Paula Blackmon
With the clock ticking on the U.S. Justice Department’s June 29 deadline, the Dallas City Council approved Monday a redistricting map that incorporated citizen feedback and specific requests to keep some neighborhoods intact. Not everyone was pleased, however, as one suggested modification was not approved and council members were not permitted to discuss the pending…
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The City of Dallas has a new chief building official who acknowledges there’s a permitting mess to clean up and says he’s the man for the job. After nearly two years without a director and thousands of backlogged building permits, Andrew Espinoza was selected in May to become director of Development Services and officially began…
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Members of the Lochwood Neighborhood Association met with developers and Dallas officials Tuesday night to express their opposition to rezoning that would make way for a multi-family housing complex on Garland Road. Developers with Ojala Holdings have presented a rezoning request to allow for the tear-down of Shoreline City Church and the construction of a…
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As someone who lives on the east side of White Rock Lake, I’m pretty used to the occasional weird smell emanating from the urban body of water. However, when the second email hit my inbox about a sewage-like odor coming from White Rock Lake, I had to smell it for myself. The Dallas Arboretum is…
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District 9 residents are no strangers to rallying together at the grassroots level. And when it comes to Dallas’ beloved White Rock Lake, East Dallas really shows up to protect it. Which is why several residents represented by District 9Dallas City Council member Paula Blackmon were stunned when she voted along with the rest of…
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