FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
After I quibbled with Robert Wilonsky over Ron Kirk’s whereabouts on Tuesday night, Robert got the man himself to explain why he watched the returns at home. Kirk said: “I needed to be some place I could cry like a baby and not have anybody laugh at me.” I should have been at the Kirks’ [...]
FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
I’m over here reading the Observer’s take on the Dem victory party. Something struck me as odd. It was this: Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk and other local Democratic officials took the stage and led the crowd in triumphal cheers of “Yes, We Can!” and “Yes, We Did!” I’ll be the first to admit that I’d had [...]
Alyson Love (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
OUR OBAMA CABINET SPECULATION LIST:-- Agriculture: Tom Vilsack, Tom Buis (Natl Farmers Union), Charlie Stenholm, Jim Leach, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Marshall Matz, John Boyd Jr. (pres, Natl Black Farmers Assn)-- Commerce: Bill Richardson CONFIRMED BY NBC NEWS, Penny Pritzker (reportedly turned down the position), Kathleen Sebelius, John Thompson (Symantec), Ron Kirk (former Dallas mayor),...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
The "Dream and Dance for Dallas Gala" attracted 500 people, ranging from Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and husband Ray Hutchison to Democrats such as former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and state Sen. Royce West.
FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
Meant to put this up, but I thought Dave might do it instead. Also in attendance at the Philbin Awards earlier today: former mayor Ron Kirk, former mayoral candidate Darrell Jordan (who apparently had something of a lunch reunion of mayoral also-rans–Sam Coats, Ed Okpa–on Monday but forgot to invite me; must’ve been for guys [...]
fivethirtyeight (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
"Who was the most miserable person in the Olympics this year?" asked former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk of the assembled hundreds at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens on Sunday afternoon in Raleigh, North Carolina. "It's the guy who thought he had the race won, and he lost by one one-hundredths of a second to Michael Phelps!" Kirk exclaimed. "We gotta be Michael Phelps!" The crowd roared...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... Leppert, Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief former Fort Worth Mayor Bob Bolen and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk.Dinner co-chairs are Marjorie Adams; Elaine Neils Agather; Nancy Ann Ray Hunt; Karla Liener TemerlinMarnie and Dr. Kern Wildenthal. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m., with dinner at 7:30. Ticket prices are $300 and $1,000, and tickets are available at www.dfwworld.org. Dinner co-chairs...
