Dallas City Council
In 2007, Dallas resident Jane Bryant purchased a home on the corner of West Davis and North Elsbeth, about 100 yards from the Bishop Arts District. The former University of North Texas at Dallas professor had big plans to live there and operate her apparel business downstairs. She never got to live in the 1925…
A “city within a city” in Deep Ellum, housing atop fire stations, and libraries combined with recreation centers were among the ideas kicked around during a Sept. 19 meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee. Councilman Chad West, who chairs the GPFM Committee, recently brought up during budget discussions that…
The Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance announced Monday the hire of “top litigation firm” Lynn Pinker Hurst Schwegmann to sue the City of Dallas, seeking an injunction allowing short-term rentals to continue operating throughout the city limits. The Dallas City Council banned short-term rentals from residential neighborhoods in June and vowed to begin enforcing the new…
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.…
It’s not easy making cuts to a $4.63 billion budget when the public is begging for property tax relief and pretty much everyone wants increased public safety, capital improvements, and driveable streets. The Dallas City Council is slated to approve a budget and property tax rate on Wednesday. Earlier this month, council members offered 63…
