Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
I knew there was a good (well, in this case, terrible) reason, because John is, as I said, one of best Tax Appraisers/Collectors we have ever had. Under his watch the office has become much more efficient, the clerks are friendly and polite, and well, maybe he ought to interview for the new management job…
Update, 4:09 pm: there IS a good, well, a very bad reason why John Ames had such a low appraisal: his home burned down! Details coming up. I love our Dallas County Tax Assessor John R. Ames, I really do. I’ve met him, I voted for him, just love the guy. I think he’s doing…
We are still cooking when it comes to rising property values, though the heat is no longer set to boil: Dallas’ March home price increase was only 1.4%, the lowest annual increase in nine months, and below February’s. But Dow Jones’ Case-Shiller March report says oil pries be damned, Texas is still killing it as…
Recently I had the chance to talk to someone who sells homes — pricey vacation homes –to uber high net worth individuals. I mentioned that there were more rich people today than ever. No, he told me, actually there are fewer rich people today, but they just have more money now. Indeed, he said, the…
WFAA-TV reported on Monday that Dallas City Manager A.C. Gonzalez is retiring after two-and-a-half years as the manager of the city, the most powerful job at City Hall. Gonzalez is married to motivational psychologist Melinda Marcus. Arthur Charles Gonzalez is the city’s top CEO. He oversees a $3.1 billion budget and manages 13,000 employees. His salary…
