A few weeks ago, a discussion about a new smoking ordinance the City Council is considering generated lots of mostly civil discussion here at Back Talk. Now, the DMN’s editor[...]
01 Dec 2008
It’s not necessarily a big deal that someone at city hall decided that the end-of-the-council-meeting public comments don’t need to be broadcast on radio, cable TV or t[...]
20 Nov 2008
A city council subcommittee is considering expanding the city’s current smoking ban from restaurants and workplaces to bars, billiard halls and within 15 feet of entrances to[...]
17 Nov 2008
Good news for fans of the taxpayer-owned downtown convention center hotel, as well as for the pending DISD bond issue: The credit market, at least for public works projects, appear[...]
13 Nov 2008
Barack Obama may well have had an impact on one of the least-pressing but most-discussed issues facing the Dallas city council: whether to pass an ordinance outlawing "saggy p[...]
05 Nov 2008
I was buying donuts at Krispy Kreme Saturday, and while waiting for the box to be filled, what did I hear but holiday music wafting from the overhead speakers. They must have crank[...]
03 Nov 2008
Here’s an interesting juxtaposition: Mayor Tom Leppert is circulating an email with the top headline saying "Convention Center Hotel Critical to Dallas’ Future&quo[...]
30 Oct 2008
Another of the many stories in the good news/bad news vein these days: The DMN headlines its latest residential real estate story "U.S. home resale prices dive 16.6% as Dallas[...]
29 Oct 2008
Not surprising news from credit card firms is that they’re tightening credit, raising interest rates and taking cards away from some people. But buried in the story about the[...]
29 Oct 2008
Quick quiz: You see construction at a key neighborhood retail corner, and you wonder what’s being built. For the past few years, the answer would have simple: Another bank! B[...]
28 Oct 2008
So, do you think Mayor Tom Leppert cares about the citizens of Dallas or not? Councilman Mitchell Rasansky tells the Dallas Observer Leppert doesn’t care — "doesn&[...]
23 Oct 2008
Amid all of the bad economic news, here’s something positive: After getting off to what the DMN reported was a horrible economic start, it turns out the State Fair of Texas w[...]
19 Oct 2008
