Andrew Espinoza
Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert released a report on Friday detailing the city’s failures related to the infamous “Lemon on Stemmons” debacle. Tolbert said she wanted to get out in front of an upcoming report by the Office of the City Auditor and be open and transparent about the mistakes that led to many…
This week’s City Hall roundup is going to focus on the latest black eyes at the Dallas Department of Planning & Development, which handles permitting, zoning, urban design, and other development-related responsibilities. Staff at the department had a rough go of it last week when some of its costly blunders made headlines, earning the city…
Where is Andrew Espinoza now, a few months after his untimely departure as the Dallas chief building inspector? Well, he’s still in Dallas and he’s still faithfully reading CandysDirt.com. We caught up with Espinoza earlier this week and learned what led up to his abrupt exit from City Hall. In our exclusive interview, the former…
When news broke this summer that City of Dallas employees had to vacate the Stemmons office they’d just moved into over city code violations and a missing certificate of occupancy, the irony was not lost on others. However, some of the sharpest criticism for the widely-panned “lemon on Stemmons” came from within, when one municipal…
In a memorandum filed Friday afternoon, Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert announced that the Planning and Urban Design Department and Development Services Department will combine as the Planning and Development Department. Under Emily Liu‘s leadership, new assignments include Planning Deputy Director Andrea Gilles, Zoning Deputy Director Andreea Udrea, Permitting Interim Deputy Director and Chief…
