92% of Dallas County homes to get lower or flat appraisals for '09, official says (Dallas Morning News)

Dallas County commissioners heard the bleak but expected news on Tuesday about this year's tax roll: home foreclosures, declining building permits and high office-vacancy rates combine to depress values for the first time in years., more 
and Democrats celebrate 100 days of Obama (Denton Record-Chronicle)  DRC/Gary Payne Denton County Democratic Party Chairman Neil Durrance talks about President Obama?s first 100 days in office on Wednesday night at JJ?s Pizza in Denton.A little wet but no less jubilant, Denton County Democrats gathered Wednesday at JJ?s Pizza on the Square to celebrate President Obama?s first 100 days in office. The celebration was to take place outside the Courthouse on the ..., more