Eric Johnson
Just a couple of weeks after the Dallas Wings WNBA team opted to move from Arlington to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Auditorium, the City of Dallas scored another win, as a professional women’s soccer team signed on to play for two years at the Cotton Bowl. The big news came May…
Dallas voters could decide this November whether to double council member salaries to $125,000 per year, require that the Community Police Oversight director and Inspector General be appointed by the City Council, and delete the provision prohibiting the City Council from “interfering” with appointees and subordinates of the city manager. In all, the council is…
Dallas elected officials gave high praise to City Manager T.C. Broadnax during an April 24 City Council meeting, as the top administrator prepares to leave for a similar job in Austin. The irony was lost on no one, as some of the council members who praised him organized earlier this year to orchestrate Broadnax’s ouster.…
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson issued a memorandum Thursday afternoon addressing City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s resignation and the plan to find a replacement. The memo appears below, in its entirety: Following the city manager’s resignation announcement on Wednesday, it is important for us to work together to create a successful transition and determine a path forward…
The 2024 bond propositions that will appear on a May 4 ballot didn’t shake out favorably for every advocacy group, but a $75 million pot of “discretionary funds” — $5 million for the mayor and each council member to allocate as they wish — means the numbers informally approved at Wednesday’s council meeting can still…
