From the weekend papers

Culled from the rush of the local papers this weekend, these headlines:

Updated Sunday morning May 7

The Dallas Morning News' Jay Parsons puts together the paper's obligatory short profile of this suburban race. The article doesn't get into all the issues that have been covered on this site or in the other papers, but Jay does a good job finding the essence of the race and letting the candidates explain it for themselves.

Originally posted Saturday May 6

The Dallas Morning News surveys the vehicles that our North Texas U.S. Representatives and Senators drive. (registration req'd) I was not surprised to see our Dr. Burgess forgoing the more traditional Suburban or Town Car with the much more practical Toyota Prius hybrid. I had the opportunity to spend about 2 hours with the Congressman (and aides Barry Brown and Michelle Stein) when they visited the TV station a few weeks ago. He is smart, personable, and well informed on the issues of the day. But one thing he is not is flashy.

Also in the News, word that Highland Village's locally-famous DoubleTree Ranch may be converted into a retirement community. I know the seniors moving in will love the food, but I wonder how they'll like sharing the one bathroom in the main hall.

The Messenger has a "In Their Own Words" pair of profiles of Flower Mound mayor candidates Jody Smith and Jim Lang. There's a hitch though. The editor's note on top of the article says the candidates' answers were edited "for newspaper style, space and personal attacks". Whoa - I wonder what they took out? Probably the really good stuff. No link online yet.

The Leader introduces you to the candidates running for LISD Place 2 - a race that's really flown under the radar.

I mentioned The News Connection's recap of last week's FM mayoral debate two posts below. Both The News Connection and the Leader have several good Letters to the Editor supporting one candidate or another this week.