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Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s Fate Delayed One Week as Scrutiny Around Permitting Issue Heightens

By April Towery / June 16, 2022 /

The Dallas City Council delayed action on City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s employment contract to next week, but concerns about the official’s role in the city’s money-wasting permitting debacle have not dissipated.  Council members Paula Blackmon (District 9), Cara Mendelsohn (District 12), and Gay Donnell Willis (District 13) requested Broadnax’s employment contract be placed on Wednesday’s…

Council Could Remove City Manager T.C. Broadnax at Wednesday Meeting, DBA Leader Says Review is ‘Entirely Appropriate’

By April Towery / June 13, 2022 /

In the wake of a highly-criticized city permitting process and other serious issues, the Dallas City Council could fire City Manager T.C. Broadnax as early as Wednesday.  The council is set to discuss the city manager’s job performance in closed session at the end of a regularly scheduled briefing at 9 a.m. June 15. Then…

City of Dallas Asks Builders For Feedback on Problematic Permit Process Ahead of May 18 Council Briefing

By Joanna England / May 9, 2022 /

Getting a building permit in the City of Dallas is an ordeal. That much has been well-documented since before the pandemic completely blew up the process and made securing a permit in the city nigh impossible. Despite outcry from builders, contractors, and inspectors, a solution has yet to be proffered. Though CandysDirt.com has gone on…

Frustrations Run High at Dallas City Hall as Builders Air Grievances on Permitting

By Joanna England / February 3, 2022 /

Members of the Dallas Builders Association descended on Dallas City Hall on Monday, Jan. 31, for a Festivus-style airing of the grievances. The City of Dallas asked for feedback from stakeholders at the special called Government Performance and Financial Management Committee meeting. And builders did not hold back. “Nearly every day for the last two…

The City of Dallas Wants to Hear Your Opinions on Their Permit Review System

By Joanna England / January 25, 2022 /

I hope the City of Dallas is truly prepared to get an earful. If what we’ve heard from builders, tradesmen, and insiders is any indication, there’s a lot to be said when it comes to improving the city’s often excruciatingly slow permit process. The problem stems from the City of Dallas’ move to a system…