Fair Park
Earlier today, Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston received a letter from City Attorney Larry Casto responding to his recent queries on the legality of Mayor Mike Rawling’s slam-dunk deal to turn over Fair Park to Walt Humann’s Fair Park Texas Foundation. The result being “stick a fork in it.” Humann’s plan may not be…
Read MoreDallas has a new city attorney. His name is Larry Castro, and he started Monday. Sources tell me he is cleaning house somewhat as in at least one attorney was packing bags Monday.* But Castro may also be taking a long, hard look at the legal opinion his department delivered on the Humann Plan to…
Read MoreMy tip came in last week, this is what I was told by an anonymous source: “The city attorney’s office is now telling Mayor Rawlings that the Humann plan won’t fly, that they were wrong, and they do need to open the bid up to RFPs.” As a blogger, I guess I could have published…
Read MoreIt’s a bit long, 1 hour and 20 minutes to be exact, but this is the video you have all been waiting for. Full disclosure: it was provided by the Foundation for Community Empowerment, founded by Don Williams. A week ago last Saturday morning, a lively panel discussion about the Fair Park proposal took place…
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