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Despite Opposition, Dallas is Paying $1M to Outsource Community Engagement, Historic Preservation Policy

By April Towery / February 21, 2023 /

The Dallas City Council approved a contract to pay HR&A Advisors $1.2 million to help with economic and historic preservation policies — services that District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn said city staff should be performing.  HR&A Advisors already earned $1 million to draft the city’s Economic Development Policy and will stay on for another year…

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Dallas City Council to Revisit Lake Highlands ‘Hotel From Hell’ Rezoning at Feb. 22 Meeting

By April Towery / January 9, 2023 /

The ever-growing list of items deferred to 2023 is now facing a panel of Dallas City Council members, the majority of whom are seeking re-election. One such item is Zoning Case No. 22-2168. The site in question is an Extended Stay America Hotel that’s been a hotbed of criminal activity on the north side of…

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Dallas Spends Millions on Consulting Fees And Plans, But What do Taxpayers Get in Return? 

By April Towery / November 18, 2022 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

When you start doing the math it really adds up. The Dallas City Council authorized almost half a million dollars last month for legislative consultants. Another $306,704 was recently funneled to TDA Consulting Inc., to gather community input and draft a revised version of the city’s Comprehensive Housing Policy, and $100,000 to Community Equity Strategies, a…

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Budget Talks Continue as Dallas Adds 10 Code Officers to Address Apartment Violations

By April Towery / September 24, 2022 /

09/25 This story has been updated. Initially we said CM Tennell Atkins did not want to reduce the new city tax rate beyond the proposed 3-cent decrease; another CM reminded us that was inaccurate. Dallas City Council members deferred adoption of the city’s $4.51 billion budget Wednesday but approved several amendments, including an allocation to…

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Two Months After he Almost Got Fired, City Manager T.C. Broadnax Gets a Raise

By April Towery / August 24, 2022 /

Just a couple of months after it appeared Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s job was on the line, Dallas City Council members Wednesday affirmed his performance during an annual evaluation and offered a 3 percent raise to his $410,919 salary.  The vote was not unanimous. Mayor Eric Johnson and council members Paula Blackmon (District 9),…

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