Sam MertenTennell Atkins and LeVar Thomas debated for an hour last night at Paul Quinn College in South Dallas, as the two candidates in the District 8 city council race offered opposing views regarding the inland port, the convention center hotel and giving more power to Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle.
Atkins claimed he's "spent all his time making sure the inland port moves forward," while requiring developer Richard Allen to involve minority contractors in the project. Thomas countered tha
Johnnie Mae Shaw, an 83-year-old woman with heart problems, needed a ride to cast her vote May 9, so she called a phone number left on her answering machine offering free rides to those unable to make it to the polls. Evelyn Woods, Shaw's neighbor and friend for 39 years, saw her sitting outside her house on the afternoon of May 9 and asked Shaw if she needed a ride to the Tommie M. Allen Recreational Center, but Shaw told her she was waiting for someone to pick her up.
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