Rob Allyn

Trinity Trust Park Ideas Deeply Insult Dallas

A little over two years ago The Battery Conservancy, a nonprofit support group for Battery Park at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers on the southern tip of Manhattan, decided that it needed a new chair. The conservancy wanted a new park chair that would be light enough to tote around, hea ... More >>

Wendy Davis Is Sort of a Laura Miller Candidate. So How Did that Work Out?

The New York Times today contains what apparently is going to be a regular feature on how cool Wendy Davis is. Today's installment is called "Democrats see value in Texas in candidacy for governor." The one two weeks ago was, "Democrats see hope in Texas star."The one three days before that was "Dem ... More >>

Mike Rawlings Clobbers Ron Natinsky and David Kunkle in Mayoral Fund-Raising Effort

Photos by Sam MertenWe're guessing this was Rawlings's reaction when he received bills from his consultants.​Former TracyLocke CEO Mike Rawlings easily outpaced the field of mayoral candidates by raising a whopping $1.03 million -- nearly three times the combined haul of Ron Natinksy and David ... More >>

Rob Allyn Used to Run Local Politics. Now He's Making Movies in Indonesia.

Rob Allyn​Longtime observers of the local political landscape probably hear the name Rob Allyn and think of the Trinity River Corridor Project (Schutze insists it was Allyn who came up with those solar-powered water taxis), myriad mayoral campaigns, those Dubya ads attacking John McCain's environm ... More >>

Reel News: Early Shorts by "Texas Legends," and DIFF's Indonesian Film is Very Local

Owen and Luke Wilson in the '92 Bottle Rocket short, which screens tonight at the Texas​I'll be out of pocket this evening, otherwise I'd be at the Texas Theatre for A Very Special Program of short films presently on a statrwide tour courtesy the Texas Independent Film Network, a coalition of Texa ... More >>

Blowing Smoke|Red-Faced Profession|From the Inside Too

Geritol Jump-Shooters|Voodoo Economics|Ellumized|Miss Potty Mouth|Carol Reed's Boo-Boos|Goodbye, Greg

Dallas' Political Designing Woman

When Dallas' political elite need a win, Carol Reed cheers them on and calls the plays

Trinity Showdown

Crazy Like a Fox

Body Snatchers

Pod people speak with one voice on Trinity toll road

Jim Schutze Needs Your Help. (Yeah, Yeah.)

As Rob Allyn's folks haven't yet had much luck -- they're workin' on it, sure -- if anybody out there has a means of getting copies of the television ads that ran in 1998 urging people to vote for the Trinity River bond issue, I sure wish that person would contact me. It’s sort of a Holy Grail. I ... More >>

Lemmings and Toll Roads| An Acquired Taste

Steve Blows

Why is the DMN's mild-mannered columnist suddenly impatient about the Trinity River?

The Lone Ranger

Right, but not quite right, Dallas County Judge Margaret Keliher is reforming county government while infuriating her Republican colleagues

The Pearls

Forget political science. The strong-mayor debate is about Laura on the sofa.

Bubble Brains

Think a strong mayor is a good idea? See who agrees with you.

These Guns for Hire

Pokes in the Eye

Cowboys back out of Fair Park deal

Going Deep

The Cowboys want to move back to Fair Park--so, there goes the neighborhood?

PR Nightmare

Terrell Bolton didn't get much help when dealing with the media

Famous Last Words

Did the intern blow it? No.

Pointless Exercise

How they got the media to miss the point on the Trinity River

Letters

Doo-doo

Mary Poss sure stepped in some, didn't she?

Catfight!

Laura, Mary says you're a phony! Now now, girls.

Like Father, Like Son

Plus: Miller the Unifier, Second-guessing Goya, Lucy Is a Band

Someone's Lying

Hint: His initials are D.G., and he has a moustache

Woman in Gray

Laura Miller's white hat has a few stains

Senior Moment

The race is on, and Laura Miller's leading the way

A Hole in Every Pot

A city gone shabby yearns for a mayor to put things right

Real Politics

Feudal grudges and an imprisoned holy man in the Dallas mayoral race

Dubya, We Knew You When...

With a homeboy headed for the White House, a handful of his Dallas pals have hopes of making their mark on Washington

Letters

Rock bottom; It's the money, honey Network TV, RIP Lovely Havana Invisible man Bunch of blarney

Buzz

Caught napping; Save that gerbil; Ill-chosen words

Clearing the air

The motive behind a series of Bush attack ads may have been business, not politics

Diggin' dirt

The Deep Throat secret of the Trinity River Plan is, "Follow the fill dirt"

Beggars banquet

KERA makes a stab for its former glory with less wheedling and more programming

Mr. Mellow

John Wiley Price, the man who once toted a bullhorn in protests outside Mayor Ron Kirk's home, learns that it helps to have friends in high places

Buzz

Chaos theory

A politically dysfunctional DISD board heads into a May election that's looking so scary, few voters or contributors want to go near it

Buzz

Buzz

The Kirk connection

How Dallas' new mayor pulled it off