The medical examiner said today that Jeanmarie Geis committed suicide. In a post to this blog earlier today, a commenter wrote:
Now is the time to ask why the Dallas Police Department didn’t think Child Protective Services should be consulted after the series of odd police reports.
This case raises a lot of questions. I hope we’ll get them answered in the coming weeks. But how do we know that DPS didn’t consult with CPS? Let’s be careful with the speculation.
Update: Our own Josh Hixson includes in his report the salient stuff about Eric Hansen, the man romantically involved with Jeanmarie.
KERA is making some adjustments to its TV and radio lineups. For the full release, jump. But one change in particular thrills me: the insufferable Calling All Pets, which aired on Friday afternoons at 1, has been axed. Lest you think the programmers at KERA have made a New Year’s resolution to stop airing insufferable programs, the move was forced on them when Wisconsin Public Radio, producers of CAP, killed their own syndicated show. Replacing it on KERA will be something that sounds very NPR: A Way With Words, described as “a lively and informative discussion and Q&A program about language.” The grammar police that lurk in our comments section are, I’m sure, thrilled.
Our star commentator — whose life may have been the inspiration of Forrest Gump — reflects on the New Year.
1. U.S. home prices have fallen by a record 18 percent from October last year. In Dallas, though? Only a 3 percent drop. By my math, then, things in Dallas suck 15 percent less hard than everywhere else!
2. Over here, Dave Levinthal is asking people to vote on the most effective Dallas City Council member. So far, Angela Hunt is in the lead with three votes. That’s three people who took the time to vote!
3. A fan showed up yesterday at Valley Ranch to protest the lack of effort from the Cowboys. He got into a scuffle with Bradie James, who allegedly and perhapsedly broke the fan’s sunglasses. As James optimisticly noted: “[I]t just goes to show you are the heart of the city. When we lose, people take it personally.” Someone cared enough to protest!