Elections
Voters will get the final say on a $443 million public safety bond package this November, but they won’t get the chance to decide on whether to borrow additional money to help repair Dallas City Hall. An attempt to add City Hall repair funding as a separate proposition became one of several flashpoints on Wednesday…
DART appears to have dodged a couple of bullets last night, but one hit dead on, with Highland Park residents voting to withdraw their city from the regional transit system. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Dallas Area Rapid Transit has been facing a suburban revolt from member cities dissatisfied with the cost-benefit they’ve been getting…
Today is the last day of early voting in the runoffs for Dallas City Council Districts 8 and 11, the last bits of unresolved May election business for the Big D. Council members will certainly have their work cut out for them heading into the summer, with a projected budget shortfall and questions over the…
You can’t change what you don’t vote for — and North Texas seems fine with that. Scott Goldstein sees the problem firsthand. The communications and government relations consultant of Downtown Dallas Inc. — and former chief of policy and communications for Mayor Mike Rawlings — has been sounding the alarm for years about dismal voter…
Tomorrow is the first day of early voting across North Texas. With the May 3 election approaching, eligible voters in North Texas counties who plan to vote by mail must submit their applications soon. Can I Vote Early? Yes, early voting in the May 3 elections begins tomorrow, April 22 and lasts until April 29.…
