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Typically, a traffic accident would shut down southbound Preston Road at LBJ. But this Wednesday evening closure was a first for this part of town: Street protests over the growing Arab-Israeli conflict. This photo I caught of a woman at the protest with her two young sons reminds us the nucleus of this centuries-old conflict…
As you may know, May 1 was Election Day for most municipal races in Texas. Run-offs for the races that did not have a 51 percent majority vote will take place on June 5. Voting for your municipal representatives is one of the most important civic responsibilities you can exercise. Don’t know who to vote…
What is the price of a median home in Dallas? Not the Metroplex, not Fort Worth, but the City of Dallas?* My short-lived political career was officially buried on May 1 when I lost in the four-way race for the District 11 Dallas City Council seat. But my love of politics (basically real estate’s sibling)…
On Wednesday City Council will vote to approve Pegasus-Ablon’s application to drop a 20-plus-story high-rise into a 36-foot-height neighborhood. I say this with certainty. The votes have been metaphorically counted and the hearing before city council is mere theater to let any opposition believe they actually had a chance of swaying a vote. They don’t.…
By Rogers Healy Early in 2020, as the pandemic began to impact the economy, there was no way we could have predicted the booming market that has been in full swing essentially all year. It seems that there is no end in sight for this unprecedented year-long spring market to slow down, or cool off.…
