Comments on: Full Pwnage*, Mr. Blow

By: Mister Charlie

Mister Charlie — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:32:11 +0000

Trey, this is off-topic, but I want to congratulate you on making it to the top of the City Hall Blog’s blogroll. You deserve it.

By: Phillip J Hubbell

Phillip J Hubbell — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:18:40 +0000

Lookout Belo!

By: Dallasite

Dallasite — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:25:13 +0000

If someone would know if Charles Johnson was paid by Crow it would be Anne Raymond. I think Blow needs to expound on this a bit though. If Johnson was paid to provide his professional opinion, he is certainly qualified, but if he was paid to provide Crow Holding’s opinion, well, that’s a different story.

I eagerly await tomorrow’s sequel.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:24:53 +0000

At least Steve has stopped writing about his kids/grandkids. That was more of a beating than anything else.

By: Rachel Dillard

Rachel Dillard — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:23:31 +0000

I’d suspect, but I could be wrong and don’t care to visit SEC filings to check, that the Belo consolidated subsidiary that owns the real estate is not the same one that owns the newspaper, in which case an increased value of Belo’s land is not going to translate into more money to fund the newspaper. Besides, apppreciation in value is not the same as cash.

The DMN editorial advocating a NO vote on prop 1 does mention the proximity of Belo’s land to the proposed hotel.

I’d love to see Dallas have a convention center hotel – just not one that the taxpayers are on the hook for. There’s nothing in prop 1 that’s going to keep the private sector from building one.

It’s been reported that the city turned down an opportunity to partner with a private developer on the hotel because the city didn’t want to share the revenues.

What appears to be overlooked is the RISK part of the risk/reward equation. Bottom line, don’t gamble more than you can afford to lose. What’s difficult for problem gamblers using with their own money appears to be a win/win for the pro taxpayer owned hotel people. After all, the risk belongs to nobody but the taxpayers.

By: amanda

amanda — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:16:50 +0000

Golly gee, Trey. Did you have to be so boocoo un-Sunnyvale?