame him.
The Sigel's is different. THAT was a landmark, and I still hold a slight grudge for Sigel's taking that sign to an Addison store.
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1 month, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas renters pay just as much in taxes as homeowners
Glad to see this one got some comments. I couldn't believe people thought this way either.
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1 month, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Williams Chicken in far east Dallas is only Williams Chicken to offer pizza
Teresa and her cast-iron stomach is always on the job, unearthing Dallas food entrepreneurship at its finest. You and Nancy are my favorite food critics/experts.
Classic TG line: "The floor may not have been freshly scrubbed, but the ventilation was effective."
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1 month, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Company under fire after towing parade-goers’ cars in Dallas
I bet Scott's right.
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1 month, 4 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas City Council denies HIV/AIDS funding, opens door to higher infection rate
John: to be fair, the dog park is funded through the bond package and not the annual city budget
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2 months, 2 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas ISD trustee Ron Price calling it quits
(tear)
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2 months, 2 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Nightclub and restaurant to open in downtown Dallas Crowne Plaza Hotel in September
The more the merrier, and it's in the right place (downtown). That part of DTD is kind of dead - maybe this will bring more people to that area.
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2 months, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Smoke
Sounds cool. so all of the old faves at the Cliff Cafe are history?
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3 months agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Owners of Simon David in Dallas want to demolish and expand grocery store
Jesus - FYI we voted on this today and all the new pics said "Tom Thumb" not "Simon David" and the owners said the name would change.
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3 months agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Wanted: For the crime of Tweeting
I like how you sent it to twitter's corporate office as well.
Did Vicki Truitt the blogger hater send them after you?(I kiiiiid)
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3 months, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Friday's reopening of Trees, nightclub in Dallas' Deep Ellum district, draws sell-out crowd
I went to the grand opening on Thursday and the place looks really good. Pretty healthy turnout and fun times.
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3 months, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Former Ramada Inn Plaza Hotel in Dallas offering free rooms
SunnyMaya, please send some pics of what you've done with your new place.
How's the situation re: "water, trash, etc?"
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3 months, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas frozen yogurt meltdown: Yogen Fruz at Preston-Forest
OUCH! TG keeping it real.
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3 months, 1 week agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Parking boot ordinance may be coming soon for Dallas
Pavel from what I've heard the towing companies will buy the machines since they make the $$$ for towing.
They have machines in West End just put the receipt on the dash and you're cool.
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3 months, 2 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Cowboys Stadium luxury suites selling
$90$60 pizzasleave it to PegNews people to put out the right info. The beer is in line with some bars but for $60 pizza I want my flown in from Naples or a gent flipping dough in the back of the suite.
Question: do people in suites smuggle in food to stadiums like common folk?
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3 months, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas city officials pondering chicken sales
did anyone find out who actually complained? I haven't heard one voice of opposition other than the former councilperson having an issue with it.
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3 months, 3 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas city officials pondering chicken sales
Thanks for the link to this article. I think that NHG is actually in Ms. Linda Koop's council district.
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4 months, 2 weeks agoMichael Davis's comment on:
Dallas' Fair Park needs new vision, new opportunity
I know of a group that is working on this exact issue. Things are in the works just can't discuss right now.
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I'm lost in this new layout. :_( Someone hold me.
no problem, we're not goin' anywhere :-)