It has all the ingredients of a juicy headline for a local newspaper: an attempted shake-down of a sitting mayor, corrupt behavior from the one who cries corruption the most, false addresses, illegitimate candidacy in a mayoral race, and a felony indictment of a former mayoral candidate. Yet the Denton Record-Chronicle, until now, had yet to even tweet about it. This has many observers asking why…

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO OUR EARLIER REPORT: Official court documents confirm that former Denton city mayoral candidate Bob Clifton has been indicted on second degree felony bribery charges stemming from an attempted shake-down of Mayor Mark Burroughs…

The Planning and Zoning Commission last week declared once again that Denton is certainly “open for business” in a neighborhood near you by voting in favor of a rezoning request for close to 5 acres of land along Oak and Bonnie Brae, directly adjacent to the West Oak Historic District. Read about this and the thinking that allows such things to take place in this great town…

While Denton grows increasingly worried about recent moves of UNT which seem to signal a shift in focus from here to Dallas, UNT officials spend little time allaying those fears. Instead they have gone to great lengths to produce this little video attempting to show just how much UNT and Dallas need each other.

We have been asked whether or not thinkdenton.com will be endorsing candidates for this year’s city council race. Our goal is to serve as a source of alternative news and education regarding the upcoming election – to give the voters every opportunity to find what they need to make an educated decision. As such, we have no interest in endorsing candidates – that is the role of each individual voter.

The City of Denton has spent $200K on consultants to help think about our downtown area. Their plans are nearly in place and they unveiled some of them to the public recently. Read about what they will soon recommend to the city – the good, the controversial, and some stones still left unturned.

A collection of Denton-centric topics of interest – all put together for you…