AltWeeklies Wire
Dim and Dimmernew
How many Dallas County commissioners does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
07-23-2007 |
Politics
Dallas' Choir Boy Mayornew
What Tom Leppert's campaign tells you about Tom Leppert.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
06-25-2007 |
Politics
Last Men Standing in Dallas Mayoral Racenew
Tom Leppert and Ed Oakley, who will face each other in a June 16 runoff, show that what you think about Dallas politics could be wrong.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
05-22-2007 |
Politics
What Exactly Did Mayoral Candidate Tom Leppert Move to Dallas?new
Leppert moved a company to Dallas, he says -- too bad he left the employees behind.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
05-08-2007 |
Politics
Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Menew
Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys -- where's the fun in that?
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
04-24-2007 |
Politics
Royce West, Political Man of the Hournew
With Dallas Democrats' return from the dead, state Senator Royce West is poised for bigger things, like maybe paychecks.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
03-20-2007 |
Politics
Trial by Firenew
A rookie Democratic judge faces tough on-the-job training.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-05-2006 |
Politics
Old Schoolnew
Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician -- these days that's a problem.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-18-2006 |
Politics
Sheriff Who?new
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was a revolutionary candidate -- as a leader, not so much.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
05-09-2006 |
Politics
Unfit to Printnew
A vicious fight between a Dallas County Commissioner and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
04-03-2006 |
Politics
Tags: Elite News, John Wiley Price
Right Crossnew
Author Bruce Bartlett doesn't think George W. Bush is a conservative, and saying that cost him his job.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-21-2006 |
Politics
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
A Developer and His Beautiful Wife Have Dallas Buzzingnew
An influential Dallas developer shows up at city events with his gorgeous Chinese wife, who was a bathhouse "masseuse" when he met her.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-03-2005 |
Politics
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
Kinky Friedman's Candidacy Is No Jokenew
The author, songwriter and animal rescuer may have announced he wanted to be governor of Texas as a gag to push his books, but his quest has taken a serious turn.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-06-2005 |
Politics
