Dallas Wings to Downtown Dallas? A city council vote could open the door | #citycouncil
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 26: Arike Ogunbowale #24 of the Dallas Wings drives against Kelsey Plum #10 of the Las Vegas Aces in the second quarter of Game Two of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs semifinals at Michelob ULTRA Arena on September 26, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aces defeated the Wings 91-84. (Photo […]
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WNBA’s Dallas Wings poised to relocate to downtown Dallas arena in proposed deal with city | #citycouncil
Dallas officials are poised to approve a 15-year deal designed to bring the WNBA’s Dallas Wings to the downtown convention center arena, three city officials told The Dallas Morning News. The City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a resident use and incentive agreement for the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, part of the Kay Bailey […]
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Dallas Wings to Downtown Dallas? A city council vote could open the door | #citycouncil
Dallas Wings CEO on this year’s WNBA Draft picks Greg Bibb, the president and CEO of the Dallas Wings, joined Good Day to talk about the team’s 2024 WNBA Draft picks. He said Jacy Sheldon from Ohio State, Carla Leite from France, and Ashley Owusu from Penn State will each bring something to Dallas. DALLAS […]
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Proposal for Dallas’ leaders pay in question – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
Dallas voters may get to decide if city council members and the mayor get a large pay increase. First, the council must approve recommendations sent by a commission looking to overhaul city government. The City of Dallas Charter Review Commission made a list of recommendations including the pay increase but also implementing ranked choice voters, […]
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Letters to the Editor — Texas A&M, preservation program, Dallas City Council, sheriff race | #citycouncil
Bonfire wrong memorial Texas A&M University is unique for many reasons. Its distinctive culture permeates every aspect of its existence. At the core of its culture is the courage to always do what is right regardless of opinion or consequences. While traditions are revered at A&M, those traditions can never supersede the dignity we accord […]
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Letters to the Editor — Mayor candidates, Asian Americans, Mike Johnson, Beth Van Duyne
Potential mayoral candidates Re: “Unplugged — Kids living without phones or social media? Here’s how one Dallas family makes it work,” by Sharon Grigsby, Sunday Metro column. Reading Grigsby’s column about the way Michael and Natalie Sorrell are raising unplugged kids in a smart-phone world reminded me that principled individuals still walk quietly among us. […]
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Can $100k plus buy a better Dallas City Council? We don’t think so. | #citycouncil
In an era of belt-tightening, a proposal to change the Dallas city charter to double the pay of future council members and mayors is excessive and tone deaf. Dallas City Council members work long hours beyond the time that they spend around the council horseshoe. A decade ago, they were abysmally underpaid, council members receiving […]
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Mayor says Chiefs have “serious opportunity” to return to Dallas
Dallas mayor Eric Johnson seems determined to bring the Chiefs home. The franchise started as the AFL’s Dallas Texans, before surrendering the city to the NFL’s Cowboys and moving to Kansas City in 1963. On the heels of the landslide decision by Jackson County, Missouri voters to reject the extension of a sales tax to […]
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Mayor of Dallas rooting for Chiefs to move back to Dallas
The Chiefs’ future is very much in doubt after Jackson County, Missouri, voters overwhelmingly rejected a sales tax extension that would have renovated Arrowhead Stadium. Before Tuesday’s vote, Chiefs president Mark Donovan had threatened the team could leave if the measure didn’t pass. Where would they go if they did move? Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, […]
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Dallas needs a civic leader, not a political partisan
Dallas’ city charter requires the mayor and council members to run and, hopefully, govern without party labels. The reason is that nonpartisan leadership at the level of government closest to residents encourages elected officials to work in the best interests of their communities, not in their own political interests or those of a party. It’s […]
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