Dallas City Council has questions for TxDOT on interstate project – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
Dallas City Council approved in May to accept TxDOT’s recommendation to tear down I-345 and rebuild it below grade with city streets running over it. Some people in the area like the idea if it improves traffic. “The project sounds valid,” downtown resident Chester Anderson said. “It would help some of the traffic flow especially […]
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A petition to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson fails
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An effort to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson over his joining the Republican Party failed this week, the city secretary announced Wednesday. Former Dallas City Council candidate Davante Peters launched a petition in […]
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Dallas City Council approves $2.5 million settlement in Tony Timpa civil rights lawsuit | #citycouncil
The Dallas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a $2.5 million settlement in the civil rights lawsuit against four Dallas officers accused in Tony Timpa’s death in police custody. The award comes about five months after a federal jury determined that three of the officers violated Timpa’s rights in 2016, but that two were shielded […]
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Kimberly Tolbert to become interim Dallas City Manager – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
The Dallas City Council has moved ahead to have an acting city manager in place when the current city manager leaves in June. In a twelve to two vote, council members appointed Kimberly Tolbert to the role of interim city manager. Tolbert currently serves as Deputy City Manager. Council members cited a rough relationship between […]
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Dallas’ Child, Adult Care Facilities Get a Boost from City Council | #citycouncil
Dallas City Council took up two measures last week that should help child and adult care facilities in the city. One would grant child care facilities a 50% property tax break; the other would expand the areas where child care and adult care facilities can operate in the city, such as in single family neighborhoods. […]
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Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax resigns amid pressure from City Council | #citycouncil
Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax is resigning as the city’s top administrative official amid pressure by the City Council, elected officials said Wednesday. Broadnax will leave the city June 3, according to a joint news release from council members Zarin Gracey, Jaime Resendez, Omar Narvaez, Adam Bazaldua, Jaynie Schultz and Gay Donnell Willis. The move […]
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson paid campaign money to firm tied to his new Republican group
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson won reelection by a landslide in May then started paying a consulting firm run by his former chief of staff thousands of dollars a month in campaign funds, records show. Adept Strategies, which was registered with the state on the same day the mayor reported making his first payment to it, […]
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Dallas city leaders question road safety progress – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
There were plenty of questions but fewer answers, as a Dallas City Council committee was briefed Tuesday on the status of the city’s “Vision Zero” road safety plan. Council members requested the briefing after an NBC 5 Investigation revealed documents suggesting a lack of progress on key steps toward reducing traffic deaths and injuries in the city. […]
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson recall petition likely to fail, lead organizer says
The lead organizer of a petition attempting to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says the effort will likely fall well short of the 103,595 valid voters’ signatures needed by March 5. Davante Peters told The Dallas Morning News on Monday that he estimates having close to 10,000 signatures, planned to keep getting people to sign […]
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Letters to the Editor – Child care, Dallas mayor, electric grid, Taylor Swift
Better ways to do this Re: “Restrictions eased in residential zones — Dallas City Council clears path for more centers to be opened,” Thursday Metro & Business story. The city can do better to increase child care. The best idea Dallas can come up with is to remove the special-use permit requirement for a child […]
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