Articles for May 15th, 2008

Another Pit Bull Attack

From a Reader…

“I saw a tiny little blurb on WFAA…there was a pit bull attack in Dallas somewhere last night…”

 It was another attack. So sad.

What Do Pit Bulls Have To Do With Celebrity Bakery?

I think I’ve figured out why and how Mr. Pit Bull, our neighbor who owns the ravenous Chill and insists on keeping her in his yard despite what he told more than 100 neighbors a few weeks ago, has such a nice home. Sources have told me he is related to the Harris family of Celebrity Cafe fame. Mr. Harris apparently ran the Preston Royal shop for the family until they sold the chain a few years back. Deep pockets. Developing.�

Arlington Homeowners Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Wait, I have a question: not only is there an Homestead exemption but don’t these folks qualify for the over-65 exemption?

Warning: Negative Real Estate News, GORY PARK?

Tom Hicks has put Glory Park on hold — if anything, our economic climate today is worse than post 9/11. At least back then everyone wanted to cocoon. Now we may want to cocoon but have no money or financing. Plus that name. I mean, what if the “L” falls off during a storm, like the old “Hiltop” (which used to be the “Hilton”) which is now the Palomar which is another story, and the the place would be G ORY PARK? �


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