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Dozens of elected officials, advocates, bond task force board members, and volunteers gathered Saturday night at Reunion Tower to watch results from Dallas’ $1.25 billion bond election roll in. Surrounded by signs that read, “Vote Yes! Together, for Dallas,” the crowd appeared pleased with the results, as each of the 10 propositions passed handily. About…
Lest we be accused of burying the lead, nobody got fired (yet) and an audit of what exactly went down at the City of Dallas’ Development Services Department’s new office building is imminent. Dallas City Council members convened Thursday as the Ad Hoc Committee on General Investigating and Ethics to discuss the building at 7800…
Occasionally I’m asked why a real estate news site covers Dallas City Hall. Shouldn’t we stick to what CandysDirt.com has done best since 2011: celebrity real estate, luxury listings, and “house porn”? I began freelancing for CandysDirt.com in 2019, writing a weekly feature on open houses. In 2022, as the redistricting process was heating up…
Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn King Arnold has championed for-sale single-family housing in The Bottom District, but she spearheaded an effort last week to deny $3 million in federal grant funds for Texas Heavenly Homes, citing public safety and legal concerns. It didn’t take much convincing for other elected officials to join Arnold in her…
Dallas elected officials gave high praise to City Manager T.C. Broadnax during an April 24 City Council meeting, as the top administrator prepares to leave for a similar job in Austin. The irony was lost on no one, as some of the council members who praised him organized earlier this year to orchestrate Broadnax’s ouster.…
