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Leading Off (2/22/11)

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:56 p.m.

Dwaine Caraway Will Be Dallas’ Next Mayor. Interesting story about how some on the City Council tried to oust Caraway as mayor pro tem so that he won’t get the big office when Tom Leppert steps down early (which the smart money says he will). You can guess why the ouster failed. Yup. Racial politics. [ ... ] ...

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A Short Review of the Mavs’ Season So Far, As We Hit the All-Star Break

Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 7:09 p.m.

The Mavericks, after beating the Phoenix Suns last night, went into the All-Star break strong, as one of just four teams with 40 or more wins. Here is how they got there.October 27-December 27, everyone generally healthy except Rodrigue Beaubois: They have a 24-5 record, unbelievable swagger, and are keeping pace with the surprising San [ ... ] ...

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Former Pizza Hut CEO runs for Dallas mayor

Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

A longtime Dallas businessman has joined the Dallas mayoral race — and has Roger Staubach as a supporter.Mike Rawlings, former CEO of Dallas-based Pizza Hut announced on Thursday that he's running for mayor, according to media reports.Rawlings said he'd bring strong city leadership and put taxpayers and citizens first. He is the chairman of the Dallas Parks Board.He joins former Dallas police chief David Kunkle and Dallas City Council member Ron Natinsky in the race to replace Mayor Tom ...

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Cuban opens college football playoff biz

Published Feb. 18, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

Mark Cuban has put some action behind bringing the playoff system to college football.The Dallas Mavericks owner recently founded and opened Radical Football LLC to help move forward toward college football playoffs. The company will help Cuban achieve that goal and will help him privatize college football’s postseason.Local sports business experts have said they are torn between the historical BCS and the playoff system.Todd Jewell, a sports economist with the University of North Texas, said

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Vote for The People’s Best New Chef in the Southwest

Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 4:41 p.m.

It’s time again for Food & Wine’s  The People’s Best New Chef 2011 contest. Of this year’s nominees, TWO come from right here in our own backyard. Casey Thompson of Brownstone, best known for being a finalist on Top Chef Season 3 and Top Chef All-Stars Season 8 and Tim Byres of Smoke known citywide [ ... ] ...

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Mayor asks street be renamed for Kelleher

Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.

Mayor Tom Leppert has proposed that Southwest Airlines Co-Founder Herb Kelleher have a namesake road in Dallas.The proposal is for a portion of Cedar Springs Road at the entrance to Dallas Love Field Airport to be named Herb Kelleher Way. The name would run from Mockingbird Lane to Contrail Lane, the street just before the airport's parking garages.If the proposal is accepted by the city council, the change would be phased in over two years to allow businesses located along the roadway to ...

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A Child’s Life Will Be Ruined if the Rangers Trade Michael Young

Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 9:49 p.m.

This video was shot last Wednesday night when it seemed more than apparent that Michael Young would not be playing for the Rangers again. I admit I felt just like this kid last Wednesday. I’m just glad someone didn’t have a video camera ...

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Mayor Caraway? Up to Council, Leppert Says, Not Me

Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 8:18 p.m.

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert isn’t saying whether he’ll run for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s U.S. Senate seat, or whether he’s OK with the prospect of Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway as the city’s mayor.Buttonholed at today’s annual meeting and luncheon of DowntownDallas Inc., Leppert questioned a press report saying he’d already made up his mind to [ ... ] ...

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Proposed tax could hurt Southwest, American

Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 5:00 a.m.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. and Fort Worth-based American Airlines Inc. could be impacted by a proposed increase in passenger-ticket taxes being considered by President Barack Obama.In Obama’s proposed fiscal 2012 budget, there will likely be a cut of $1.1 billion — or 31 percent — of federal grants for airport construction projects, according to media reports.Obama may also suggest the passenger facility charges included in airline ticket prices be increased from $4.50 a flight

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Perry touts low taxes as reason for high exports

Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 5:00 a.m.

Texas continues to lead the nation in exporting for the ninth year in a row, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.Texas’ exports in 2010 totaled more than $206 billion, up 26.7 percent from $162 billion in 2009, and outperformed overall U.S. exports, which grew by 20.9 percent last year.By far the top recipient of Texas’ export goods was Mexico with $72.3 billion. The next closest was Canada with $18.6 billion, followed by China with $10.2 billion, Brazil with $7.1 billion and South

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