Dallas mayor’s race looking more and more like a two-man contest
comments ()Now that District 14 council member Angela Hunt has removed herself, the contest for Tom Leppert’s job may come down to heads up match between outsider David Kunkle and insider Ron Natinsky....
View ArticleThe Dallas mayor’s race will be another high-dollar hunt
comments ()Before the champagne flows — for anyone — the money will flow first. Yeah, this ought to be one heckuva contest. At least an expensive one. With Dallas businessman and Park Board Chairman...
View ArticleSeasoned consultants managing Dallas mayoral candidates’ campaigns
comments ()I see that Rudy Bush notes over on the City Hall blog that ex-Dallas police chief David Kunkle is hiring C.P. Henry to run his mayoral campaign. Ol’ C.P. doesn’t mess around, just ask Allen...
View ArticleSMU Daily Campus will co-host Dallas mayoral debate
comments ()The student newspaper at Southern Methodist University has announced that it will sponsor a debate among the candidates for Dallas mayor, in partnership with CBS 11. The debate is scheduled...
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comments ()Responses of the three major candidates for Dallas mayor, when asked whether the city should proceed with plans to build the Trinity River toll road: “No, there’s not enough money to build...
View ArticleDallas mayoral candidates say they’d put the knife to most city departments
comments ()On our City Hall blog, Gromer Jeffers Jr. writes about a campaign forum today featuring the candidates for Dallas mayor. All of them said that given the city’s bleak fiscal forecasts, most...
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comments () “How can we support the payday loan king for mayor of Dallas?” – Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway, in a radio ad last week that criticized Mike Rawlings for having served on the board of...
View ArticleThe Dallas mayor’s race shifts gears as field narrows to Mike Rawlings vs....
comments ()Much has been said about the Dallas mayoral race that, predictably, ended in a runoff between MIke Rawlings and David Kunkle. Ron Natinsky, the incumbent council member who was quick out of...
View ArticleDallas chamber will host mayoral forum on Friday
comments ()David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings will take part in a candidates’ forum at a noon luncheon Friday in the Grand Ballroom of the Adolphus Hotel. Th event is sponsored by the Dallas Regional...
View ArticleKunkle, Rawlings are to meet Tuesday to talk about issues of particular...
comments ()Representatives of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities will have a chance Tuesday to ask questions of the two mayoral candidates. Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle are...
View ArticleJ. R. Ewing is gone: Who are we gonna hate on now?
J.R. Ewing, one of TV's greatest villains, is gone (AP Photo/CBS) In case you haven’t heard, J.R. Ewing is officially dead. The 2.0 version of the series that first put Dallas in the … [visit site to...
View ArticleBill Bragg, former voice of Big Tex, asks Dallas mayor to get his job back
The day before Big Tex went up in flames, photographer Matt Ulrich of Chicago took this photo of Bill Bragg posing in front of Big Tex. (Matt Ulrich)visit site to read more]
View ArticleFormer Dallas mayors speak about city’s philanthropy through the years at...
Mayor Mike Rawlings leads a panel of former Dallas mayors as they tell stories of how philanthropy has shaped the city. Left to right after Rawlings are Tom Leppert, Laura Miller and Ron Kirk. Former...
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