Remember when I told you three months ago that Tom Leppert really was interested in U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat. Well, Gromer Jeffers says the mayor confirmed that interest on a taping of Inside Texas Politics, which you can...
Shouldn't surprise anyone that Mayor Tom Leppert managed to keep an overwhelming council majority in his corner to stave off a proposed 1-cent property tax hike. As I mentioned here, the mayor spelled out the big reason he's opposed to...
And say what you will about the gimmicky nature of sending 400 well-heeled CEOs free iPhones, this strikes me as a very clever move. It doesn't mean, of course, that any corporation will pick up and move any time soon,...
As I noted more than two weeks ago, Leppert is running the idea up the flagpole. His thinking, according to a couple of folks close to him, is that he would have his best shot ever to win because a...
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...
Two cheers for Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and other big-city poobahs for lobbying state lawmakers for more funds to aid the homeless. Money quote comes from Leppert, who told lawmakers in a letter faxed to Austin on Monday that they...
As Dave Levinthal reports, the mayor's still skirting a detailed discussion about his exploration of taking over the beleaguered Dallas Independent School District. He's totally ignoring my plea. And, quite frankly, I didn't think he'd be able to not talk...
President Barack Obama told Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and top dogs from other cities that his nearly $800 billion stimulus plan will help "bring our cities into the future." Not sure if that means we'll be able to skip 2009...
DMN City Hall ace reporter Rudy Bush reports here that the Corps doesn't know who will serve as that "special liaison" yet. All we know, Rudy says, is that it will be a "high-level" chap. Someone strong enough to stand...
So, I told you last week that Mayor Tom Leppert hadn't ushered in a new group of board members at the Dallas Housing Authority. It was just a matter of time. Well, the big shakeup finally happened. And the mayor...
The actress says "Jenny's plight grabbed my heart..."...
Not surprisingly, readers' reaction to this story has been strong, based on calls I've gotten and the folks who thus far answered an online survey question about whether outgoing agency head Ann Lott should have gotten a severance package: So...
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