I was standing near our office manager a few minutes ago and she informed me that I'd just missed a telephone call that she intercepted. She said a reader called me a "racist" because I used the term "white noise"...
Says here that Watkins is backing off his demand for a 10 percent budget hike in response to the Commissioners Court's demand that he and other county office managers slice 10 percent from their bottom lines. Remember how much...
Wow, the saber-rattling between hot-shot District Attorney Craig Watkins and John Wiley Price & Co. is still in play. I told you a while back that Watkins was bent on getting things his way, and he was willing to...
Let's get ready to rumble! DA (and DMN Texan of the Year) Craig Watkins is ready for a big, noisy, gory showdown with Dallas County Commisioners. The fight is ostensibly over whether the District Attorney must, like other county offices,...
John Wiley Price has been called lots of names, but this is probably the first time that "tacky" comes to mind. He's expressing his disdain for County Judge Jim Foster with a nameplate that says "Judge Foster Gump." Of course,...
That's the question that the five-member Dallas County Commissioners Court wrestled with today and, in a 3-2 split vote, the majority nodded in approval. This is one of those moments when you're glad you're not having to make the call,...
Steve brings some sorely needed perspective to this overwrought "black hole" business, and quotes County Commissioner John Wiley Price as saying he's surprised at all the uproar over what he considered a minor "teachable moment." I dunno. Mr. Price is...
I've lost track of all the cities that now have outlawed smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places. Fair to say it's a mighty long list. And with all due respect to my friends who smoke -- if I...
The superb Channel 11 video of John Wiley Price and Kenneth Mayfield goin' at it and cussin' up a blue storm over sheriff's department overtime is priceless. Most noteworthy is supporting cast member County Judge Jim Foster, who spends most...
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