Starpower power struggle, Valley View suit, Amazon, American Airlines: Friday's Business Briefing

Your lunchtime look at D-FW business [Your lunchtime look at D-FW business] September 14,  2018 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Follow us on Twitter [@DMNBiz](. (Ben Torres / Special Contributor) featured columnist: Robert Wilonsky Dallas finally sues Valley View Center's owners over the mess it is On Wednesday, Dallas City Hall took the extraordinary step of suing the owners of Valley View mall — TX Dallas Midtown LP, who long-ago proposed rebranding for the site at Preston Road and LBJ. Extraordinary, because not so long ago the city and Jeff Beck and sons Scott and Jarrod Beck were partners in the redevelopment. The city worked with the Becks to rezone their 430 acres, holding numerous town halls and countless other meetings to flesh out an area master plan. The city lined up $36 million in tax incentives to redevelop the property. And the city included in its 2017 bond program $6 million in matching funds for a Midtown Park that I am starting to believe I will never see in my lifetime. And now the city is claiming, in papers filed in court this week, that [Valley View is a giant code violation](. The Latest Starpower's Daniel Pidgeon targets family in lawsuit Pidgeon, who was also chief financial officer of Dallas-based Starpower, said in his lawsuit that [he was locked out of his office by his family](.  Water district won't fix homes by water pipe break As residents prepared to confront the water district at a meeting, they were unified in asking: [Who’s going to pay for this?]( The answer depends on each insurer. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gives no HQ2 hints at event Even though [Bezos was mum on headquarters news](, he did perhaps reveal some insight into his decision-making process. U.S. airlines cancel flights ahead of Florence Flight-tracking service [FlightAware]( put the number of canceled flights at 630 on Thursday, with 677 more planned for Friday. McKinney homes are made of shipping containers [North Collin County Habitat for Humanity]( plans to build Cotton Groves to provide affordable housing in Dallas' pricey northern suburbs. Advertisement Elsewhere in Texas - Houston: [Luby’s plans to close even more locations]( amid lagging sales. (Houston Chronicle) - Point comfort: [A former Alcoa mechanic]( will be joining the Calhoun port board. (Victoria Advocate) - Austin: New details and images emerge for [an office tower south of downtown Austin](. (Austin American-Statesman) - Houston: [A former Houston executive]( is pleading guilty in the PDVSA bribery case. (Houston Chronicle) - San Antonio: [WeWork](is opening a location in the Alamo City. (San Antonio Express-News) (File photo) featured columnist: Mitchell Schnurman American pays workers more than it has to, and it pays the price on Wall Street Nearly two years ago, pilots at American Airlines were upset that their peers’ pay had jumped well ahead of their own. They had approved a five-year contract in 2015 that included a 23 percent pay raise and annual increases of 3 percent. At the time, the rates were the highest in the industry. But Delta, United and Southwest later agreed to bigger deals and American pilots wanted a correction. CEO Doug Parker refused. Five months later, American abruptly reversed course. In mid-contract, it offered average pay raises of 8 percent to pilots and 5 percent to flight attendants. The move was unusually generous and a sharp contrast with American's old history of clashing with labor. Everybody happy? [Apparently, Wall Street wasn't.]( Follow DFW stocks: [See how top North Texas stocks performed](, as well as the oil and gas markets and major stock exchanges. DFW Top 100 Places to Work 2017: The Dallas Morning News and Workplace Dynamics partner each year to feature the [Top 100 workplaces](, based on ratings by the people who work at them. Advertisement 👋  That's all for today! For up-to-the-minute business news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com/Business](. 💖 Share the love: If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback on this newsletter? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to our Business Editor Paul O'Donnell at [podonnell@dallasnews.com](mailto:podonnell@dallasnews.com?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback). STAY CONNECTED WITH US  [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Tumblr]( [Google]( [Reddit](  [OTHER NEWSLETTERS]( [SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS]( [Unsubscribe](  |  [Manage Preferences](  |  [Privacy Policy](  |  [Contact](  |  [Advertise]( You received this message because you signed up for this Dallas Morning News newsletter or it was forwarded to you. Copyright 2018 - [The Dallas Morning News]( | [1954 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75201](#)