1. People Newspapers’ Josh Hixson is on a roll. He wrote the May cover story for our “print product.” And now the digger has dug up an old sales brochure that gives a glimpse inside the Bush house. The story he wrote for Preston Hollow People has been picked up by the DMN.
2. I hate this story about Cristal Taylor. I hate it because it humanizes her. It’s so much more fun when you can point and laugh and say, “Look at that crazy-ass, gold-digging stripper who surely was bent on ruining Dirk.” Then you read that she was a cocktail waitress, not a stripper. And you learn that she found out she was pregnant when they tested her urine in jail. And the story starts to sound a whole lot more sad than it does fun. Stupid truth.
3. In our special issue on DISD last year, we told you about principal Lucy Hakemack (scroll down), who was given the unenviable task of turning around Spruce High School — in one year. The school was in danger of being shuttered by the TEA on account of its consistently low performance. Well, she’s done it. There’s still plenty of room for improvement, but the school’s TAKS scores improved dramatically, and Spruce is no longer in danger of being closed.
