Last week, Schutze told you about an interpretation of the city’s election rules that allows any incumbent to receive unlimited donations, regardless of the city’s $5,000 limit on campaign contributions from individuals. Money going to something called an officeholder account are not bound by the $5,000 rule, and can be…
First there was the heavy smoke that enveloped the City Council campaign of Adam McGough, Mike Rawlings former chief of staff. Now, a $10,000 contribution given from the mayor’s campaign fund to another former staffer running for council, Sam Merten, is raising questions. See also: Dallas City Council Candidate Answers…
It may have cost a cool $1 million, but Dallas’ city website, which has looked like a throwback to the Geocities era since, well, the Geocities era, is finally going live with a much needed update on Friday. According to city spokeswoman Sana Syed, the site will be everything the…
It’s hard to understand how the city of Dallas’ mandating 10 minute rest breaks every four hours for construction workers could be controversial. As City Council member Dwaine Caraway put it in December, all the workers are asking for is a break. Nevertheless, Jerry Allen, Rick Callahan and especially Lee…
Last week, Mayor Mike Rawlings’ former chief of staff Adam McGough officially announced that he’s running for the Lake Highlands District 10 City Council seat soon to be vacated by Jerry Allen. Almost immediately, murmurs began on social media about the fact that, at least until recently, McGough’s two school-aged…
This whole thing started, as many squabbles are sure to over the coming years, with comments from newly elected Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, Patrick said that the two open carry bills most popular with gun wing of his party, the ones that would…
Sheffie Kadane’s quest to get the city to stop fluoridating its drinking water is over. For months, the Dallas City Council member, aided by the likes of DogsAgainstFluoridation.com, has warned of the dangers of continuing to do something that Dallas dentists say has strengthened local kids teeth for almost 50…
The latest salvo in the war to get the city of Dallas to stop adding fluoride to the city’s water supply comes from the canines behind dogsagainstfluoridation.com, who are urging the City Council to follow council member Sheffie Kadane’s lead on January 28 and vote to end the vicious commie…
“Majority rule, minority rights.” It’s one of the first axioms you learn in civics, social studies or whatever your elementary school called it. It’s part of the American social contract, that those out of power in a legislative body have at least some means to check the actions of those…
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings recently released his semiannual campaign finance report, detailing the money he’s received for his re-election campaign and what he’s doing with it. There are no smoking guns in the report, no examples of obvious corruption that everyone can feel righteously outraged about. Most disappointingly, there is…
Five white plaintiffs, backed by the Dallas-based Equal Voting Rights Institute, are suing Dallas County because, they say, the 60 percent-white Dallas County Commissioner’s Court does not fairly represent them. Dallas County, for the record, is 39 percent Latino; 32 percent white, non-Latino; and 23 percent black, according the the…
Not content after losing a local battle against Plano’s LGBTQ equal rights ordinance, a group of four local state representatives plan to introduce legislation that would nullify any municipal equal rights ordinances passed anywhere in the state, including Dallas’ March 2014 ordinance. See also: Plano Ignores Cries of Hometown Liberty…
Tuesday, as she was sworn into the Texas Senate seat formerly occupied by erstwhile gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, Colleyville Republican Konni Burton left no doubt that she’d be a vast departure from Davis’ moderation. Seemingly mocking the pink Mizunos Davis made famous during her filibuster of House Bill 2, Texas’…
Randolph Glenn is about to get at least a little of what he deserves for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Glenn was shot by Dallas Police Officer Bunthavuth Te after failing to remove his hands from his pockets while Te and other officers looked for Donnell…
The city of Dallas got in on the earthquake hysteria Monday. The takeaways: Chances of a significant (5.0 or higher on the Richter scale) quake are small, but we all need to start putting together our emergency kits — the city recommends we stock them with bottled water, several days’…
I moved into a new apartment on New Year’s Day. Wednesday, as I was making my way down the stairs, I saw the door you see in the photo. It stopped me cold. “Surely, it couldn’t be this easy,” I thought. Had Wylie H. been hiding in plain sight –…
Big cities are threatening to turn the state’s economic miracle into a nightmare, according to Texas Governor-elect, Greg Abbott. Regulations drafted by cities with regard to fracking, plastic bags and cutting down old trees are a grave threat to the state’s well-being. If cities like Dallas lead the way, we…
All of Vanity Fair reporter Bryan Burrough’s portrait of Dallas in the hours, days and weeks after the arrival of Thomas Eric Duncan is worth reading, but we thought it’d be worthwhile to highlight some of the most interesting stuff in his piece for those who can’t afford to read…
Acknowledging that maybe the tear down first, ask questions later policy with regard to old buildings that aren’t protected landmarks might not be the best thing, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and District 14 City Council member Philip Kingston have teamed up to form the most Dallas of all pseudo-governmental units…
Starting with the adoption of a an equality resolution by the City Council in March, 2014 saw the city of Dallas continue to inch its way to becoming one of the most inclusive municipalities in the country. The city added health benefits for transgender city employees, made it possible for…
A little less than a year ago, the city of Dallas adopted a drought contingency plan to mitigate damage from increasingly low water levels at the city’s lakes and reservoirs. The first stage of that plan kicks in when levels are down 35 percent. In December that line was crossed;…
I’m just going to pay the nickel. That’s what I realized, staring at a 7-Eleven sign on New Year’s Eve warning of the coming enforcement of City Council member Dwaine Caraway’s baby, the city’s carryout bag ordinance. I’m going to pay the nickel, because remembering reusable bags is hard and…
