Articles for June 22nd, 2009
Behind the Scenes of a D Magazine Photo Shoot
In the July issue of the “print product,” the great Nate Silver showed us how we could divide Texas into five states, thus saving North Texas from having to send so much money to Austin. To accompany Nate’s piece, we hired Doug Davis to build a model of the divided state and photograph it. You can see his finished work here. Below, you can see a little of what Doug did to make the magic happen.
Mayor Tom Says Dallas Is Almost Paradise
In his remarks today at the City Council inaugural ceremonies, Leppert proclaimed Dallas to be better than just about every other place your brain can think of:
“There is no better place to be today than Dallas, Texas.”
I’m not sure if that’s true. I think Vienna (and the 19 other cities on this list) might have something to say about that. But Dallas is pretty sweet. And, of course, so is this Mike Reno-Ann Wilson joint.
In Defense Of Public Libraries
As the Dallas City Council prepares to cut library hours in the current deficit emergency, author-hero Ray Bradbury, 88, rallies in defense of the Ventura County public libraries:
“I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries…”
And just as Mr. Bradbury speaks out, Willard Spiegelman launches his own broadside, with a perfectly timed and perfectly tuned column on the downtown Dallas Public Library in the print edition of FrontBurner.
Leading Off (06/22/09)
1. The Dallas North Tollway continues to confound drivers late at night/early morning. Saturday night, someone opted to use the southbound lanes to head from Wycliffe Avenue over to Lovers Lane. That driver made it. The guy who attempted that trick a few hours later in Frisco was less successful–he, and the the two people he injured, are at Parkland. This is happening too often to be a mere fluke. Might I suggest taking the traffic light-filled Preston Road once the sun sets until some sort of breathalyzer situation happens at the toll booths?
2. Dallas wins 8th place in the country for “owner give up.” The scam: people report their cars stolen to the insurance company when in reality they’ve just never picked them up from the over-priced valet at the Joule or they’ve set them on fire in front of their ex-boyfriend’s house in order to let him know that you can’t treat people like that. I mean, I’m just guessing here. My car is paid for. No problems here. No sir.
3. It is way hot outside, people. But lest you think that’s an excuse to sit in your house and watch bad television, this DMN article says it isn’t so. People continue to do things outside like play tennis, soccer, and baseball–they even watch hot-air balloons. I know, right? I’m changing my ways.
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