Comments on: Leading Off (12/10/08)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:44:44 +0000

Dallasite,

Not just in Texas or the South. Ohio, California, you name it.

By: al

al — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:19:46 +0000

why didn’t james just use the above post as his dallas morning news column and save the time and space? just to mention W.?

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:53:01 +0000

*fighting…urge…to…*

By: MIssing Dots

MIssing Dots — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:49:39 +0000

I hope I’m never out of touch with my humanity. I have too much time on my hand, so how else wood I pass the time when I’m board?

By: Dallasite

Dallasite — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:46:16 +0000

The deed restrictions that Mr Ragland referred to are very common among older developments in Texas. When you buy residential property they are usually blacked out by the title company, both out of respect for the buyers and sellers, and because they are unconstitutional. I’ve seen some in Ft Worth that dated back to the 19th century.

It’s my understanding that it’s fairly common throughout the former Confederate states, and it’s a reminder of just how completely out of touch some of our forefathers were with their humanity.

By: Another Chipmunk

Another Chipmunk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:45:28 +0000

AlllllllllViiiiin!!!!!!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:27:25 +0000

So that’s what an unedited column looks like?

Oy.

By: Don in Austin

Don in Austin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:14:49 +0000

@james ragland
I’m more of a grammar observer than a monitor but I believe that could be the very first 4 semicolon sentence ever in the comments. Well played, sir. I hope you hold the record forever.

By: Wes Mantooth

Wes Mantooth — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:12:39 +0000

Since when were we not free to sling arrows?

Frankly, around here, arrows would be a fresh alternative to what is usually being flung.

By: james ragland

james ragland — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:04:13 +0000

Thanks Bethany for expressing what you think I was trying to say. I said what I intended: Some national media types have mischaracterized Preston Hollow; some have put undue emphasis on an old covenant disallowing black residents in the neighborhood; Preston Hollow has evolved into a place trying to maintain its old charm but building McMansions like other rich ‘hoods, a reality that makes it more economically exclusive than anything else; and finally, the point about the brouhaha at Preston Hollow Elementary is to underscore that, yes, class and racial tensions still exist in some forms — in Preston Hollow and across Dallas; pointing that out doesn’t negate the clarification I offered about the antiquated covenants either. Of course, those of us who live here in Dallas –that’s for you Grumpy (sleepy/misinformed?) Demo — know the class and racial tensions that exist.

Alrighty then. You’re all free to sling arrows again. Cheers.