Globe Street has a pretty good piece today on where Dallas business — particularly the commercial real estate market — sits in relation to the rest of the nation. The only real guffaw is seeing that Zaya Younan, the biggest commercial property owner in Dallas, has bought into the great Fed Failout line which says an $850 billion (and rising) corporate welfare check is better than letting the market correct itself.
- The Dallas Morning News recommends John McCain. I don’t get it. The majority of the board I know or know of are center left or more. Dallas County is almost certainly majority blue. (OK, granted, the paper doesn’t just serve Dallas County, but still.) I read their reason for choosing Jack Johnson over John Jackson. I’m just not sure how they came to that conclusion. (PS – Kudos though to Rod and Hash for the new content of the online opinion page.)
- Here’s a peek at the proposed tax-payer owned $550 million convention center hotel that Mayor Leppert and Comrade Councilman Ron Natinsky want to push on with, even though a May vote could kill the project. I’m…underwhelmed.
I was also baffled by the DMN endorsement. It doesn’t mention Gov. Palin (or Joe Biden) and isn’t written in the same style as other editorials from the board. The guess here is that the entire process was very “strong mayor.”