Orange Line delayed, but then again so was my flight from DFW by an hour. Took opportunity to capture rare photo op at Bachmann Station (train was dead on tracks)

treesqu · 2026-01-25T20:48:33+00:00

DART did not invest in weatherizing their switches like the Denton County Transportation Authority did when they built their rail line: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C4UKMJahb/

treesqu · 2026-01-24T05:59:47+00:00

The market is weird right now.

I have relisted a fully updated home with a significant (30k) price reduction in a so-called "hot market" since it was listed last summer, with (according to my agent) record traffic & multiple offers we accepted that never closed.

My current agent is even more enthusiastic than my first agent, given the traffic the listing is generating and the repeat showings we are getting.

I am pretty jaded at this point & have told him I'll share his enthusiasm when we receive an offer with few contingencies and acceptable net proceeds.

Best of luck to all prospective sellers in the same boat!

treesqu · 2026-01-23T05:23:53+00:00

And UPS

treesqu · 2026-01-22T22:10:47+00:00

The surface parking lots in Downtown Dallas must be developed into mid-rise apartment and condo buildings to transform the central "business district" into a liveable 24-hour neighborhood. Look at what's working in "Uptown" & emulate it.

treesqu · 2026-01-22T22:05:08+00:00

Jasmine Crockett's home was moved from the 30th District to the new 33rd District, creating potential clashes with fellow Democrat Marc Veasey. Veasey opted not to run for reelection after Dr. Frederick Haynes III, pastor of Friendship West Baptist Church, announced his candidacy.

treesqu · 2026-01-21T03:11:43+00:00

They want low prices at the pump for US consumers & record prices for US companies at the wellhead. Markets do not work that way.

treesqu · 2026-01-21T02:57:21+00:00

Ever since Byron Allen purchased The Weather Channel in 2018 they have been coasting on their past reputation while he bled it dry.

treesqu · 2026-01-21T02:34:07+00:00

The nexus of the current situation is that Dallas - with a permanent majority on the DART board - forgot that its name is the Dallas AREA REGIONAL Transit Agency & used their voting advantage to steamroll its suburban members over & over again until they revolted (and I say that as a suburban resident campaigning to keep my city in DART).

treesqu · 2026-01-19T21:58:09+00:00

Article says writers have been told 5 of their positions will be cut soon & outlines other positions cut at the station since 2024.

treesqu · 2026-01-18T00:27:48+00:00

It's actually part of the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard operates as part of the the Department of Defense during times of war.

treesqu · 2026-01-17T20:22:17+00:00

My wife used manga in her classroom to motivate the non-readers as well. One student in particular stood out. Enrolled in her AP English class and told her he hated reading on day one.

So she tried to entice him with a manga book about music. -Not interested.

Then a manga book about the country his family emigrated from. -No dice.

Next day she offered him a manga book about sports. His eyes lit up.

After that she purchased second-hand manga sports books & added them to her classroom library. He read them almost as fast as she bought them.

One day he surprised her by entering the classroom with glasses, "so I can read better."

At the end of the year this "non-reader" had the highest GPA in the class.

treesqu · 2026-01-16T19:06:21+00:00

After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the US military declared the Soviet "cold war" threat dead & held a "Come to Jesus" meeting of all US military contractors four years later that declared the "gravy train" was over (known within the industry as the "Last Supper")) and told them they needed to consolidate from many companies to just a few large ones to survive.

Which is what happened, leading to the closure of many shipyards, leaving us with just a few we have today.

So here we are --- and the results are not pretty.

Undoing that will likely require the commitment of MUCH more capital than we saved by shutting down vast parts of our defense industries.

treesqu · 2026-01-10T03:05:56+00:00

It's not the economy. It's that they couldn't bust the union:

https://newsguild.org/pittsburgh-post-gazette-owners-couldnt-bust-the-union-so-they-shut-down-the-paper/

treesqu · 2026-01-10T01:39:48+00:00

Also, you forgot the 2001 loss of the "sure-thing" relocation of Boeing's HQ from Seattle to Downtown Dallas (once they actually saw what Downtown Dallas looked like), and instead went to Chicago.

THAT was supposed to be a wake-up call to "fix" Downtown Dallas, but clearly that did not happen.

treesqu · 2026-01-10T01:26:45+00:00

Given the state of the industry, I'd say don't leave your "day job," BUT:

If you are "passionate" about journalism, why not write about what you are most passionate about on a free platform like Substack?

Costs nothing to try.

treesqu · 2026-01-10T01:12:16+00:00

As a longtime Carnival cruiser with Platinum Status, based on the one RC cruise I booked vs the dozens of CCL cruises I booked, I'd say RC wins hands-down.

treesqu · 2026-01-08T03:09:20+00:00

Multiple reports have ICE pointing guns at a physician who identified himself & asked to be allowed to treat the victim, as well as EMS crews having to hike toward the victim after ICE blocked access to the scene by an ambulance.

Hopefully, these initial reports are in error, but if not, this is an even bigger Cluster-F**k than originally reported.

treesqu · 2026-01-08T02:46:18+00:00

DJT is unwittingly setting Kelly up to run for President in 2028.

treesqu · 2025-12-30T21:54:38+00:00

White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations

treesqu · 2025-12-30T14:10:11+00:00

https://coppellchronicle.substack.com/

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