Dave Levinthal notes here that Raymond sent an email thanking all those who rode the bandwagon head on into the establishment's well-oiled pro-hotel train. As I pointed out, for someone outside of her element, Raymond did a superb job in...
Most of the emails and phone calls I got today about my Harlan Crow column agreed with my general assessment, saying they would have liked to seen and heard Crow explain himself and his interests rather than just relying on...
As I mentioned here, Leppert's camp was worried not just about securing a win over the Harlan Crow-financed CATOH, they were concerned that Crow might win more support around the horseshoe if candidates he backed could pick off incumbents...
In my column today, I took note of the broader political implications of Saturday's ballot measures and municipal elections for Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert. As Dave Levinthal pointed out here, Crow's pumped about $4.7 million into the Citizens Against the...
This is sort of like watching a trainwreck: There is absolutely no love lost between Betty Culbreath, she of many civic hats, and Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, with and for whom she once worked. Culbreath takes Price and...
...Mayor Tom Leppert wants to put a TV bug in your ear. Vote No Dallas! -- which happens to be the group in favor of the hotel -- threw a nice counter-punch against the opposition group, which has been running...
As a member of Omni Hotels' frequent-guest program, I get occasional deal breaks and package offers from them in at my home e-mail account. Today, they sent me a serious missive urging support for the Dallas convention center hotel (Omni,...
I'm wondering how the average Dallasite is feeling this morning, with Wall Street on the brink of financial ruin, the Dallas Independent School District in a financial rut, the City of Dallas -- and its mayor -- sparring with some...
I mentioned here yesterday that we'd all better brace ourselves for in-your-face politicking by those on both sides of the Dallas Convention Center hotel issue. I was heading into my neighborhood Starbuck's this morning when I was greeted by two...
I see Ed's getting folks stirred up over the Dallas Convention Center Hotel issue. And this is promising to be a spirited, if not mean-spirited, battle, with a pro-Dallas Convention Center Hotel group forming to take on the Citizens Against...
Ed, if you want to sign a petition calling for a ban-the-hotel election, try catching a DART train. I just rode the train back from a downtown speech, and there was a determined woman aboard the car wearing a T-shirt...
So far, based on our online survey, readers seem to like Steve Blow's idea of bringing a casino to downtown Dallas. It's early yet, but the cheerleaders (18) are out-rahrahing the naysayers (4) in the survey. Any Puritans in the...
My new bffl, Steve Blow, is pushing anew the idea of a casino in Dallas, preferably downtown. Blow correctly points out that a casino would be a boon for the planned new convention center hotel. But let's just say I've...
Steve, your earlier post on the convention center hotel, as well as my prior post on the topic reflect or reinforce the concerns that were expressed in today's well-crafted DMN editorial. Bottom line: Even among those who favor the...
Life usually gives us "hurry up and wait" situations. This convention center hotel deal sure turns that on its head. We've been waiting years and years for a deal to get done. (I found an article in our archives from...
Jack, I agree with your earlier assessment of our (most of us, anyway) inability to predict with certitude the success of a city-owned hotel. But I'm of the mind that this thing could work out OK with due diligence, keen...
So says this story. Remind me again how many rooms we're talking about. Just want to make sure we've all got a place to stay if the city goes broke. Intriguing idea, really, but certainly not a novel one, as...
The Dalls City Council in its infinite wisdom decided to put the brakes on buying that tract of land it covets for a convention center hotel. Some think the asking price, based on recent appraisals, may be a bit too...
Poor Mitch Rasansky. I was counting on him to ask the sticky hard questions about whether we need a Dallas Convention Center hotel. And boy, I tell you what, he was raring to go. Well, turns out he owns stock...
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