Dallas

Dallas City Council Approves Rezoning of Saltillo Apartments by 12 to 3 Vote

By Candy Evans / August 14, 2014 /

Like I told you yesterday, it was showtime down at City Hall for Provident Realty Advisors’ $80 million re-development of the Saltillo Apartments on Cole Ave. on the Katy Trail. City Council Chambers were packed for this rare Highland Park defeat — I barely found a seat coming in just before the item hit the…

Dallas County Property Taxes Could Go Up by 10%… Parkland Needs Money

By Candy Evans / August 13, 2014 /

Heads up: Parkland is looking for money to fund that new building that was approved by the taxpayers in 2008. (Personal note: I voted against it.) This despite the implementation of Obamacare. There is simply not enough money coming in from state and federal funding:

Update on North Dallas Forty Shooter: Faces 7 Counts of Aggravated Assault, Threatened a Babysitter!

By Candy Evans / August 12, 2014 /

The Dallas Morning News has an update — that far North Dallas shooter will be charged with seven counts of aggravated assault on a public servant and also threatened a babysitter!

Gun Shots and Excitement Near The North Dallas Forty, Family Fatality in Frisco

By Candy Evans / August 11, 2014 /

  We had reports this afternoon of a gunman up near the North Dallas Forty, at 5500 North Forty Place, who kept DPD and SWAT teams busy this afternoon while he apparently shot at propane tanks. Police tell me the man lived in the area: not sure if he lives right in the North Dallas…

Downstairs Master PLUS Bedroom — Let the School Countdown Begin With This Family Friendly Highland Park Haven

By Candy Evans / August 7, 2014 /

Who says you can’t have it all? Downstairs master plus an extra bedroom, yard big enough for a pool, six bedrooms, even a game-room for $1.5 million? I know, I know: $1.45 million is a LOT, but our values in some of Dallas’ prime areas are really heading north. I think it is all but…