Mayor Mike Rawlings

Dallas Bankruptcy Woes Now National Headlines Via the New York Times: Effect on Dallas Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / November 21, 2016 /

Above the fold, which means full media attention: the NYT story heads that  “Dallas is staring down a Texas-sized bankruptcy”, and it opines how the city with “the fastest economic growth of the nation’s 13 largest cities” could be, well, Detroit. Yeah, good question. Its streets hum with supersize cars and its skyline bristles with…

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Fair Park Care? At Last Week’s Fiery Fair Park Panel, Rawlings Evokes Obamacare

By Candy Evans / September 18, 2016 /

While the Dallas City Council — well, at least the three appointed Council members Mayor Rawlings asked to work on it — are busy re-shaping the Fair Park proposal that was presented to the entire Council by Walt Humann on August 29, others are still trying to slow the train. The City Council meets on September…

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Amanda Popken: Fate of Fair Park Hangs in the Balance Thursday

By Amanda Popken / August 3, 2016 /

[Editor’s Note: We’re hosting a robust conversation about the future of Fair Park here on CandysDirt.com ahead of the 8:30 a.m., Aug. 4 City of Dallas Park Board meeting that could help decide the iconic landmark’s fate.] UPDATE: We have the entire agenda, including the unabridged version of the Walt Humann proposal for managing Fair…

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