Does Anyone Have More on This Jumper, Ctd.

A perusal of the Dallas Police Web site shows something has been going on since about 3:50 at the corner of Pacific and Bryan. And about 40 minutes ago, DART tweeted that they had been asked by DPD to shut down the DART light rail line between Akard and St. Paul stations, and then a few minutes later also between Pearl and West End. Everything opened back up about 20 minutes ago, though.

The Dallas Morning News has more, but apparently the jumper was on a parking garage near Akard and Pacific, on the 5th floor.

Does Anyone Have More on This Jumper?

From a FrontBurnervian at the corner of Main and Akard. Maybe. Or maybe another corner.

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Dallas Police To Charge Erykah Badu with Disorderly Conduct

Rebadudonkulous or good and righteous? WFAA (hat tip to DC9 At Night, who sent up the Twitter alert first) is reporting that the Dallas Police are planning to charge Erykah Badu with disorderly conduct over the “Window Seat” video. There’s apparently going to be a press conference at 4:30 p.m. The story is, as they say, developing – so much so that WFAA just has a breaking box on the Web page right now.

Allen McGill Awaits Sentencing Today in the Dallas City Hall Bribery Case

Allen McGill, who pled guilty to his various charges associated with the Dallas City Hall bribery case last year, is to be sentenced today. I follow Dallas news. I’ve paid attention to the trials. But am I the only one that is starting to feel like the case is the proverbial clown car, and the people associated just keep piling out?

I mean, a bunch of people have already been sentenced, he’s about to be sentenced, Terri Hodge is gonna be sentenced later, and there’s still more.

Programming Note: Posting Frequency to Drop Off in a Few Minutes

In observance of Good Friday, the D Empire will close its doors early today.

Things You See While Moderating Comments

There are spider things out there that robotically post comments to blogs, hyperlinking the author’s name to some commercial website or another. Here’s one of my favorite such comments. Remember “All your base are belong to us“? I’m trying to promote this phrase as a similar meme: “Great entry, it isn’t the first time i come accross your weblog, i at all times find it searching info about many various matters.”

Leading Off (4/02/10)

1. I know Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm will make a decision later this month, but can I just put in my strong vote for Austin police chief Art Acevedo for the Dallas police chief position now being vacated by a retiring David Kunkle? In order to replace the man who gave  us a new word and willingly starred in such epic video gems as this, we need a man willing to sport the jazz hands in uniform.

2. So yesterday, I said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said this. Later in the day, Dallas County DA Craig Watkins said this. And then SMU politics go-to guy Cal Jillson said some stuff. And the question is still there: Is anyone besides the guy the county commissioners hired looking into the constable thing?

3.  Badukadonk-gate continues, and will continue, now that Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway has said he’d like to see the city tighten laws prohibiting filming without a permit. He frets about the possibility of a Michael Jackson-like video where she gets a bunch of people to disrobe in public. For the rest of the day, I’ll be searching YouTube for a video apparently only Dwaine Caraway has seen. While I look, here’s a Friday Morning Earworm.

4. Saturday, Apple begins selling iPads to early adopters willing to stand in line. I predict lines here and here. Me? I’ll be at home, using my mini iPad to Talking Carl my dogs, whatever’s on TV, and NPR.

5. Remember what I said in No. 1? I may be waffling. Pretty. Lady Frontburnervian voting commencing now.