Month: June 2006

Families moving downtown

The DMN has an interesting story on families moving into downtown Dallas lofts. Not just singles, working or retired couples, but families with children.

Long lovers of the most urban of lifestyles, Noel and Zane Aveton bought their dream downtown Dallas loft and began remodeling it.
Then, Ms. Aveton discovered she was pregnant.
Raise a baby in a massive two-story building on Jackson Street, with its exposed ductwork and concrete floors, that once housed a printing company? Push the buggy along streets populated by panhandlers and lined with parking lots?
Why not? they decided.

I’m still interested in finding a loft in the downtown Waxahachie district. Anyone have a dirt cheap building they’re ready to sell or a great rental unit with rooftop access?

Gov Perry on Homeland Security grant

Gov “McDreamy” Perry is not pleased with the state’s latest Homeland Security Grant.

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry today released the following statement upon learning that Texas has been awarded $90 million in federal homeland security dollars, $39 million less than what it received last year.
“I am dismayed that Texas which shares a 1,200 mile porous border with Mexico would see a 31 percent reduction in funding for homeland security. It appears the federal government has given little consideration to our international border, which is viewed as a prime point of entry by terrorist organizations, drug traffickers and criminal gangs.
“The same federal government that short-changed Texas today continues to release illegal immigrants onto our streets because it has yet to build sufficient detention space. Continuing federal inaction jeopardizes our security, and this funding disparity will only make matters worse.”