You Simply Have to See Dallas City Councilwoman Vonciel Hill’s Swimming Pool: It’s a Cesspool

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VoncielJonesHillpool.jpgby Eric NicholsonPhoto courtesy of Eric Nicholson, The Dallas Observer

I was outside yesterday for a little bit, trying to put in a basil garden for maybe an hour. Came in and was so bitten up I had to get out the cortisone cream. I cannot recall mosquitos biting in mid-day! No doubt they are way more than vicious this year, and we are taking every pre-caution, including stocking cans of insect repellant at every door to ward off West Nile Virus.

So I see this morning, thanks to Eric Nicholson at The Dallas Observer, that some of our intrepid city leaders are doing their best to HOST West Nile. Make it feel as welcome as the contingent of mayors who visited recently. (Who I hope used mosquito repellant!) Eric posts a photo of Dallas City Councilwoman Vonciel Hill’s swimming pool which is, bluntly, a cesspool. Here’s what he says:

“To mosquitoes, there’s no sexier place to conceive and hatch an extremely large brood of bloodsucking parasites than a rank, slimy puddle of the kind that might collect in, say, an empty pool after a good rain or two. That sort of thing is supposed to yield a prompt visit from city code inspectors and, often, an order to comply with city rules against standing water. So serious is the issue that the Texas Legislature gave cities permission to go onto private property to treat standing water with larvacide if a property appears to be abandoned.”

Click on over to his article to see for yourself, and see the photo of Hill’s pool taken from the public alley behind her home. Can you believe this belongs to a Dallas City Council member? Even more, Hill is the head of the powerful Trinity and Transportation Committee, as well as Dallas’ lone rep to the NCTCOG executive board. Here is a Google Earth image proving this is not a one-time deal.

If you can’t take care of your own house, how can you possibly take care of a major city?vjhill2009

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

8 Comments

  1. Scott M. on June 24, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    Add that to her “to do” list.

  2. Critic on June 24, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    Likely her drinking water supply !

  3. Darryl Baker on June 25, 2014 at 8:30 am

    The West Nile issue places a very serious twist in this rope! Based on the photos, will City of Dallas Code Enforcement actually go out and investigate this matter? It seems as if they have no choice!

    Public Health is at risk here (regardless of who owns the pool)!

  4. Charles M on June 25, 2014 at 10:59 am

    Well, that explains a lot about where Dallas is going. Remember, somebody hired her to represent the community interests.

    • Candy Evans on June 25, 2014 at 11:17 am

      She was elected. I hope they use this when trying to get raises for City Council members!

  5. Marc Roberson on June 25, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    If the City of Dallas Code Enforcement Division doesn’t do anything about this some intrepid TV news reporter could make his or her mark by doing an expose on code enforcement and the residences of elected officials. How sweet that COULD be.

  6. America Beautiful on June 29, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    You go girl!
    Absolutely right on!
    Clean your own house before interfering with others’.
    Bet she’s a socialist-democrat.

  7. Tex on August 21, 2015 at 10:18 am

    That looks like a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Not good.

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