Dallas, TX
Panel directs city, home builders to find compromise on Elm Thicket zoning cases
A quasi-judicial panel directed the city of Dallas and a home builder to reach a compromise that will allow the completion of a partially built duplex.
The Board of Adjustment (Panel A) deferred a decision on 6801 Tyree Street until the Oct. 22 meeting, but not before panel members said they could neither uphold nor overturn an earlier ruling revoking a building permit.
The three-hour hearing on Tuesday highlighted tensions between the city of Dallas permitting office and home builders over how new zoning requirements have been enforced in the Elm Thicket / Northpark neighborhood.
New, larger homes tower over bungalows built in the 1940s in a historically black neighborhood just east of the runways at Love Field.
The Dallas City Council unanimously approved updated zoning in October 2022, which reduced the lot size percentage and height and specified building aspects like roof style.
Dallas issued stop-work red tags in July on the Tyree Street home and another block over on Victoria Street after it realized build permits were issued based on the old zoning.
Dallas Cothrum, who represents the applicant on the Tyree house, told the Board of Adjustment that the home builder shouldn’t be responsible for the city’s permitting mistakes.
“In this instance and about twenty others, the city of Dallas failed the customer,” Cothrum said.
A representative with the Dallas City Attorney’s office said it was reasonable that home builders should have known about the new zoning requirements, even with a mistake from the permitting office, because of publicity surrounding the zoning change in 2022.
After lengthy testimony, the Board of Adjustment directed the city of Dallas and the applicant to find a solution allowing the builder to make alterations to the Tyree home to prevent it from being torn down.
“I do think both sides are at fault,” Kathleen Davis with the Board of Adjustment said. “I think one is much more than the other, and I hope that those processes are corrected because this is very, very embarrassing for our city.”
Jeff Kolb and Sam Gannon welcome Cowboys insiders Clarence Hill (All City Dallas) and Calvin Watkins (Dallas Morning News) for a hilarious breakdown of the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft. Giving insight, arguments, and plenty of laughs as two of the best Dallas Cowboys writers in the business go head-to-head on what Dallas should do next.
Dallas, TX
New video of Lake Dallas explosion draws focus on order decades ago to remove old plastic pipes
The search for the next general manager or president of basketball operations of the Dallas Mavericks has begun. They terminated Nico Harrison in November, which was about nine months too late, and gave any available candidates clear notice that they were open for business.
The plan was always to wait until after the season to start the search. While names popped up as the season reached an end, they didn’t begin turning over the staff until the Monday after the season ended. However, Dallas Mavericks fans are not going to like how the team is going about the search.
Patrick Dumont Leading Search for General Manager
NBA insider Jake Fischer reported that the Mavericks are not hiring a search firm in their hunt for a new lead executive. Instead, team governor Patrick Dumont is “acting as his own point person.”
This is an… interesting decision, to say the least. Dumont is not a basketball person whatsoever, and most organizations usually hire a search firm. The Chicago Bulls hired one as they look for their replacement for Arturas Karnisovas. Just because a firm is hired doesn’t mean a team will listen, though.
The Mavericks hired a firm in their last search for a GM. They let Donnie Nelson go in 2021 after a long tenure with the Mavs. Instead of listening to the firm, though, Mark Cuban ignored it to hire Nico Harrison, who had no previous NBA front office experience. Harrison had been an executive with Nike, which gave him connections with players like Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, and plenty of others.
For a while, that seemed to be working out okay. While he still had some questionable transactions, such as trading for Christian Wood and letting Jalen Brunson walk in free agency, they were still able to make a run to the NBA Finals in 2024. Then, he blew it all up, trading away Luka Doncic for an older and injured Anthony Davis, and the team hasn’t been the same since.
It’s imperative that the Mavericks get this hire correct. The interim Co-GM setup with Matt Riccardi and Michael Finley has performed admirably, but the 2026 NBA Draft is important for the Mavs to get right. It’s their best chance to pair Cooper Flagg with another young star, as they don’t own their first-round pick again until 2031 after this.
Hiring the right GM could help bring in more draft capital by bringing in bad contracts or flipping veterans into picks.
Dumont was able to convince Rick Welts, a Hall of Famer, to come out of retirement to be the CEO and lead the charge for a new arena. Maybe Dumont pulls another rabbit out of his hat for the GM.
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