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Dan Koller

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I publish a weekly newsletter called the Coppell Chronicle.

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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every Coppell household could choose either a 65-gallon trash cart or a 95-gallon cart. The Kollers opted for the smaller cart, as it appeared to be large enough to hold the amount of trash we produce every few days. It’s also nearly large enough to hold a middle-aged man of average height.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Most of America thought Ted Cruz’s pregame interview was the worst political aspect of the Texas-Ohio State game. And then Bo French said, “Hold my beer.”
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thousands of autonomous cars will flow to and from a property in Coppell ISD, because the Irving City Council approved a zoning change that will allow Tesla to build a hub for its robotaxis there.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Is the NFL leaving millions on the table by not staging a third-place game? It could be played on the Sunday between the conference championships and the Super Bowl.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I’ve been informed that the first 100 people in line when the McDonald’s on Denton Tap Road reopens at 5 a.m. on July 15 will get $50 Visa gift cards. Conduct yourselves accordingly.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A pilot’s first flight for an airline typically happens under the watchful eye of an experienced captain. In one Coppell High School graduate’s case, that captain was someone who’s been keeping an eye on her since she was born.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
People keep sending me links to stories published in the last week about Naterra International and its plans for a new headquarters in Coppell. I respond by sending them links to stories about that same topic that I published last year: coppellchronicle.substack.com/t/naterra
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Amber and Eddie Flores of Farmers Branch (and their daughters Emilie, 11, and Randie, 7) were first in line when the H-E-B in Irving opened at 6 this morning. (Their 6-year-old daughter, Zarie, was asleep in a wagon when this photo was snapped.) Amber and the girls had been in line for 48 hours.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Coppell ISD administrators want to limit students’ use of technology, but the proposed limits aren’t limiting enough for some of the district’s trustees.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Lots of media outlets received a press release about the opening date for Dallas County’s first H-E-B, but the media outlet that broke the news of the store’s existence was left off the distribution list. 🤷‍♂️ #coppell #coppelltx #irving #irvingtx #localnews
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Liquids flow through the latest edition of the Coppell Chronicle, which includes news about dog washing stations, teenagers armed with water guns, and the potential for late-night drinks in Old Town.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A plan to convert a shuttered childcare center into a facility for dogs has a slim chance for approval. The applicant can appeal to the Coppell City Council, but she will need at least six of the seven council members to overrule the Coppell Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Every household in Coppell will receive a wheeled trash cart this year, and their use will be required. Effective Oct. 1, residents will no longer be allowed to place trash bags directly on their curbs or in their alleys.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ammunition has been discovered in Coppell Middle School North classrooms three times this school year. After each incident, the principal reported that no weapons were found.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
For the first time in more than two decades, the Coppell High School boys basketball team has advanced to the third round of the playoffs. And due to some first-round byes back in the day, I believe this is the only Cowboys team of the 21st century to win playoff games in the first two rounds.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s been more than 30 years since my last math class, but even I can count high enough to know that if you’re starting a sixth volume of a newsletter, that means your newsletter is 5 years old. I appreciate everyone who has supported and boosted the Coppell Chronicle over its half-decade of life.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Patrick Svitek was one of the best in the biz when he was working in Texas. Laying off someone of his caliber is like trading Shohei in his prime. Actually unbelievable.
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Matt Oswalt @mattoswaltva.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Minnesota Star-Tribune Editorial Board: “Noncitizen immigrants without legal status make up roughly 1.5% of Minnesota’s population — less than half the national average. Nothing about that figure justifies the scale, posture or tactics now widely deployed.” www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
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Editorial | Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand.
"What we are witnessing is the storming of the state by the federal government," the Editorial Board writes.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
BREAKING: David Caviness intends to step down from the Coppell ISD Board of Trustees after nine years of service.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
How could I not add this testimonial to the About page on my website? “Your articles are timely, informative, pertinent, concise, and objective — everything one could ask for in local journalism.” That comment was posted on the latest edition of the Coppell Chronicle, which is outside the paywall.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
For some reason, Facebook’s Meta Business Suite believes that tomorrow is the first day of Hanukkah and Friday is inexplicably the last day of Hanukkah, a holiday observed over eight nights. Best of luck to all the social media managers out there who have never darkened the door of a synagogue!
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Could this week’s edition of the Coppell Chronicle be the best one yet? There’s only one way to find out.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
@gordonkeith.bsky.social I worked at Park Cities People when the newspaper marked its 30th anniversary and we revisited the story of Highland Park’s first Black residents: peoplenewspapers.com/2011/07/14/2...
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2003: Watson Has Stayed For a While - People Newspapers
Tactless coverage of black homeowner made national news By Kara Mauerhan | Special Contributor As a town with roots that date back to 1837, Highland Park has experienced quite a few firsts: first resi...
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
There are so many people who, despite everything, still want to be journalists. If you call yourself a journalist and choose to use AI to write your stories, please quit so someone else can take your seat.
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...
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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Once Again Aims To Help Working Actors Get Health Insurance With New Casting Notice
Jimmy Kimmel wants to help actors get health insurance with a new casting notice for his talk show
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Because I’m always looking for the local angle, I’ll point out that this Jimmy Kimmel imbroglio started with Nexstar Media Group, which is headquartered in Irving. Its founder and board chairman, Perry Sook, lives in another one of Coppell’s neighboring cities, Flower Mound.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Coppell ISD residents may think things have been dramatic around here lately, but we’ve been backstroking in buttermilk relative to what’s been going on a few districts to our west in Keller ISD.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I’ve been expecting Cypress Waters to creep closer to Coppell. DART wouldn’t have plopped a train station next to empty land without the promise of some businesses and residences to follow. But I wasn’t anticipating the development in the latest Coppell Chronicle, which is outside the paywall.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Oncor wants to erect a 200-foot tower near South Haven, a subdivision of 200 homes zoned to Coppell ISD. More than two dozen South Haven residents testified against the proposal last week during a public hearing at Dallas City Hall. But none of these people live in Dallas; South Haven is in Irving.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
You’ll have to excuse Lakeside Elementary parents who feel confused. Last Thursday, school district officials discussed possibly closing the campus. This Thursday, city officials will discuss possibly expanding it.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Important questions answered in today’s edition of the Coppell Chronicle, which is free for anyone to read: 🗞️ Can Texas cities prohibit electric bicycles? 🗞️ Can the leadership of St. Ann Catholic Parish control unruly bingo players? 🗞️ How do you pronounce Coppell?
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Myq Kaplan @myqkaplan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I think the Commanders should change their name to the Washington Epsteins.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
One thing I believe is that it’s a super good look for a TV network to cancel a show in a what seems like an effort to get in the good graces of a guy who that very day was revealed to have signed a birthday card to a famous sex criminal: “Shhh I’ll never tell xoxo gossip pedophile.”
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A dozen restaurants are mentioned in this week’s edition of the Coppell Chronicle: Desi Chowrastha, Dillas Quesadillas, Dirty Dough, The Great Greek, Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken, Madira ’N Masala, Pakora Indian Eatery, Salad and Go, The Silk Road, Small Sliders, Texas Pizza Lab, and Urban Egg.
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SgtPepper @mzsgtpepper.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Correct me if I’m wrong but I feel like the USA is the only country with a president who calls the citizens scum in his holiday messages.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Good news: The Senate Education Committee has scheduled a hearing on the House bill that would provide a bit more money to public school districts.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Coppell ISD is no more, but the two sides have different takes on why that is.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I hope some journalist with access to Eddie Murphy will ask for his thoughts on Sturgill Simpson covering “Party All the Time” on his current tour. #SturgillSimpson #JohnnyBlueSkies
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I finally lost hope for the future of our nation when I heard 250,000 people are traveling to Green Bay to watch the NFL draft in person.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Early voting for the May 3 elections begins tomorrow. If you live in Coppell or Coppell ISD, the latest edition of the Coppell Chronicle – which is free for anyone to read – will help you prepare for your trip to the polling place. #coppell #coppelltx #coppelltexas #coppellisd
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I am genuinely surprised by this. I was sure he’d stick around until our sons graduate in 2027.
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Superintendent Dr. Brad Hunt Announces Retirement After 35 Years in Public Education
After 35 years in public education and eight years leading Coppell ISD, Superintendent Dr. Brad Hun...
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
During Monday’s meeting of the Coppell ISD Board of Trustees, Nichole Bentley offered some tips on how to effectively lobby the Legislature. #txlege #txed
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
With ZERO media attention, on Saturday voters in Louisiana gave a stunning rebuke to the MAGA conservatism of Gov. Jeff Landry and his cruelty-is-the-point criminal justice. Voters lining up to stop America's right turn should terrify Team Trump. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Louisiana shock election sends message to Trump | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Sen. Cory Booker’s real-life ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Substack informed me today that the Coppell Chronicle is in 72nd place on the platform’s News Leaderboard, right behind a newsletter that offers “dispatches from the fringes of the information war” and just ahead of one dedicated to “exposing far-right extremism and corporate media complicity.”
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Many outlets have reported on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recently filed lawsuit against Coppell ISD. But did you know the administrator at the center of the controversy has been the subject of surreptitious videos for more than two years?
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Coppell Chronicle Vol. 5, No. 5
Coppell ISD Sued Over Critical Race Theory • City Leaders Testify Against Sales Tax Shift • Activists Host Town Hall Without Van Duyne • One-Man Crime Wave Crossed Into Coppell
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Texas voucher math doesn’t add up.
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Dan Koller @bydankoller.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
These are real quotes from real people who really enjoy reading the Coppell Chronicle.
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