City Hall
And the flooding comes after only a couple of days of rain. But, having seen city manager Mary Suhm on Tuesday, I feel safe and secure in the knowledge that the city will protect m[...]
12 Mar 2009
I’ve been Suhm-ed. That’s the phenomenon, described elsewhere, in which city manager Mary Suhm Power Points an audience into submission, dazzling them with colored char[...]
11 Mar 2009
The state comptroller’s office has announced the city’s share of January’s sales tax revenue, and the news just keeps getting worse. The city budgeted for $17.2 m[...]
11 Mar 2009
I guess they’re getting a little itchy at city hall: Demolition work started yesterday on the proposed taxpayer-owned convention center hotel site, according to the DMN. Appa[...]
10 Mar 2009
Monday was the last day to file to run for Dallas City Council, and Preston Hollow voters will have to choose between District 13 candidates Ann Margolin and Brint Ryan to replace [...]
10 Mar 2009
That’s the word from city manger Mary Suhm, who has told her top aides to prepare for further declines in revenue the rest of the year, including sales tax receipts. The sale[...]
02 Mar 2009
Mayor Tom Leppert told a town hall meeting last night that he was committed to doing everything necessary to help the Dallas Independent School District succeed, but avoided direct[...]
27 Feb 2009
It didn’t merit much notice given all the excitement at City Hall yesterday, but the council signed off on the form-based zoning compromise that will make it possible for dev[...]
26 Feb 2009
How do descriptions like “dire” and “unpalatable cuts” sound? That’s the word from Dave Levinthal, the ace city hall reporter for Dallas’ Only D[...]
18 Feb 2009
Considering that, just a couple of months ago, Mayor Park Cities all but guaranteed that the Trinity toll road would be built by 2013 — ahead of schedule! — a bunch of [...]
16 Feb 2009
Hopefully, someone can explain to me why this makes sense. And I’m not trying to be flip or negative. I honestly don’t see why our elected officials would abdicate the [...]
12 Feb 2009
The December sales tax collection numbers are in, and the news is not good – not good at all. The city collected just $23.6 million in December. That was not only 11.9 percen[...]
11 Feb 2009
