Posted on September 23, 2008 at 5:41 p.m.

How about the constable who is alleged to have been out of his district on Ross Ave. 'visiting' with business owners about changing the name to Chavez?

On Dallas County deputy constable gets caught lying about work by satellite tracking device

Posted on August 28, 2008 at 1:36 p.m.

Plano had a little soul back when there was one high school and they beat HP at Texas Stadium. Then the white flight continued and it became a monster of slab houses and composition roofs on the prairie with teens in 1,500 member high school classes.

They all ran away from poor people so why is it a surprise the poverty rate is so low? It's also no suprise that they send their poor to Parkland Hospital but refuse to pick up the tab. Why would they? The corporation will probably transfer them soon and it's on to Cary, Rancho Cucamonga, Peachtree City or Naperville. Very few people up there have generations of family invested as is the case in my area - that's how you develop 'soul'.

Meanwhile the cancer of urban sprawl and white flight will continue as "West" Plano's 29,000 apartment units start to be overcrowded with low-income people, causing the current (or temporary) residents to move farther north or back to the gentrifying city.

On Census Bureau report determines that most affluent city in the U.S. is Plano

Posted on August 28, 2008 at 1:20 p.m.

I'll have to taste the chicken fried bacon several times before I know if it sucks.

Congrats to Abel Gonzales, fellow Wildcat, on his innovative food stylings. Fire and Ice sounds perfect for a sunny warm day at the Fair.

On UPDATED: State Fair of Texas announces 2008 list of weird fried foods

Posted on June 20, 2008 at 9:53 a.m.

A historic building like Union Banker's Trust in Ellum? The perfect marriage of music and a place which needs a hotel.

On Hard Rock Cafe coming back to Dallas?

Posted on June 5, 2008 at 3:08 p.m.

I've just been glad I never go to Frisco ;)

On Frisco man has car stolen by a Craigslist respondent

Posted on May 19, 2008 at 1:23 p.m.

Hey don't forget W.T. White, my beloved Woodrow Wilson and Hillcrest - and the other two DISD high schools on the list - all placed above schools in Richardson, Plano, McKinney and Frisco.

So Realtors, stop directing buyers to the sticks.

On DFW-area high schools named tops in nation by Newsweek

Posted on April 29, 2008 at 12:13 p.m.

Net worth is more important than income and hard to document. There's a lot of net worth around there (especially to the east and north), most long-time residents have no mortgages (and their homes are still appreciating nicely -unlike depreciating Park Cities).

Some old-money types take lower paying jobs for fufillment (such as education, acting, arts). Question is, they can afford whatever they want - but will they buy?

On Former Arcadia site on Greenville Avenue in Dallas will become mixed-use retail center

Posted on April 18, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.

Hey y'all I am 50 and the only tornado of any consequence in Dallas was a year before my birth. Something to think about?

On Severe weather summary around North Texas

Posted on April 11, 2008 at 9:18 a.m.

Forget this - spend the money on Fair Park and hold conventions there - it's one facilty no other city in the world can match.

On A convention center hotel will bring more business to Dallas

Posted on February 22, 2008 at 1:55 p.m.

Mike throws great parties, that's why he really can't patronize a dry grocery store.

I would suggest the Far West nightclub on Gaston at E. Grand for a full-service grocery store serving both sides of the lake. God knows a lot of people would like to be rid of that place - at least the East Dallas -- whoops White Rock YMCA - is not open when the drunk bumper cars and no law enforcement action starts late on weekends.

I don't think we were out of line wanting at least 'a nod' to the PD from WF. It took a couple of years and compromise from the Lakewood Shopping Center property owners and eight neighborhood groups to 'craft' the thing. WF should have known better than to be ham-fisted with East Dallas.

On Lakewood Whole Foods decision has many up in arms