Explaining the City of Dallas Propositions on Your Ballot
The short version of what you re deciding: Should non-citizen residents of Dallas be allowed to serve on city boards and commissions?
By Alex Macon
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April 23, 2021
12:10 pm
Early voting kicked off Monday. Election Day is May 1. You’re a registered voter living in Dallas. You’ve done your research, you’ve chosen who to vote for in your City Council district. You’re at your polling location holding that little stylus they give you and staring at your ballot on a screen. You see that there are two items you weren’t expecting: City of Dallas Proposition A and City of Dallas Proposition B.
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In an email newsletter sent out to constituents, Johnson also wrote that he was “going to push for answers.”
“While the case remains under investigation and all the evidence needs to be heard, it was sickening to learn of the allegations on Thursday,” the mayor said in the newsletter. “Justice must be served in this case. The loved ones of the victims, especially, should hear the truth.”
In the newsletter, he wrote that the situation raises “a host of other questions about decision-making from those in charge at the city level.”
“The city manager, to whom Chief Hall reported, and others need to account for this situation,” the mayor wrote in the newsletter. “Why was this decision made to leave him on duty? Who knew about it? When did they know? And what exactly, if anything, did investigators gain from that decision?”