Jack Haas

AT&T announced they are moving out of downtown San Antonio to the ‘burbs. Done deal. Downtown Dallas is f*cked.

Good framing. The other big story is the sickness afflicting anything to do with downtown. “Let’s give away the land for pennies, give Hunt/Matthews/Washburne tax $ and then watch them overrun, not complete the project or build what we don’t need.”

Great news. If you haven’t read the book, you’re missing out on a great story.

Shutdown guts U.S. cybersecurity agency at perilous time The lead U.S. agency for protecting the electric grid, water supply and other critical services from hacking has furloughed most of its staff.

The lead U.S. cyber defense agency has furloughed 65% of its staff. The 20-year-old law that encourages organizations to share information on attacks just expired. Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month! wapo.st/46Nk53R

The number of restaurant stories above the fold are nauseating. Related, I’m pretty sure the influx of corporate restaurants to the City of Dallas are the closest replacement for auto ads for the paper.

The new dip will reportedly give you Dallas-style diarrhea.

BREAKING…

That said, glad to see they punished the story.

… the paper is handling this issue with kid gloves. Morton has been assigned in the past to cover Dallas VIPs who are in trouble nationally. See his coverage of Harlan Crow/Justice Thomas, which was rip-n-read from other stories. No original reporting or new insight.

After a week, DMN is the first local publication to follow up on Bloomberg’s story about how Merrie Spaeth helped Jeffrey Epstein minimize his crimes. Joe Morton in their DC bureau wrote it, which means….

Ethics Board Appointment of Dallas HERO Leader Spouse Shot Down by City Council Natalie LeVeck was denied due to her husband's often inflammatory social media posts.

It’s past time for a profile of the LeVecks, especially how he derailed his movie career, and her father’s biz and political activities. www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-...

Thx for the invite because that would be fun. It’s unlikely, however, that I’ll break character. If I do, I’m sure it will be a place where they call us regulars and have a hootenany (in G), or we’ll be takin’ a ride while going real fast and hanging out the window as we are treatment bound.

Which reminds me… why does the State Fair of Texas’s board always look a real estate development firm and why is it largely stocked with allies of Ray Hunt and Jack Matthews? Say, who owns and/or covets the land surrounding the State Fair?

Looking forward to your critique of Willie G.

Bank of America Plaza redesign narrowly avoids stalemate as it seeks incentives downtown An ambitious redesign of Dallas’ tallest tower got a thumbs up from key stakeholders Tuesday — but not without making some concessions. Mike Hoque and Mike...

“The city is entering new territory subsidizing tenant improvements and leasing commissions. Such risks ‘tilting the playing field’ for certain players rather than lifting all of downtown.” Sir, that playing field was tilted 50 years ago.
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Sir, 50+ years of giveaways starting with the Hilton = parasites. The city has thrown billions at SW downtown with nothing show for it. Hunt started this and now Washburn and Matthews are partners in the game. We have to call out their names in order to stop this madness.

Don’t forget alcoholism.

Huh. I’d argue I’ve never seen it in worse shape. It’s been overrun with corporate-owned restaurants from other states who are the only ones who can offers overpriced inner-ring real estate.Too many restaurants are the same. The suburbs are where the cool restaurants are at, unfortunately.

Dallas makes a bigger mess out of homelessness debate A proposal to relocate The Bridge from downtown to southern Dallas should have been discussed in public.

Mendelsohn anti-social and a menace to Dallas. Not surprising given that she was voted, “Most likely to become a Kapo,” in high school. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edit...

I asked here yesterday whether or not Merrie Spaeth was a sacred cow in Dallas media. 24 hours since news broke and not a peep.

Reminder of failed downtown real estate projects.
* Trinity Park / tollway (nvr built)
* Omni hotel (deep debt, low use)
* HQ2 (lost)
* Boeing (lost)
* Conv Ctr (over budget, unknown cost, slated development in 35% vacant CBD, redirected Brimmer $)

Billions in wasted bond, operating & tax $.

Debate over future of Dallas City Hall begins as repair costs could hit $100 million A City Council committee will begin discussing options in October whether to save, sell or scrap the building.

Look at how the latest downtown
real estate grift is shaping up. Rebuilding City Hall is unnecessary and would only serve B_G real estate as usual. The City Hall site is not viable for the Mavs arena because I promise you they are moving to Irving. www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

It’s profile time for the LeVecks. Most people don’t know who they are or how Damien’s Hollywood career crashed and burned.

I asked here yesterday whether or not Merrie Spaeth was a sacred cow in Dallas media. 24 hours since news broke and not a peep.

Are you new to Dallas?

“Blue Velvet: A Thriller That’s Not for Everyone.” LOL

Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”

Merrie Spaerh, the Dallas-based crisis communications expert, worked for Jeffrey Epstein to help him avoid prosecution. Now she can manage her own PR crisis. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

We’ll find out shortly if Spaeth is a sacred cow in Dallas media.

Leaked emails expose Epstein’s $54M legal war chest — Dershowitz, Starr, Lefkowitz among defenders | Newsinterpretation Newly obtained private emails show the support and guidance Jeffrey Epstein received during the height of his legal troubles.

Merrie Spaeth also helped Starr during the Baylor rape scandal. Look like she also helped him cover up his affair with Spaeth’s former employee. newsinterpretation.com/leaked-email...

Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”

Merrie Spaerh, the Dallas-based crisis communications expert, worked for Jeffrey Epstein to help him avoid prosecution. Now she can manage her own PR crisis. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Love Field

Cheers: a performance stage for musicians ala Austin and Nashville

Boooo: Ride share zone has no cover from heat or rain.