The City of Dallas just announced the sale of bonds to finance the new convention center hotel. And the 4.69 percent interest rate is even better than the 5.5 percent that had been the city's target rate. Read on for...
I have been a big supporter of the convention hotel, believing it's essential for Dallas to be a top convention city again. But now I'm wondering if that would even be such a good thing, personally speaking. For the last...
Once again, Texas legislators couldn't summon the courage to let Texas voters decide whether we're ready for casinos in our state (instead of perched all around our borders). For those worred about the future of Dallas' just-approved convention hotel, a...
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....
Last week I chided consultant Charles Johnson for not revealing in his dire anti-hotel column that he was hired to render his opinion by the campaign to kill the convention hotel. Today a letter to the editor reveals something even...
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...
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...
People may disagree on whether a city-financed hotel next to the Dallas Convention Center is a good idea. But everyone in the tourism/convention business agrees that Dallas desperately needs a lively downtown, especially near the convention center, to make this...
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