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Here in Texas, I've met the woman of my dreams. Unfortunately, she lives with the dog of my nightmares.

Karen, a woman I've known only six months, is calm and self-assured. A godsend. To me, she easily is the First Lady of Watauga. She lives in Watauga, is first in my life and is very much a lady.

Sadie, a Labrador retriever, is her dog. And she easily is the Last Dog of Watauga. She is last in my life and very much an obstacle. The Psycho Dog.

While Karen and her two children appear to love me very much, Psycho Dog hates and fears me.

The First Lady, who like me is divorced, rescued the Last Dog at age 6 months from an early life of apparent abuse – probably at the hands of some mean male. At age 2, Sadie is still skittish, hyperactive and impossible to deal with. Karen says the Last Dog is a lot like me.

But Sadie and I share the most  important thing: We both love Karen with all the force of life. And we both gather strength from her thoughtful ways and tender hugs. If only the dog and I could get along

The truth is, I didn't like Sadie. So how could she like me?

With Karen's two children, it didn't appear to matter that I have never been a father. We got along well from the start. No, Sadie was the problem. Karen says there's a hole in my life when it comes to animals, and filling that hole will make me whole.

Before our first date, Karen and I talked on the phone for hours. When I finally picked her up for a formal dinner in Grapevine, we felt like we'd known one another forever.

At the dinner, we sat with some top executives of this newspaper. A little nervous (well, a lot), I began the meal by spilling water on my editor. Not to be outdone, Karen dropped a pitcher of cream on the lap of my publisher. Knowing that the embarrassment was now off of me alone and shared by both of us, Karen turned and gave me a high-five. I knew then that it was love.

That's her style. From the start, we shared everything – unless it was something that Karen could do better. Amazed that it took me three hours to mow my lawn, she bet $20 that she could do it in less than an hour. She locked in at 49 minutes and 32 seconds.

Then one night, when I had a bad cold, Karen gently applied vapor rub to my chest – a daring act in this age of selfishness. In one stroke, she became my Florence Nightingale of Texas. “I don't want you to call me that,” she said. “I want to be Doctor Karen.”

We both feel that the search of a lifetime is over; we've found each other. And her children appear to feel the same.

Jonathan, who is 10, longs for a stable father figure. He hugs me when he sees me, asks about my day and kisses me good night.

Desiree, who is 12, has opened my eyes to her world of hormones and mood swings that I never knew existed. And she has taught me the language of youth – her favorite expressions being, “Oh, I'm sure!” and “You're pathetic.” She hugs me when she sees me and kisses me good night.

Dave's family back in 1994 when he proposed to them.

And what of Sadie? The runt of her litter, the Last Dog is half-sized, but she has big, expressive eyes and a pretty, white coat. Karen wanted me to get along with Sadie. Karen talked to me about compromise, about meeting Sadie halfway. I tried – to no avail.

Dog bones, canned meat and my special hamburgers didn't do the trick. Sadie ate them all – but showed me no gratitude.

When I called Sadie “Psycho Dog” to her face, Karen warned me to be careful: “She understands you.” And Karen reminded me that filling the hole in my life would make me whole.

Finally, one day, I decided to see the world through Sadie's eyes: I was a big, smelly brute who invaded her turf and came between her and her mother. A brute who didn't like her.

So that day, I sat down beside Sadie and told her that I was sorry. Sorry for the way some man had apparently treated her. And sorry for how I hadn't shown her the proper understanding.

“I'll try to love you, Sadie,” I said. “We're both lucky that Karen found us. I love you. I love you.” I said it over and over. Those big expressive eyes looked up at me, and she licked my face.

Since that day, I always tell Sadie when I'm about to go – so as not to startle her. Karen says, “I'm glad you and Sadie have made peace.”

But now I see the hole in my life needs more than just a dog to fill it. Karen, there's something magical about you, me, the girl, the boy – and even your doggone little dog.

I love you Karen. I'll always tell you when I'm about to go – so as not to startle you. And I promise to come back.

I'll always come back.

I want to stay forever. I really do.

Karen, will you marry me?

Postscript: Karen said yes. The couple married in February 1995. They are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.

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Dave Lieber, The Watchdog columnist for The Dallas Morning News, is the founder of Watchdog Nation, a consumer rights group. He's also the playwright behind a hit new play about Amon “Mr. Fort Worth” Carter, called AMON! The Ultimate Texan. Learn more about the play at www.AmonPlay.com.

The above story appears in Dave's book — The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber

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[Photo from the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library]

It is difficult to imagine the region without big-time sports, especially since the Cowboys today are valued at close to $9 billion, named the top sports franchise on the planet and world famous.

When in 1960 rookie quarterback Don Meredith walked into the Cotton Bowl as a member of the new team he had no idea that he would lay the groundwork to create what has become the most prestigious job in all of sports. The job with the most pressure to perform. The job about which everybody has an opinion. The job defined by last names only – Staubach, Aikman, Romo, Prescott. It all begins with Dandy Don Meredith, the first true superstar in North Texas.

While most star Cowboys wrote their memoirs, Meredith never told his life story.

That left an opening for author Dave Lieber to write the first full-length biography – Dandy Don Meredith – The First Dallas Cowboy.

 The epic takes readers from his growing up days in Mount Vernon, Texas, his quarterbacking at Southern Methodist University, his decade playing with the Cowboys and battling Coach Tom Landry, his time starring on ABC’s Monday Night Football with nemesis Howard Cosell, and his work as a pitchman and actor.

“This was the most fun life story to research because Meredith was such an extraordinary man,” says author Dave Lieber, the award-winning Watchdog columnist at The Dallas Morning News. “He was so great at everything he tried. Thanks to him, there’s a surprise on every page.”

Topics include:

• Meredith’s little-known bout with polio as an infant.
• Why he never took the Cowboys to the Super Bowl.
• How in his various careers he dealt with two of the most difficult people, Landry and Cosell.
• What it was like to play in the infamous Ice Bowl.
• His team leadership skills, especially when dealing with segregation in Dallas. And so much more.

This revealing book shows the early days of America’s Team when, at first, they were nobody’s team.

The new book is available for sale at www.DonMeredithBook.com.

Dandy Don Meredith – The First Dallas Cowboy

$34.95 (Yankee Cowboy Publishing). ISBN: 978-0-9836149-8-2

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Here they are:

“They named a school after him and now they’re not sure if students can read his book”

In Southlake Carroll ISD, they originally named George Dawson Middle School after the grandson of a slave. But as the school board became ultra-politicized, pressure came down from up high that parts of the late Dawson's book was a problem. Here's the inside story:

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/08/26/they-named-a-school-after-him-and-now-theyre-not-sure-if-students-can-read-his-book/

George Dawson has a terrific autobiography.

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“Pregnant woman says her fetus should count as a passenger in HOV lanes. She got a ticket.”

The story of the pregnant mom who insisted to police that gave her a ticket that her unborn fetus, under Texas law, should count as the second required passenger in the HOV lane went viral.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/07/08/pregnant-woman-says-her-fetus-should-count-as-a-passenger-in-hov-lanes-she-got-a-ticket/

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“Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw should resign”

Dave has covered the Texas Department of Public Safety honcho for a decade. In this award-winning piece, he says enough is enough.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/11/03/texas-dps-director-steven-mccraw-should-resign-immediately/

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“A blog post shows how insurance companies can delay paying claims to help themselves”

As soon as Dave contacted the law firm about this outrageous blog post, it was removed. But here it is. You won't believe the candor! Unfortunately, it's wicked.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/07/01/a-blog-post-shows-how-insurance-companies-can-delay-paying-claims-to-help-themselves/

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Her fans celebrated Carol Burnett’s 90^th birthday with a TV special last week. Reminded me of the time she came to Fort Worth in 1998 for the opening show at Bass Performance Hall. Burnett took care of unfinished business, and I was there to see it.

Back in 1970 Jami Axe was 13. She wrote a poem called “Being Alone” and sent it to Burnett’s CBS show. Weeks later, Burnett cried when she read the poem on the air. But Jami was already in bed and didn’t see it.

This was before VCRs and DVRs allowed you to record shows.  The poem began.

Being alone

Can sometime be

A normal, pleasant thing for me

A time for thinking,

For searching inside

To find the self I'm trying to hide.

Jami’s mom wrote Burnett asking if she could get a copy of the show.

Burnett wrote back, “I cannot tell you how sorry I am to learn that you, Jami and the rest of the family did not see the show.

“We have always sent advance notice to the children whose poems I've read, but apparently someone on the staff did not follow through this time, since you said you did not know it was to be telecast. Please accept my apologies. I can assure you it was an oversight which I very much regret.

“I have received so many letters from viewers telling me how much they enjoyed the poem. Of course, I just love it, and I'm grateful to Jami. The enclosed picture is for her.

“Unfortunately, that particular show is not scheduled to be repeated and film clips from the shows cannot be released. Again, many thanks to you and Jami for sharing her poem with us.

“Sincerely, Carol Burnett.”

A year later, Burnett published a book called Dear Carol Burnett, A Collection of Children's Poems Sent to Carol Burnett. Jami's poem was published in the book.

So many years went by, and Axe, now 41, never stopped thinking of her unfinished business. She wanted so much to speak to the star. She wanted to hug Burnett and tell her how much the unexpected national attention meant to the teen-age girl in Kansas who wrote so eloquently of being alone.

A few weeks ago, Axe learned that Burnett would be starring in the opening show at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, Let the Angels Play. She asked me for help.

I made a few phone calls and with some help from the famous angels that adorn the outside of Bass Hall, Axe was invited last week to meet Burnett at the new hall.

Backstage, her first words to Burnett were a nervous, “I'm shaking!” Then she held up her prized possession and asked, “Do you remember this book?”

“Yes I do,” Burnett replied as she immediately turned to Axe's poem.

“Could you sign this for me?” Axe asked.

Burnett wrote: “Hi Jami! Much love (after all these years), Carol Burnett.”

“Our phone just rang off the hook that night, but we had missed it,” Axe said.

“I am so sorry about that.”

“But this makes it all worthwhile,” Axe said.

“Thank you, Jami.”

They talked a little, and then Burnett reached out to hug her.

“Bye, Jami. Thank you. Thank you so much,” the star said.

Since this was opening night, it’s safe to say this was likely one of the first dreams to come true at the new Bass Hall. The famous angels that adorn the building’s exterior had done their job, as they would for others since then in their first 25 years on the job.

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These librarians maintain the vast Amon Carter collection, and Lieber had spent months poring over its 444 boxes of materials to research his work.

The play has been performed 52 times in six Texas cities, and Lieber attributed its success to what he called the “buried treasures” he found in those boxes, thanks to the librarians' expertise and help.

To illustrate his point, Lieber shared his experience of visiting the Special Collections department and asking for specific boxes, then discovering the treasure inside each one.

He recalled finding a pair of worn cowboy boots that he believed belonged to Amon Carter's best friend, Will Rogers.

But the most significant discovery he made was while flipping through the official program for the 1936 Fort Worth fair, which was wheeled in with the other boxes.

In the back pages, Lieber found fully naked women airbrushed in all the right places.

This was no underground smut, but rather part of the official program. It was a discovery that allowed Lieber to feel the story of the competing fairs in his bones and to recreate it on stage and in his companion book.

Lieber also highlighted Amon Carter's legacy and his rivalry with Dallas, where he felt businesses were being stolen from Fort Worth. Carter was the owner of the town's newspaper, radio station, and TV station, which gave him an iron grip on the city.

Despite having no money, plan, or building, Carter announced that Fort Worth would have its own competing fair against the official one in Dallas. Both fairs opened and were successful, and Amon Carter beefed up his already legendary status.

Lieber reminded the audience that Carter liked to say “Fort Worth is where the West began, which means Dallas is where the East peters out.”

The playwright's witty and engaging remarks (which you can read in full below) were a fitting tribute to the great cause that brought everyone together that evening.

Before dinner, Dave Lieber delivered these remarks at the library event:

Honored conversationalists, library patrons, library staff and last but hardly least one of our true heroes, Ms. Opal Lee. What a treat to see you, to be in the same room with all of you for this great cause.

Picture this: You’re standing in the Special Collections department upstairs, and you learn that there are 444 boxes of materials about the guy you intend to write a book about and also a script for a companion theater production.

His name is Amon G. Carter Sr., and by owning the town newspaper, radio station and TV station he also owned this town. And as you know, as much as he loved Fort Worth, he hated Dallas.

So this becomes a big game. You come to the library, and you say to the librarian, “OK, show me box # 261.” A few minutes go by, and the librarian wheels out your box. You have no idea what’s inside.

I did this hundreds of times.

The box I remember most is the one that had a pair of terrifically worn cowboy boots. I’m not sure but to my mind those were not Mr. Carter’s. They were too worn. So I surmised they belonged to his best friend Will Rogers.

That was fun. Now let’s go get another box and another and then another.

You pick a number and see the prize inside. Each box is a treasure. Each holds the answers to mysteries.

After many months of this, months of standing over documents and taking quick pictures to study later, you write a play called AMON! The Ultimate Texan.  A book of the same name comes out, too.

Along with the UTA Libraries, we had a partnership, which is what this library does. It helps you find treasures, unlock mysteries, see the prize inside.

The play, I’m proud to say, won best new play by a local playwright and last week, we just staged our 52^nd performance. With those magic boxes, these librarians helped me every step of the way to create a play that has now been seen by thousands in six Texas cities.

Thousands who learned for the first time why this historic football stadium nearby is named after him. Why a museum, an airport, a peak at Big Bend, a high school, a lake, a non-profit foundation are all named after Amon Carter. It’s a list that goes on and on, if I only had the time.

There are all kinds of different fundraisers for great causes. Tonight is a fundraiser for buried treasure. You don’t know what you’re going to find in that box. But you know it’s gonna be something good.

My favorite boxes housed the 1936 Fort Worth Centennial fair memorabilia. Now, the official fair celebrating the state’s 100^th birthday and sponsored by the state was over there in Fair Park, Dallas. Mr. Carter lost it when that happened. He had a terrifically bad, what they termed, a mad spell.

Dallas, or Little D as he called it, was his public enemy #1. Anytime he could take a swipe at Dallas, by carrying a sack lunch to Little D so he wouldn’t have to spend any money over there, he did it. His hobby was stealing businesses away. Why do you think American Airlines is here, not over there?

One Dallas newspaper warned business owners, if you have a Dallas business, tie it down because Amon Carter is going to steal it. And when that happened one time, I saw a Dallas newspaper headline that said – quote – we’ve been Amon Cartered again. They turned his name into a verb.

Amon liked to say that Fort Worth is where the West begins which means Dallas is where the East peters out. He had a sign outside his restroom that said “Flush twice. Dallas needs the water.”

So no one was surprised when Amon announced that Fort Worth was going to have its own competing fair, even though there was no money, no plan, no building. Amon handled all that. No one had a choice. His iron grip was on the city.

Both fairs opened and both were successful, the official one and the renegade one. And I always knew the story of the competing fairs. I had read about it many times, but I didn’t feel it in my bones. Certainly not enough to recreate it for the stage and the page so that others could feel it, too.

So the library boxes on the fair were wheeled in and that’s where I made my most significant discovery in this building. I found the official program for the 1936 Fort Worth fair, and I was flipping through it for the first time, doing what LBJ biographer Robert Caro says to do, “Turn every page.” And then I found it. In the back pages of the official program were fully naked women, air-brushed in all the right places, but fully naked nonetheless. Now this is not some underground smut magazine. This is the official program. 1936! Courtesy of Amon G. Carter. Preserved in this library, for all eternity.

And I brought a copy tonight, but I guess only my table – hey my table! — will get to see it.

The significance for me is that for the first time I could feel the iron grip he had on his city. I didn’t expect to find that, but this nudity, out in the open, demonstrated his hold on the city’s morality or sudden lack thereof.

These boxes are why we’re here tonight. They offer answers. They hold secrets. They contain magic.

With these boxes, you can do what I did – bring their contents back to life. When you think about it, it really is a miracle. Those boxes bring stories back to life.

Thank you for letting me share what this library and the people who work there, and the people like you who support it, mean to me. Thank you and good night.

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Get your autographed copy of the hardcover book AMON! The Ultimate Texan here.

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Judge No. 1: “I ended up liking this book more than I was expecting to. I’m not a fan of Perot nor of politics, and all I knew about him was his involvement in politics. But Lieber did a great job telling way more about Perot. I’m glad I read this.”

Judge No. 2: “It is a reporter’s view of the life of Ross Perot and his impact on business practices and the social obligations a business has to a community in which it operates. The author is an observer and reports on the influence the Perot family has had and continues to have on life in the state of Texas.”

Judge No. 3: “The writing of the book is very good.”

Judge No. 4: “The book is very polished overall. Interior is beautiful, with very attractive and vibrant chapter head illustrations. Overall, a beautiful book!”

Get the book here.

Note: The book was designed by TLC Book Design.

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From: Dave Lieber

Re: My new play on Ross Perot

Hey Lou, my friend. A while back you wrote, “Dave, I would love to read some details about your feelings and ideas with the Perot play having opened.”

It’s been a few months since we enjoyed the world debut of my second play, nine showings of PEROT! American Patriot. I guess it’s taking a long time to process. It was very emotional.

Here’s the thing. You remember when you did a play in school and every day you got to work with your fellow actors? And then you do it, and it’s over? You go into a mild depression because the run is over. You miss the actors, the crew and, of course, the audiences. Applause and congratulations are good for the soul. Plus, that shared unity, working toward a common goal, is clear as could be in a theater production.

Lou, this was particularly difficult because halfway through rehearsals something awful happened. Our director got sick and died. This man, Wheelice “Pete” Wilson Jr., was a theatrical superstar. He started the drama department at the local high school and also the community theater group that produced my Perot play – Theatre Coppell.

Add this fact: our theater is named after him.

An image that I will never forget: As he struggled to maintain life, he worked on the Perot play on his laptop in the hospital. Mine was the final play in a life of a thousand plays.

I was fortunate in that I had a way to deal with my emotions. I wrote his obituary for my newspaper, The Dallas Morning News. While doing that I learned what a special guy Pete was.

He took on my play when other theaters ran from it. A play about a family worth $7.4 billion and you don’t have their permission? Pete wasn’t worried.

Pete worked so hard for 20 years to push his city to build an arts center that became the dazzling $22 million Coppell Arts Center. That’s where one of the two theaters is named after him.

It’s touchy to put on a play about a billionaire as beloved as Perot. It’s like touching a hot fire and hoping  you don’t get burned. But during the nine-show run, a slew of Perot people showed up and gave thumbs up approval. From family friends to Perot staffers, reaction was positive.

Pete wasn’t around to see that his gut instinct was correct.

But what an honor to be Pete’s final play.

His lucky pillow

Pete was gone, but his chair pillow remained. It stayed on that front row seat where he left it throughout rehearsals. And when the play opened, the pillow moved backstage on opening night, where it stayed as our good luck charm.

In an unselfish gesture, Pete’s sister, Janis Arthur, postponed the memorial service for three weeks. She didn’t want to disturb the Perot play and stage set while it was ongoing.

After the play’s run ended, the gathering was held in Pete’s theater. More than 200 people, mostly from plays he directed, came to show their respects.

Perot cast and crew

I mentioned my post-play depression after school plays. In this endeavor, it was particularly acute. The reason is the cast and crew put together to bring my creation to the stage were stunningly good. Pete’s choices were perfect.

Perot was played by Carl Merritt, who worked for six months to perfect the role. When he walked on stage in the first moments and said, “Hi, I’m Ross. What’s your name?” there was a sigh of relief from the audience. Carl, a perfectionist, captured the Perot East Texas twang. He played the highs and lows perfectly. He carried Perot-like confidence.

Another character – I named her Meredith McGee in honor of two of Perot’s grandchildren – was played by Mary Hyndman. In the only important direction I offered, I told Mary that I considered her part in my script an unfinished work. I needed her to flesh out the role. Add lines. Reconfigure the ones I wrote for her to better show her humanity. She rose to the challenge. Some of the lines she added or modified were beautiful in their simplicity. They made me jealous that I didn’t write them. How lucky was I to have her help!

A third actor, Mr. TechMan, was played by the gentlemanly Lloyd Webb, a fine actor whom I wish I could tell you more about him and his character, but for reasons you’ll understand when you see the play, I’ll refrain.

The MVP of our crew was Peggy Rosson. She was content to serve as Pete’s stage manager. But when he passed, she was forced to move from behind the curtain to the front row to assume the director’s job. Even though it was the first play she directed, It all worked out. She not only carried all the knowledge Pete had passed on to her, she had his lucky pillow.

We were ready opening night, and it’s because of Peggy. (Check out the program for the world debut here.)

On that opening night, I asked Pete’s sister how she was doing.

“This is the first opening night for me without Pete,” Janis said, on the verge of tears.

He was, aside from being Mr. Coppell, also Mr. Opening Night. He ran a lot of them. Hundreds of plays at both the high school and at the town’s old fire station which he converted into a theater before the new arts center opened.

For Perot, Janis handled costumes and other production duties, choking back tears all the while.

Zeph Kenna, the miracle man who put together a wonderful set of photos and videos, helped us show Perot’s life visually. Steve LeMay built a perfect stage. Connie Savard designed Perot’s office so that it resembled Perot’s legendary Dallas office. With good humor, Lois Witty ran the projections and  Laurie Johnson handled lighting.

These were all Pete’s people.

Lou, I keep asking — how lucky was I?

I sure would like to go back to that amazing theater with one or two of my plans. My first play — AMON! The Ultimate Texan — was the first play performed at the Coppell theatre. I feel like it’s home.

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The world premiere of Dallas Morning News columnist Dave Lieber’s newest play – PEROT! American Patriot – Is set for nine shows in February at the Coppell Arts Center. Opening night is Feb. 11, 2022.

Theatre Coppell is producing the play in the city’s new $22 million arts center. Founder Wheelice Wilson Jr. is directing in the theater at the center named after him.

Lieber’s previous play – AMON! The Ultimate Texan – about Amon “Mr. Fort Worth” Carter was a hit and played 36 shows in six Texas cities before shutting down because of the pandemic.

In the new play, the Perot actor tells his remarkable story of how he started from scratch to build a family fortune estimated at $7.4 billion. But the emphasis is not on money, but on the family’s values and how love, business smarts and philanthropy were passed down from one generation to the next.

Nine shows are scheduled: Feb. 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27.

TICKETS are on sale at www.CoppellArtsCenter.org.

The play also has a companion book authored by Lieber – SEARCHING FOR PEROT: My Journey to Discover Texas Top Family. It’s the first Perot biography in 25 years.

The play/book website is PerotBook.com

Watch our brief trailer video here.

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