Dallas City Hall

City Hall Roundup: Maintenance Matters

By Charles Grand / June 22, 2025 /

This past week marked somewhat of an inflection point at Dallas City Hall as officials began to seriously grapple with how to go about delivering priority services for residents in a period in which revenues are expected to come up short. It’s fitting that the week kicked off with the induction of a new city…

Dallas Officials Get Ready To Do Some Belt-Tightening

By Charles Grand / June 20, 2025 /

It’s looking like Dallas City Council members are going to have to make some tough choices this budget season, with staff estimating a roughly $36.5 million deficit during Wednesday’s council briefing. Apparently, declining property and sales tax forecasts are putting a damper on the city’s planned $5.13 billion budget for FY 2026. Even worse, without…

City Hall Roundup: Runoffs, High-Speed Rail, Police Academy

By Charles Grand / June 8, 2025 /

Two more new faces will be joining council members at the horseshoe in Dallas City Hall after runoff elections were held on Saturday. As of 10 p.m. last night, District 8 candidate Lorie Blair and District 11 candidate Bill Roth were leading their respective races by significant margins. Blair was clocking about 56.2% of the…

City Hall Roundup: More Real Estate Troubles and a Bike Plan

By Charles Grand / June 1, 2025 /

There was plenty of municipal business going on at Dallas City Hall this past week, even for a shortened four-day schedule. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Memorial Day weekend caused a little bit of a splash when a busted toilet flush valve caused some flooding on a few floors at 1500 Marilla St. Some meetings…

Will Toilet Failure Be Watershed Moment for City Hall Maintenance?

By Charles Grand / May 30, 2025 /

The controversy over how well Dallas officials manage city-owned property hit a watershed moment this week when three floors at City Hall experienced flooding due to a toilet flush valve failure on the sixth floor. Affected parts of the building included the city council chambers, council members’ offices, the city manager’s office, and offices associated…