South Dallas revitalization potential, AA flight attendants fear the Max: Your Friday morning roundup

SMU brought Ra’Shaad Samples home to be its ace Dallas recruiter, but he wants to show he can be a great coach, too  [Morning roundup]( 11/15/2019 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Weather: What falls but never hits the ground? Read on. The high will be 59 with a 10 percent chance of rain today and the low, when the temperature falls (aha!), will be near 37 degrees. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( Seven people live in the low-rent upstairs apartments at 5210 Bexar Street. But the downstairs storefronts, which taxpayers helped fund, are barren. (Ryan Michalesko/Staff Photographer) DALLAS [Vacant South Dallas storefronts built with taxpayers’ dollars might be thing of the past]( City columnist Robert Wilonsky writes: A long time ago, we used to talk about developer Bruce Kaminski’s building at 5210 Bexar and ask how the city could be so careless with our money, which added up to more than $1 million in grants and shaky 20-year loans. Then, at some point, we stopped asking. [We stopped caring](.  Editorial: [Dallas police]( thank you for protecting our homeless.   Also: Longtime Dallas lawyer, [civil rights activist Adelfa Callejo]( dies at 90.  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [Some American Airlines flight attendants are 'begging' not to fly the Boeing 737 Max]( Some American Airlines flight attendants are worried about getting on a Boeing 737 Max after the plane is certified to fly again, Association of Professional Flight Attendants president Lori Bassani said Thursday. "I will tell you that I hear from flight attendants every day, and [they’re begging me not to make them go back up in that plane]( Bassani said.  Also: Dallas-based luxury bus service [Vonlane plans to add an Oklahoma City route]( in 2020.   And: Addison-based public relations and marketing firm [Idea Grove]( is expanding its operations with a move to a new location.  NEW BEGINNINGS [Walmart in El Paso reopens in defiance of massacre that left 22 dead]( More than three months after the racist-driven tragedy, shoppers walked through the doors of a renovated Walmart store in El Paso that had been gutted and then renovated with new fixtures and a new polished concrete floor and interior design, and hopefully, company officials said, a new beginning. [This Walmart, ground zero for a massacre, has for far longer been a symbol of the bonds between two nations](.  Also: A [former ‘dollar theater’ in Plano]( is being transformed into a first-run moviehouse — in time for ‘Frozen 2’ and ‘Star Wars.’   And: It's a record head start for [The Dallas Morning News Charities](.  ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Closing time: [Full Circle Tavern]( closes in Dallas’ Lakewood neighborhood. - Education: [Meet a Dallas teacher]( who took a bow as she earned the Oscar Award of education and $25,000. - Food and drink: [A biscuit-loving restaurant]( announces a major expansion across North Texas. Ra'Shaad Samples was hired by SMU to be an ace recruiter in his hometown. He's using the opportunity to show he can be a great coach, too. (Ryan Michalesko/Staff Photographer) FINALLY ... [Ra’Shaad Samples was to be SMU's ace Dallas recruiter. Can he be a great coach?]( While his boss and his reputation believe him to be a recruiter first, it’s not how Ra’Shaad Samples views himself, or his future in this profession. [Recruiting to him, provides an opportunity to prove himself as a coach](. "I’m a better coach than recruiter, and I don’t think it’s close," Samples said.  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 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? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletters@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2019 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](