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Ashley Stanley: Council Gets Carried Away on Kingston Ethical Lapse

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 10, 2017 /

By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor Dallas City Council members engaged in a lengthy discussion on Wednesday about the so-called “Kingston ethical lapse.” The body was charged with voting on a recommendation from the Ethics Advisory Commission to reprimand Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston for using his city office to film a campaign video —…

Toll Brothers Oak Lawn Project Waits While Kingston Delays

By Jon Anderson / August 24, 2017 /

Yesterday’s Dallas City Council meeting saw Toll Brothers present their project that has wound its way for 18 months through the Oak Lawn Committee, an Oak Lawn Committee sub-committee, and back to the Oak Lawn Committee before last month being unanimously passed by City Plan Commission. Throughout, we’ve seen various arguments against the project thrown…

Dallas Elections Attract Bumper Crop of Filers

By Bethany Erickson / February 20, 2017 /

Fourteen Dallas City Council seats and three Dallas Independent School District trustee seats are up for grabs on May 6. I’ll start saying this early — as I always do: It can cost somewhere around $1 million to hold an election, and in most May Dallas elections, we see less than 10 percent of voters…

Midtown and Market Update at North Texas Chamber of Commerce Event

By Jon Anderson / February 3, 2017 /

Much has been written about Valley View Mall’s demise and rebirth as Midtown Dallas.  It’s as though all the ink will somehow grease the wheels and return Valley View to productivity.  On Tuesday, the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce hosted an event that included a keynote and panel discussion. The panel consisted of Scott Beck…

Lee Kleinman Has Called Another Neighborhood Meeting for Neighborhood Input on the Transwestern Project

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2015 /

See this room? On Thursday night it will be Dallas City Councilman Lee Kleinman up at the podium, leading yet another neighborhood discussion on the proposal that Transwestern has made for 3 acres Behind the Pink Wall, aka the northeast intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. This comes because and because and because. I…