Fort Worth, Dallas, and the Tarrant Regional Water District approved hiking spending and property taxes. Public safety was a topic in both major cities, and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson succeeded in restoring funds to the proposed police overtime budget, reversing an...
Councilmember Chad West says his amendment requiring a committee hearing before releasing additional funds to police overtime is fiscally responsible, not defunding. He also answered questions about city debt, spending, and what supportive council members said his...
Recently, Dallas City Councilman Chad West told citizens why having police ask before restoring funds set to be removed from police overtime is fiscally responsible. He also argues it’s a necessary response after the Texas Legislature passed a law earlier this year...
Citing “local control” and “fiscal responsibility,” eight Dallas City Council members took another $10 million out of the proposed police overtime budget—bringing the total to nearly double last year’s amount. “Defund” means “to withdraw funding...
Citizens reacted strongly to the announcement that Angela West, wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen West, wasn’t intoxicated despite being arrested for driving while intoxicated. While questions remain about who else may have been wrongfully...
On Saturday, Dallas City Council members who voted to cut police overtime and reduce the police ammunition supply last year—yet still sought the Dallas Police Association’s endorsement this election—will face the voters, who also have to decide if noncitizens...
Before the Texas Legislature receives its census data and starts redrawing state voting maps, Dallas City Council is asking local citizens to eliminate the requirement of being a taxpayer or a registered voter to be on city boards and commissions—including the one...
As homicides continue to rise in Dallas following council’s vote to cut police overtime, city council members who spearheaded the cut were defeated in an attempt to interfere in resupplying Dallas police with ammunition. On Wednesday, Councilmember Lee Kleinman tried...
Taxpayer-funded lobbying was dealt a partial defeat Wednesday as the Dallas City Council rejected hiring one of the top paid lobbyists in Texas and revealed more to citizens of what goes on behind the scenes. If the council doesn’t readjust spending, fewer taxpayer...
As the search for a new police chief continues, violent crime in the City of Dallas has risen to the point where Gov. Greg Abbott dispatched the Texas Rangers to help. As the holidays approach, citizens have spoken out, but the vast majority of city council has not...
Dallas City Council has approved their agenda for the 2021 Texas Legislature, which notably excludes citizen concerns, such as lowering property taxes. A fight among council members also revealed how they organize when unforeseen issues arise in the state Capitol....
Amid demands by the far-left to raid $200 million in taxpayer funds from police, and citizen outcries for full funding of police, Dallas City Council gave neither side exactly what they asked for, while still hiking taxes. The city budget still projects a declining...
With the City of Dallas recovering from riots in the past several months, and South Dallas residents holding on to the City’s promises to provide more police, city council moved to cut police and firefighter overtime in the proposed 2021 budget and instead spend...
As Dallas City Council approaches their Wednesday vote on whether or not to raid $7 million of taxpayers’ money from the police overtime fund to spend on other government programs, citizens are planning three rallies to show support for the police and hold city...
For months, Dallas citizens have had to defend their land from a Democrat state senator, who is trying to force upon them soccer fields they didn’t want. On Wednesday, citizens successfully pushed their city council to defeat the shady deal, avoiding clouds of...
UPDATE 8/25/20 1:26 PM: Dallas Councilmember Cara Mendelsohn replied to grassroots activist Troy Jackson’s claim that there would be no police academy next year. “This is incorrect – there will be a police academy and hiring of police academy...
Because of a cited change in guidance of how to use federal taxpayer coronavirus relief funds, the City of Dallas is seeking to burden federal taxpayers as much as possible with their spending, while reallocating local taxpayer cash from the police department to other...
UPDATE 06/08/2020 – Evening: Councilmembers Jennifer Gates, Cara Mendolsohn, and Chad West have said they are against eliminating the Dallas Police Department. UPDATE 06/08/2020 – Afternoon: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he is against eliminating the...
On Wednesday, Dallas City Council delayed voting on a special development deal—eerily similar to Fort Worth’s Panther Island—for the son of a Democrat U.S. Senate candidate; the council will now vote on the issue in August. This week, it was questioned if building...
UPDATE 5/21/20 12:35 PM: District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendolsohn gave the following statement to Texas Scorecard. “I’ve consistently voted against projects that have obvious conflicts of interest, often with a 14-1 vote. City hall needs to change its...
