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...
Harlan Crow will be sending a letter to Mayor Tom Leppert today pledging civic cooperation going forward. That's good to hear. Dallas doesn't need bad blood....
Doesn't it just say everything about the Vote Yes campaign that its after-election party is private? Harlan Crow wants you to kill off a competitor, but -- eww! -- he doesn't want to actually spend any time with you....
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...
If you have ever wondered about the meaning of the phrase "damning with faint praise," see the current Dallas Observer cover story for the masterpiece example. The story is a profile of Mayor Tom Leppert, contending that the convention hotel...
Consultant Charles Johnson writes a scary guest column in today's paper in which he dooms the proposed convention hotel in Dallas to financial failure. I wish Mr. Johnson had also been honest enough to disclose that his opinion was bought...
Harlan Crow's multi-million dollar campaign against the convention center hotel has done a good job of portraying it as Mayor Tom Leppert's scheme. So it was good to see Cheryl Hall's column in the business section today that broadens the...
The latest financial reports are out, and Harlan Crow continues to be nearly the sole funder of a massive campaign against a convention-center hotel. He's in for almost $2.7 million at this point. Here's what I wonder: If the Anatole...
...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...
I'm sorry, but Anne Raymond's latest pout is just a little hard to take. She says Mean Old Mayor Tom Leppert is just awful for singling out Harlan Crow's oppostion to a new convention-center hotel. Well, gosh, Anne, who should...
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,...
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