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You’ve heard of bringing a knife to a gunfight, but Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia brought weed to a City Council meeting last week. The chief’s visual aid was to illustrate that 2 to 4 ounces of marijuana is a significant amount and not necessarily intended solely for personal use. About 71% of Dallas’ drug-related…
Every year, the City of Dallas spends about $4 million to rent commercial space for its employees. In light of the City’s steep $38 million budget shortfall, some have suggested that’s a potential area to slash expenditures. During a Tuesday meeting of the City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee, chairman Chad West suggested…
District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno took advantage of a public platform Monday to question planning officials about how permits could be issued for projects that didn’t have the proper zoning. Moreno didn’t mention the recent Elm Thicket/Northpark permit controversy by name, but the reference was implied. Monday’s Economic Development Committee Meeting wasn’t posted for such…
Members of the Dallas City Council’s Economic Development Committee were briefed Monday on the latest version of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan and said they didn’t have a lot of comments because they’d just received the draft the night before. Then they went on to make a lot of comments. Committee Chair Tennell Adkins…
CandysDirt.com broke the news Friday night that the City of Dallas erroneously issued several building permits in the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood and later “red tagged” the projects — some of which were complete — ordering builders to stop work. Several hours later, an assistant city manager revealed that the inspection team that issued the permits…
