Charles Grand
A dramatic headline that has since been changed by the publication that published it has put a spotlight on the Dallas Park & Recreation Board’s recommendation to phase out the city’s nine aging community pools as part of a spending cut package requested by the city manager’s office. DPR has to come up with $3…
Savvy apartment renters looking to get the most bang for their buck in Texas may want to look outside the D-FW, at least according to RentCafe’s annual comparative study on multifamily unit square footage. Every year, the apartment search website surveys the 200 biggest cities in the United States to see how much space $1,500…
Lots of things are cooking at Dallas City Hall, not least of which is the coming fiscal year’s budget. Sick of hearing about it yet? Well, there’s only another five weeks or so to go. Speaking of the budget, a touchstone of the city manager’s fiscal plan is efficiency in the delivery of services. We’ll…
Mayor Eric Johnson appears to be taking a page out of President Donald Trump’s playbook in an attempt to get Dallas’ fiscal house in order. On Friday, Johnson requested an item be placed on the city council’s agenda for August 27 that proposes to rename two of the city’s eight established committees and limit when…
When it comes to keeping the lights on, not all states are created equal. Some are powerhouses of reliability, while others always seem to be making headlines over the frequency or duration of their power outages. Press coverage is one thing, though. Underlying data is another. Now, I don’t want to name any names, and…
