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The Pros of Parking
The Weekly's Jan. 9 cover story ("What 'Free' Parking?") on the downtown parking additions made possible with tax-increment financing almost entirely dismissed what that...
Big Rig, No Cattle
Anyone who does big bidness in Cowtown knows two important rules: Stick your hand out when the city council is writing tax-break checks, and...
Circular Track
Lyrics to an old Johnny Cash song run through my brain with every trip to my mailbox.
Wanted man in Mississippi / Wanted man in...
Master’s Degree of a Mess
In October 2004, when Tarrant County College District officials posed at a ceremonial groundbreaking for their downtown campus along the Trinity River bluff just...
UFO U-Turn
Before Close Encounters of the Third Kind came out in 1977, Steven Spielberg & Co. sponsored an art contest for kids across the country....
Bully-Goat Bluff
Fear is a great way to control folks. Scare the bejeebers out of 'em and they'll do anything you ask. As a powermonger's ploy,...
Downwind of a Windfall
Generally speaking, when small environmental groups take on gigantic corporations, it usually doesn't end well for the little guy - or the environment, for...
Iron Men
When the tower crane's boom came crashing down on him at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's control tower that day in 1972, it sent Rattlesnake...
Fear ’Cross the Mersey
At a soccer game in Liverpool last week, Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks watched his most recent acquisition - the Liverpool...
Moneychangers in the Taxpayers’ Temple
It's true, there are several definitions of the word "lobby." It can be the first room you enter in a hotel or office building....
