Dallas City Council
In between debates over school vouchers and immigration policies, the Texas Legislature could address this session a little-known but potentially dangerous initiative of “traveling Housing Finance Corporation projects” that experts say could erode the Dallas tax base while undermining the integrity of the HFC programs that have delivered thousands of affordable housing units locally. The…
In what Mayor Eric Johnson deemed “the most important hire that the Dallas City Council makes,” Kimberly Bizor Tolbert was appointed last week as the first Black female to lead the ninth-largest city in America. Tolbert, who has served as interim city manager since T.C. Broadnax’s departure for Austin early last year, will earn an…
No one was surprised this week when the Dallas City Council hired Kimberly Bizor Tolbert as the city manager. She’s already been on the job as interim for 11 months and has an impressive decades-long career in Dallas under her belt. She was widely supported by city staff and local business leaders. But there were…
The Dallas City Council extended an offer Wednesday to Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, who will become the first Black female to lead the ninth-largest city in America. Her salary is $450,000. Council members Cara Mendelsohn and Paul RIdley voted against it. Ridley expressed concerns about a “golden parachute” severance package in Tolbert’s contract amounting to $900,000 or…
A group of more than 80 neighborhood leaders is calling out what they say is a violation of the city charter: appointees who serve on boards and commissions past their terms’ expiration date. City code mandates that board and commission appointees are limited to serving no more than four consecutive two-year terms. The example often…
