Posted on June 3, 2009 at 8:31 p.m.

Man, is this the kind of stuff I have to get Hansel to do on video in order to get more of you to watch his Web show? :-[

On UPDATED x2: Greenville Avenue crusader Avi Adelman cited for misdemeanor assault

Posted on May 17, 2009 at 9:58 p.m.

I thought it was pretty pricey for what I felt was an "okay" exhibit. (I think $25 for an adult ticket would have been the most fair price.)

I wonder what the ticket prices were in the other cities where the show was held. Perhaps a lower ticket price was a factor in hitting 1 million visitors in those cities.

On King Tut exhibit at Dallas Museum of Art didn't come close to drawing the 1 million it forecast

Posted on May 1, 2009 at 6:13 p.m.

Please don't try to frame this as a right vs. left (or GOP vs. Democratic) issue. I know lots of people who are ardent liberals who are against this hotel; they feel the city should be spending its (the taxpayers') money on fixing the streets, schools, parks and paying police and fire services more.

If anything, it could be argued that the city spending money to build a hotel with taxpayer money is "socialism for the rich."

This issue is really all about the good ol' boy network that still runs Dallas.

On Trey Garrison: Why I oppose the people's hotel

Posted on April 21, 2009 at 9:07 p.m.

What if you combined a strip (umm, I mean "gentlemen's") club with the collective office-space concept of Cohabitat?

That'd be really convenient when it comes to entertaining VCs visiting from out of town.

On Dallas strip club to hold job fair

Posted on April 17, 2009 at 3:36 p.m.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwes...

On Southwest Center Mall Urban Land Institute Use Study announced to nervous tenants

Posted on April 17, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

In case any Dallasite readers here aren't aware, SWC Mall was formerly known as Red Bird Mall. It's becoming afflicted with dead mall syndrome, hence the concern over its future in this economic environment (that has been challenging for all malls, as news this week about the bankruptcy of the second largest mall properties owner attests).

On Southwest Center Mall Urban Land Institute Use Study announced to nervous tenants

Posted on April 11, 2009 at 2:16 a.m.

The flagship store/company office building in downtown is interesting to visit -- though it feels like wandering through a mausoleum.

On Dallas-based Neiman Marcus has another round of layoffs

Posted on April 10, 2009 at 4 a.m.

Remember, folks, in Dallas, a vote for "no" means "yes" and vice versa. If you're for the hotel, vote "no". If you're against it, vote "yes". And when she says "no," she means "yes". Got it? Good.

On The first ads from Vote No!, aka Build the Hotel

Posted on March 24, 2009 at 11:24 p.m.

"...why is it that every time Dallas has a referendum, 'No' means 'Yes' to the project planned and vice-versa?"

Are you seriously asking or just being funny, Mike?

It's to trick/confuse Dallas voters into voting for said project (which is what happened with the toll road vote). It's a sleazy tactic -- there's a name for it, which escapes my memory right now -- and it works.

The cynic in me says this hotel vote will pass, because of this tactic.

On I'm a "no" on the "No" campaign's marketing, which means "yes" to the hotel on which I'm a "no" even though I'm a "no" on Prop 1

Posted on March 23, 2009 at 9:44 p.m.

Now all that's missing from that picture is a giant eagle head looming over the cityscape -- with a tear flowing from its eye.

On I'm a "no" on the "No" campaign's marketing, which means "yes" to the hotel on which I'm a "no" even though I'm a "no" on Prop 1