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The article reports that the accident happened on Saturday the 7th, this is incorrect, it was afterschool on Friday the 6th.

bobdonooo, not sure what community you live/work/associate with, however is it possible for you to understand that the govt. that might benefit you has not always addressed the issues of a community. For me I am speaking about residents south of 30 or on the 'other' side of the Trinity. Perhaps you should venture from your glasshouse and venture out into reality. I have to agree and sympathize with people who have worked their entire lives and yet fell marginalized by the government and the rest of Americans.

have you left every time you have heard words that make you uneasy? Im not defending his actions, but until you walk a mile in his life, then you should at least understand the message he delivered as one that is viable and is real. His clever speech was different than everything that has been spoon fed to us in the past 8 years. Do you remember Katrina?

his speech was music to my ears. for too long we as americans have ignored this topic in hopes the issue will quietly go away.both sides have issues that he brought to light like no other person has spoke of so powerfully in my lifetime. I have a new renewed spirit about our country.

sounds great, did I miss the info on when it will open??

I hate to sound cynical, but there have been several murders in Dallas lately, the mother in Oak Cliff, and the police did not get the helicopter out to search for her killers. They swarmed over south Dallas(Cedars) for almost 30 min. in the am. Good to know that HP crime is taken so seriously.

It is all coming back to me. what channel did the show air on originally?

odd to say the least. Didn't have the chance to go to the park on sunday. However I have gone to park several times when it was a mud pit. My dogs loved it the best when they could run in the mud.

I agree it is sad to see all of the for lease signs, like an old ghost town. Hopefully with Baylor there and the new apartments, it will attract a younger/more eclectic crowd. I guess it just really irks me to see the for lease signs and then have to pay to park. DE needs help and the meters probably turn off more people than just me.

I understand that about the limited free parking, but wouldn't the city earn more from opened tax paying businesses than from meters that are empty? Just a thought when I believed the city wanted to encorage people to go out after 6 pm.

I can't help to think that the city has caused more harm than revenue when they installed endless amounts of parking meters, even on the weekends. why would a person go and pay to park on the street or even the little lots when so many other areas of Dallas don't charge. Have you ever heard of having to pay a meter to eat a 3 dollar sandwich from Subway?? What are people's thoughts about the new rail line? Are the landlords just waiting to 'hit gold' when the new train arrives???

The address that is a big concern, due to burglaries, is 1508 Seegar. There is more than enough brush for a perp to scout out our homes. The hotels in question are the Uptown motels #1 and #2. One of them is on the corner of Browder and Seegar, the other is on the East end of Hickory close to Harwood. Also the vacant old store front on Hickory and Ervay. If one of the readers has a digital camera, Im a slacker I don't own one could get pics that would be a wonderful gift to the 'hood.

Thank you for the investigative reporting, what else can you help the fellow cedars neighbors with? We have a few sketchy no tell motels also a few vacan lots with trash and over grown bushes.....I have burned the 311 off of my phone and computer.

Dear Bemused, why do you avoid the areas I have brought up? The homeless sleeping on the playground at City Park, drug deals on Ervay and Hickory, the small businesses in the Cedars, the area goes all the way to South Central, the no tell motels. I really think you have it out for the owner of LH. Did you know I can go with my husband to LH, have dinner and not, I repeat not have to have an alcoholic beverage. And I thank the spirits that since you hate the place so much I won't have to see you. But you better make sure your yard/property are well maitained. I have 311 on speed dial.

Again, how many calls have you made about the other alcohol establishments in the Cedars, the ones on Harwood and Corinth? Have you seen the paintings on the outside of the bars on Harwood/Corinth? I didn't say you were a racist. It might be implied but the only establishment you target is the one where one might frequent if they were of a certain class/ race. You said it not me. What about the families on Hickory? What have you done for their well being lately. I believe a call to the police about drug deals on the streets/prostitution/homeless sleeping on the City Park playground might be a better use of your efforts rather than calling about LH.

You really need to chill about how much time the cops are spending at 7eleven. If you didn't notice there is a central police dept.close by and many of those cops you see are not assigned to the Cedars. They are assigned to many places. SWAT is there and many different departments. What a clique/donut shop kind of mentality. And if you are such a true Cedars fan why are you spending so much time at 7eleven. Why not go the the Liquor Store on south Central and Hickory or the other store on the corner of corinth and South Central. But as I can figure out and the rest of us on the blog can figure out, the 7 eleven is safe because you recognize the establishment from the burbs. Try a little of the 'hood culture and support the LOCAL businesses. The business owner on Corinth and South Central took a broken down building and truned it into a working gas station for all of us in the hood. But as I suspect you might be a bit scared to shop that far south. Please do us all a favor and don't pretend to know the neighborhood I have lived in and WORKED in for the past 6 and 1/2 years. Move back up north.

One more thing, the next time you and the do gooders want to feed the homeless, please pick up the trash you leave on the street. Better yet invite the folks to your home for dinner. Get real and focus on the real plight of the 'hood and get off of you LH bashing agenda. By the way I don't hear any beef about the cantinas on Harwood or Corinth. Just a few months ago a person was murdered at the La Plata on Corinth. But I guess since it wasn't a white person, just another Spanish speaking resident of the Cedars it doesn't rate on the police attention and drama you have brought about for our 'hood.

I go to LH on occassion. Believe me we deal with many issues. Again, you do not address the real plight on the 'hood. the no tell motels, the beer stores. Why on earth are you so down on LH? They have music two to three nights a week until twelve. What about the crack heads that are on the streets at all hours. You protest too much, what about the KIDS, yes kids that have to walk by the open air drug dealers, prostitues, and crack heads to get to City Park Elem. Or did you not know that there IS an elementary in the 'hood. You will probably move away once you have kids, so hurry up and procreate. We are tired of you in the 75215, that is you zip code right????