AltWeeklies Wire
Dallas Morning News Should Cooperate With Policenew
Duncanville, Texas, police arrested a Morning News ad salesman on charges that he'd stolen advertisers' credit card numbers and then complained to other media that the paper was stonewalling the investigation.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
10-17-2005 |
Media
Harriet Miers' Views Caused Run-In With Gay Caucusnew
In 1989, two AIDS activists threatened to stage a die-in if a gay Dallas political figure didn't withdraw his endorsement of the woman George W. Bush just nominated to the Supreme Court. They opposed her conservative views, which included an expressed opposition to abortion.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
10-04-2005 |
Politics
Palefaces at Their Worstnew
When they come down to City Hall for council meetings, why don't the white people know how to behave?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-26-2005 |
Commentary
More Accusations of Racism Made in Dallasnew
Using a "logistic regression analysis model" to prove its point, the Dallas Morning News accused the Dallas County District Attorney of running a racist department.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-05-2005 |
Race & Class
Nyuk Nyuknew
Why do Three Stooges jokes best explain an upcoming Dallas charter election for a new system of city government?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
08-15-2005 |
Politics
Tags: Texas, Dallas city government
Texas Begins Probe Into Dallas Dealingsnew
Dallas City Hall is investigated for some good old-fashioned corruption. Witnesses say it has oppressed legitimate businesses, solicited work for off-duty cops and pressured businesses into paying bribes.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
06-06-2005 |
Politics
In Austin, Dallas Looks Like Kickback Citynew
Testifying before a Texas House committee, business people from Dallas painted an ugly picture of a city that sues businesses for reporting crime in their areas.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
05-16-2005 |
Politics
Tags: crackhouses, urban nuisance law
Dallas Morning News Gets Scooped on Circulation Fraud Storynew
The Dallas daily didn't report that its owner, Belo Corp., had been served a grand jury subpoena as part of a criminal investigation until the Fort Worth Star-Telegram broke the story.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
05-02-2005 |
Media
Dallas City Crews Dump Homeless People's Possessionsnew
In a life beneath bridges and in homeless camps, Tommy Lee Simmons carried a photograph of his grandparents with him, wrapped in plastic stuffed deep inside his duffel. Now, thanks to a city sweep of a homeless camp, it's in the landfill.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
01-14-2005 |
Economy
Reporting a Crime in Dallas Is Criminally Difficultnew
Start with 911. The phone number. You dial it. You assume you're talking to 911. Assume again. There exists an entire new government agency, heretofore unknown to the public, which shall be called "Maybe-911-Maybe-Not."
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
11-19-2004 |
Commentary
Dallas Is Deceptive About the Trinity River Projectnew
Dallas is seeking funding from Congress to subsidize the replacement of three federal highway bridges over the Trinity River. But a reporter discovers that the claim that the bridges were slated for replacement is untrue.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
11-08-2004 |
Politics
Dallas City Hall Created Its Own Fine Mess in the Police Departmentnew
A study of Dallas Police Department management basically says the department hires losers and then doesn't even bother to train or supervise them. The police academy regularly graduates hundreds of cops who can't shoot straight.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-27-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Homeless Encampment Settles In at Dallas City Hallnew
All of the homeless people who used to employ the public library and surrounding blocks as a campground and outdoor toilet are now using the area right behind City Hall instead.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
08-30-2004 |
Economy
Politicians -- Not the Bible -- Create Flooding in Dallas Areanew
The mayor of a Dallas suburb says July floods that killed four were biblical, but major research in the past decade has identified a very non-biblical culprit in modern flooding: runoff. The Trinity River project, at a cost of billions, actually makes flooding worse.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
08-23-2004 |
Politics
