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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday he’s changing his political party affiliation and will be voting in the Republican primary next spring. But the office of mayor — as well as city council members — are nonpartisan elected officials. So what is Johnson really trying to say? It almost definitely means a bid for higher office.…
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Assistant directors of the Dallas Planning and Urban Design and Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization departments were tapped to serve as interim directors until the positions are permanently filled, City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced last week. The surprise departures of Housing Director David Noguera and Planning Director Julia Ryan were confirmed earlier this month. Noguera accepted…
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The resignations of two outspoken Dallas department directors with major ties to housing were confirmed by city leaders late Friday. CandysDirt.com immediately reached out to Director of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization David Noguera and Director of Planning and Urban Design Julia Ryan, with whom we’ve had an excellent rapport over the past few years. We…
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At the end of a lengthy day of briefings last week, city officials announced they would postpone Chief Information Officer Bill Zielinski’s after-action review on the ransomware attack that took down Dallas servers and gained access to the personal data of more than 30,000 users in May. The postponement of Wednesday’s briefing also prompted the…
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Dallas planning staff is ready to revamp the city’s antiquated, one-size-fits-all parking code and anticipates bringing amendments before the City Council by the end of this year. During a briefing Wednesday, Assistant Planning and Urban Design Director Andreea Udrea said the current code has been in place since 1965. “We all agree that it’s outdated,…
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