April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
We already know that Dallas needs more housing to shelter residents of varying incomes and that the City of Dallas and partners in the private industry are making huge strides to address the affordability crisis. But what we haven’t seen — until last week — was a strategic document outlining methods by which Dallas Housing…
Voters sent a signal at the polls in November that public safety and government accountability are high priorities, and without directly addressing his critics, Mayor Eric Johnson affirmed that those matters are also important to him during his Dec. 5 State of the City address. As expected, the mayor used the 30-minute speech to double…
We’ve been closely following the story of home builder Danny Le, who was ordered to halt construction on a duplex in Dallas’ Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood after it was discovered that City-issued permits were doled out erroneously, based on old zoning regulations that changed more than two years ago. It appears the story is far from…
It was clear that Downtown Dallas Councilmember Paul Ridley wasn’t happy during last week’s public hearing on digital kiosks. At a Dec. 4 City Council meeting, elected officials heard from several business owners adamantly opposed to adding more than 100 electronic kiosks to already obstructed sidewalks for just an estimated few million dollars in revenue. …
It’s rare to find a city government employee who loves his job and enjoys being around his coworkers. Like, really loves his job and enjoys being around his coworkers. When I reached out to Sam Eskander last week to ask him about his new gig as Dallas’ chief building inspector and deputy director of Planning…
