Dallas City Council

Will The New Redistricting Plan (On The Table) Hurt or Help Dallas Real Estate Values?

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will be briefed on a proposed map that the city’s redistricting commission approved. And there is going to  be a you-know-what show, I am sure. The plan essentially adds a Hispanic district, giving Hispanics a total of four, plus the potential of winning one more district in which a Hispanic candidate could win a…

Former Dallas Mayor Steve Bartlett’s New Second Home in the Texas Hill Country

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2011 /

Steve Bartlett, remember him? He was on the Dallas City Council from 1977 to 1981, represented some of us in Congress, and is now President and CEO of The Financial Services Roundtable, a lobbying group for several prestigious financial services companies. OMG, politics to lobbying, who’d a thunk it? Membership consists of 100 financial companies including Wells Fargo,…