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We Asked, They Answered: District 1 Incumbent Delia Jasso Feels City Code Regarding Historic Districts Could Use an Update

By Joanna England / April 12, 2013 /

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final installment of our series of Dallas City Council candidate questionnaires. You can view the first here, the second here, and the third here, and the fourth here. We attempted to contact each candidate in every contested race (10 races total), and those who responded with a working email address received the same eight questions. We gave them until April 5 to respond. Below you’ll find the answers to our questions, which we did not edit or abridge.

District 1 is a bit of a pickle for voters this season. Because of redistricting, two Oak Cliff incumbents — Delia Jasso and Scott Griggs — were drawn into the same district. District 1 includes pretty much all of North Oak Cliff, such as Kessler and Stevens Park, the Bishop Arts District, Winnetka Heights, and loads of other small but active neighborhoods. We tried repeatedly to contact Scott Griggs, even leaving two phone messages, but we never heard back.

Read on for Delia Jasso’s take on hot-button Dallas real estate issues:

We Asked, They Answered: District 2 Candidate Herschel Weisfeld Wants Nasher, Museum Tower, to Work Together For Solution

By Joanna England / April 11, 2013 /

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment of our series of Dallas City Council candidate questionnaires. You can view the first here, the second here, and the third here. We attempted to contact each candidate in every contested race (10 races total), and those who responded with a working email address received the same eight questions. We gave…

Former Trammel Crow Exec J. McDonald Williams is Selling His $9.75M Bluffview Contemporary — OMG House P!

By Joanna England / April 11, 2013 /

You can tell when someone hasn’t spent much time in Dallas when they refer to our summers. They use words like “scorching,” “oppressive,” or some other generic term. In Curbed‘s case, they say that “a long lap pool also features plenty of seating for guests beleaguered by the hot Dallas summer,” in their write up…

Thursday Three Hundred: Updated Merriman Park Home Backs Up to Private Pond!

By Joanna England / April 4, 2013 /

  This home is open, beautiful, updated, and did you see that private pond? Merriman Park is a really fabulous enclave, and this home is the perfect example of what a great value this area is. Not only is 6952 Walling Lane close to shopping and parks, accessible thanks to Northwest Highway, close to the…

Who is No. 1? If You Ask The Dallas Business Journal, Ebby Halliday Realtors and Dave Perry-Miller And Associates Are Tops!

By Joanna England / April 4, 2013 /

How exciting! The Dallas Business Journal took a close look at the total number and value of all North Texas residential real estate brokerages and declared Ebby Halliday Companies, which includes Dave Perry-Miller and Associates, head and shoulders above the competition! Of all North Texas brokerages, Ebby companies closed 15,916 transactions — 45 percent more than…