City Hall
A surprise move by the City Plan Commission to reduce fees that developers pay the city caused consternation at the most recent Dallas Park & Recreation Board meeting, with board members claiming the reduction could imperil the city’s ability to buy land for new parks. Admittedly, the intricacies of the controversy are a little convoluted…
After three years on the job as the first full-time City Hall reporter for CandysDirt.com, I’m off to a new adventure covering the Texas Legislature, criminal justice, and Houston municipal government for The Houston Press. I get it, I’m not Luka, and there won’t be any protests about my departure. I don’t need to tell…
A survey of more than 2,000 Dallas residents showed that infrastructure maintenance is the No. 1 priority in almost every geographic district of the city, with public safety closely following at No. 2. Traffic management, social services, and code enforcement also ranked high, and about 52% of respondents said access to affordable, quality housing should…
In what Mayor Eric Johnson deemed “the most important hire that the Dallas City Council makes,” Kimberly Bizor Tolbert was appointed last week as the first Black female to lead the ninth-largest city in America. Tolbert, who has served as interim city manager since T.C. Broadnax’s departure for Austin early last year, will earn an…
Lately, Dallas residents have expressed strong feelings about how business is conducted in City Hall. Locals also have strong feelings about the building itself, an inverted pyramid structure designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei that opened in 1978. People who “aren’t from here” are prone to point out the unusual building. Native Dallasites and those…
