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Mitchell Rasansky blames city for supporting kids’ Coke habit
A seemingly routine Dallas City Council agenda item spiraled into a referendum on obesity this morning, as District 13 council member Mitchell Rasansky decried a contract for food and beverage...
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Dallas City Council approves $165,674 expenditure to hire new smoking law...
On the heels of passing a sweeping municipal smoking ordinance expansion last month, the Dallas City Council this morning voted to spend $165,674 in contingency reserve funds to hire new smoking law...
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Dallas District Clerk Fitzsimmons to highlight lawyers who file legal papers...
Dallas County District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons is making it easier for lawyers to file legal papers electronically from a computer, which saves them the time it takes to drive downtown, wait in line...
View ArticleContingent of top Dallas officials to lobby state lawmakers in Austin
Dallas’ biennial tradition of sending a gaggle of City Council members and top city officials to lobby state lawmakers continues Tuesday with a reception at The Austin Club in Austin. The reception,...
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Dallas City Hall Monitor: Friday, February 13, 2009
And someday, your one day will come too, dear Dallas reader. If it all sounds so romantic, don’t worry, it isn’t. It’s garbage. And recycling, which isn’t garbage I guess, but, same … [visit site to...
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Dallas Convention Center hotel operating and development agreements approved
(Last updated at 7:14 p.m.) Dallas taxpayers could be primarily responsible for subsidizing a proposed city-owned convention center hotel if user revenues aren’t sufficient to repay revenue bonds...
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Dallas City Hall Monitor: Friday, February 20, 2009
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is in Washington, D.C., this morning (along with about 65 other city mayors) to visit site to read more]
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D/FW Airport Board: Betty Culbreath and Brenda Reyes in, former Dallas Mayor...
Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem John Loza lost his bid for reappointment to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, replaced by Brenda Reyes, a businesswoman and close political adviser to...
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Dallas City Council candidate field set for May 9 election
Rare is the political race where a challenger upends an incumbent. But with the Dallas City Council’s 2009 candidate field now solidified – a month-long registration period concluded Monday evening –...
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The Dallas City Council discovers (and rediscovers) the Internet
A little update from our story earlier this year when we graded the Web presence of Dallas City Council members: • District 14 council member Angela Hunt … [visit site to read more]
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If at first you don’t succeed as a Dallas City Council candidate, then try...
Maybe this time, the fates have properly aligned, the political winds have sufficiently shifted and victory will be theirs. Or maybe this time, they’ll get their butts beat, just like last time....
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Dwaine Caraway: Vonciel Jones Hill is ‘arrogant’ and doesn’t deserve another...
Calling fellow Dallas City Council member Vonciel Jones Hill “arrogant,” “disrespectful” and displaying “signs of a dictatorship,” Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway tells us he’ll formally endorse...
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Pair of Dallas City Council candidates removed from May 9 ballot
Two Dallas City Council candidates are no longer such. Dallas City Secretary Deborah Watkins tells us she today removed District 5 candidate Sarah Gutierrez-Anderson and District 10 candidate Anita...
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The Real Estate Council announces Dallas City Council endorsements
The Real Estate Council, which represents Dallas-area companies and real estate professionals, today released its 2009 Dallas City Council endorsement slate. “It’s difficult to select from such a...
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Dallas City Hall Monitor: Monday, March 23, 2009
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • The Dallas City Council’s annual two-week-long spring break complete, a bevy of issues face members today during a series of...
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Dallas City Hall Monitor: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Your daily dose of news and views from around Dallas City Hall: - The Dallas City Council will be meeting for an action packed agenda. Two words. … [visit site to read more]
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SEIU Local 5 endorses slate of Dallas City Council candidates
Service Employees International Union Local 5 tells us they’ve endorsed Dallas City Council candidates in eight of the 14 races contested in this year’s election. The union met with City Council...
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Refusing defeat, Jenny the elephant advocate presses Dallas City Council...
Pending Dallas Park and Recreation Board approval this morning, the Dallas City Council is scheduled Wednesday to vote on $13.52 million contract that, if passed, will accelerate construction of the...
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Oak Cliff-area Dallas City Council candidates talk convention hotel, Trinity...
Phil Leven flashed a slight smile, then turned to the 11 Dallas City Council candidates to his left and right. “I’m sure it’s going to come up, and it’s going to affect all of us, so I figured I would...
View ArticleMore news from the AFL-CIO: Labor organization endorses Dallas City Council...
After earlier declaring its opposition to Dallas’ Proposition 1 and Proposition 2, the Dallas AFL-CIO labor organization has endorsed six Dallas City Council candidates running in this year’s race. The...
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