Decision Fair Park

City Hall Fair Park Council Briefing: Rawlings Wants His Legacy, Was the Bidding Process Legal?

By Candy Evans / August 30, 2016 /

That’s why he is pushing this plan so hard, even if it costs taxpayers $7 to $9 million a year. Even if it doesn’t include a park. Even if it is just a camo jobs program that will be shifted to a private foundation where more shenanigans with taxpayer money can be hidden. Even if…

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Friends of Fair Park Share More Than 240 Pages of Documents Regarding Fair Park Texas Foundation

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / August 28, 2016 /

The drama, intrigue, calls for transparency and social media campaigns are escalating this weekend. For something I knew very little about until the Candy’sDirt #DecisionFairPark meeting on Thursday, it seems like I’m now becoming a source. As I said in my post about giving Walt Humann a Chance, I hadn’t seen any of the documents…

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What’s Wrong with the City’s Management Contract for Fair Park: Part 4

By Jon Anderson / August 28, 2016 /

 Candysdirt.com is breaking down the most recent Fair Park Management Agreement.  Remember, there is a special City Council meeting on this agreement tomorrow at 1 p.m. Click here, here and here for parts 1, 2, and 3. Part IV subtitle: Are We Giving the Fox the Supra Keys to the Henhouse? To refresh your memory,…

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What’s Wrong with the City’s Management Contract for Fair Park: Part 3

By Jon Anderson / August 28, 2016 /

  If you’ve just joined, bless you. I’m dissecting the most recent, slimmed-down contract for the public/private mega buck partnership Dallas is considering to hand over Fair Park. We are publishing this mega post because there is a special City Council briefing Monday at 1:00 pm to dissect. Check out parts 1 and 2 here…

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OpEd: Why I Think We Ought to Give Walt Humann a Chance at Saving Fair Park

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / August 27, 2016 /

After the panel discussion Thursday night, the audience wanted to debate on past 9:15 pm, but we did not want to outstay our welcome at King of Glory Lutheran Church. I promised to keep the discussion going on CandysDirt. Here is an OpEd and a different view from one of our editors: Thursday night the…

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