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- The Republican plan for increasing the deficit
- Listen up, mayor, the natives are restless
- A day with the council circus, an evening with the...
- Taking a forced break
- Rick, keep your hands off our land
- The "real" issues in the midterm elections
- I aged, Patricia Neal never did
- What Mark Davis and his fellow idiots won't tell you
- Here's Johnny again
- The Great Movies: 1949
- A flawed comparison of property taxes
- K2: The questions nobody asked
- Can you picture her with a dragon tattoo?
- Polanski's great 'Ghost"
- Budget vote to be closer this year
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
- The Best Movies: 1948
- Is it too hot for the birds?
- Elvis's Dallas No-Tell Motel; inquiring minds (esp...
- Gosselin's Greatest
- City needs to recognize Lill's efforts
- The date rape debate
- To be released tomorrow on DVD
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About Me
- Pete Oppel
- I have scratched together a living, in one way or another, as a writer for more than 60 years now. I was a free-lance writer during the early stages of the Vietnam War. I was the Southwest Division Overnight News Editor for United Press International back when UPI was a legitimate news gathering organization. Following that, I went to the Dallas Morning News where I became the first person to write about rock 'n' roll on a daily basis for a Texas metropolitan newspaper. I later became the News' entertainment editor. Following some stints with a couple of prominent PR firms, I had the extraordinary good fortune to team with two communications legends, Ken Fairchild and Lisa LeMaster, as part of one kick-ass media consulting/crisis communications team. That was followed by stints as a department head with the City of Dallas (and its public information officer); the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce where I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of this city's business and political titans; and editorial director for QuestCorp Media until that company went out of business. Now officially retired, concentrating on this blog.
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