Posted on July 23, 2008 at 12:57 p.m.

I remember the story of the engagement ring. That's cool that the owner will be getting it back. So rare to actually retrieve things stolen from you.

On Hurst man arrested in Uptown Dallas burglaries

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 4:42 p.m.

"I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out this "vacant" classroom used to be a science room or something and the pots were just left over from experiments."

hahah yeah 240 pots with sprouts are from classroom experiements. right.

They probably have to be tested so that they will hold up in a court of law.

lawyer> they're pot plants judge

judge> prove it

lawyer> cops said they were

judge> FAIL

btw, what's with not being able to put in a
?

On Possible pot farm found at Dallas' Wilmer-Hutchins High School

Posted on July 9, 2008 at 4:51 p.m.

I'm moving to Oak Cliff in a couple of weeks.

:fingers crossed: for a second Murray Street Coffee location.

On Nodding Dog coffeehouse in Dallas' Bishop Arts district appears to have shut down

Posted on June 30, 2008 at 9:52 a.m.

The questions were "pre-approved" to keep the meeting from degenerating into a bitch fest which, judging from some of the comments here and on unfair park, is what it would have turned into if questions where not carefully moderated.

The whole Beck deal is a good example. Sean Fitzgerald who put together the agenda and Tanner who moderated didn't even know about it. Even if they did it probably wouldn't have made it to the agenda. I worked on the planning with Sean, Gianna, Tanner and the others. The point of the meeting wasn't "oh noess Beck bought something !!1!eleven" it was to clue people in on what is going on and to get all the different groups within hand shaking distance.

The neighborhood's biggest liability has moved from crime to paranoid, delusional, and bi-polar personalities. I don't have a clue how to fix that... maybe we can spike all the bud light kegs with prozac or something.

There are some real bright spots. Liles, Volunteer, and others work their asses off behind the scene to try and make a difference. But for every one Volunteer there's 5 clays. I was president of D.E.E.P. for 2 years and am now on the Deep Ellum Association board and I have to tell you it's a constant struggle with burn out because you hit a brick wall with any idea not rooted in 1995.

Luckily, the mayor and others are starting to take the neighborhood more seriously. It all started with the SUP hearings when hundreds of us spent days in City Hall voicing our concerns. We didn't win every battle but City Hall was impressed. A few councilmen/women even came down to Expo Park and Deep Ellum to see what we were all fighting for. That wake up has been the biggest win for the neighborhood in a while.

Ironically, some people see even that as a bad thing. Now people are stuck on the Beck deal. What do you want? 5 blocks of For Lease signs? Any single bit of change or going's on is met with downright hysteria. It's not 1995, it's 2008, that's 13 years! No one is going to sacrifice Deep Ellum's personality but god, let the past go and help us move on.

On Mayor Leppert's Deep Ellum Town Hall meeting draws crowd, answers prefab questions

Posted on June 24, 2008 at 11:37 a.m.

best bang for the buck is a used, decently fuel efficient, compact car. Think 2007 or 2006 Honda Civic.

If you price a used Civic and a new Prius you'll see that it will take years and years for the fuel efficiency of the Prius to pay for its higher price.

Also, a used car is better for the environment (emissions aside) since it has already been built for a previous owner. Buying a used car means saving an entire car coming off the assembly line.

On Grand Prairie department replaces staff cars with Toyota Prius hybrids

Posted on June 11, 2008 at 9:20 a.m.

What's the problem with "Caesar Chavez St." ? The poll was taken, it's what the majority of people want, seems to me to be a no brainer.

If The City doesn't want the public to participate then don't have a freaking poll.

On Dallas' Industrial Boulevard "vote" discounts Latinos' wishes

Posted on June 9, 2008 at 1:52 p.m.

I think it would be hard to reconfigure the stations. Mockingbird and City Place would be easiest but any of the above ground stations would be hard. You'd have to build a fence or something around the whole stop.

Instead of a ticket it'd be better to publicly humiliate a person who tried to ride for free by announcing to the entire train that they didn't buy a ticket then make them get off at the next stop. Public humiliation is a good deterrent believe it or not.

FWIW whenever i've been on the train (TRE included) and they were checking tickets everyone had one so the honor system may be working.

On DART should consider turnstiles at train stations

Posted on June 9, 2008 at 12:05 p.m.

It would be just as interesting to know who was defending and why they failed and ruined these innocent people's lives... and how they sleep at night.

On Prosecutors reflect on Dallas County DNA exonerations

Posted on May 20, 2008 at 1:16 p.m.

can we get biz cards with an easy to follow map to give to panhandlers?

On The Bridge, Dallas' new homeless assistance shelter, opens Tuesday

Posted on April 8, 2008 at 12:32 p.m.

The issue with locals (artists/restaurants) is that the booths are really expensive. A lot of the vendors are the same ones every year so I bet there's some sort of preferred rate for existing customers but if you or I just want a booth expect to pay a lot.

On 2008 Deep Ellum Arts Festival drew a healthy crowd