T.C. Broadnax

Candy Evans: Dallas City Hall Says a Property Tax Reduction is on The Table, But It’s Not The Tax Break You Think

By Candy Evans / August 8, 2022 /

I was in Nashville, Tennessee, recently, interviewing agents there as I perused their gorgeous property offerings. Found out a lot of people are choosing Nashville over Dallas (and Texas) as they relocate from either California, the Midwest, or the East Coast. Why? Tennessee property taxes are one-third of Texas’. And there is no state income…

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Chief Building Official Andrew Espinoza Pledges to Fix Permitting Mess

By April Towery / June 22, 2022 /

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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Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s Fate Delayed One Week as Scrutiny Around Permitting Issue Heightens

By April Towery / June 16, 2022 /

The Dallas City Council delayed action on City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s employment contract to next week, but concerns about the official’s role in the city’s money-wasting permitting debacle have not dissipated.  Council members Paula Blackmon (District 9), Cara Mendelsohn (District 12), and Gay Donnell Willis (District 13) requested Broadnax’s employment contract be placed on Wednesday’s…

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Council Could Remove City Manager T.C. Broadnax at Wednesday Meeting, DBA Leader Says Review is ‘Entirely Appropriate’

By April Towery / June 13, 2022 /

In the wake of a highly-criticized city permitting process and other serious issues, the Dallas City Council could fire City Manager T.C. Broadnax as early as Wednesday.  The council is set to discuss the city manager’s job performance in closed session at the end of a regularly scheduled briefing at 9 a.m. June 15. Then…

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With New Blood on Dallas City Council, Municipal Bonds Should Get Another Look

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 12, 2017 /

By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor City Council members were briefed last week about the Citizens Bond Task Force’s and city staff’s recommendations for an $800 million bond program that will appear on November’s ballot. Stop what you are doing and ask yourself this question: “Do I know what a municipal bond is?” Allow me a…

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