City Hall
This week’s City Hall roundup is going to focus on the latest black eyes at the Dallas Department of Planning & Development, which handles permitting, zoning, urban design, and other development-related responsibilities. Staff at the department had a rough go of it last week when some of its costly blunders made headlines, earning the city…
Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins is term-limited but his former appointed Plan Commissioner Lorie Blair is running to take his seat. Blair is up against retiree Ruth Steward, Realtor Erik Wilson, low voltage technician Eugene Ralph, and former candidates Subrina Lynn Brenham and Davante Peters. As a real estate-focused news outlet, CandysDirt.com is asking candidates about the housing issues their district neighborhoods face — and…
City staff got put in the hot seat on Monday during a meeting of the Dallas Economic Development Committee, during which the controversial subject of parking reform was discussed. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Dallas’s City Plan Commission (CPC) advanced a measure that would eliminate or decrease the minimum parking spaces that developers are required…
Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam Bazaldua is vying for a fourth term against deputy ombudsman Jose Rivas Jr., community engagement manager O’Neil Hesson, project manager Cydney Walker, and CEO Lamar “Yaka” Jefferson. There is also one write-in candidate, Marvin Crenshaw, a previous D7 hopeful. As a real estate-focused news outlet, CandysDirt.com is asking candidates about…
Let’s all try to keep our minds off our 401Ks and the impending resurgence of inflation this Sunday and check in on what’s been going on at Dallas City Hall this past week and what’s coming down the pipeline. How does that sound? We’ll leave covering the potentially catastrophic implications of President Donald Trump’s trade…
