She’s organized walkouts, hunger strikes, marches and has experience lobbying in D.C.
She marched shoulder to shoulder with activists against police brutality in Dallas. After the death of Botham Jean, Cortez helped launch the city’s first community police oversight board.
Throughout the pandemic, she helped provide communities in District 2 with millions of masks, books and supplies for thousands of students, as well as over a million fresh produce boxes and meals.
Last summer, after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, Cortez marched for social change, budget reform and a more equitable public safety model.
When it comes to environmental issues like Shingle Mountain, she said the city needs to make zoning work for its communities. Part of that starts with ensuring residents know what developments are being proposed in and around their neighborhoods.
“This seemed like a great moment for a well-known coffee shop to actually spend time learning about Vietnamese coffee and introducing the Dallas community to it.”
That comment ignited a litany of threats, with fingers pointed at a coffee shop owner with a reputation being combative on social media and a perplexed coffee bean roaster in Brooklyn. Eventually, Yelp had to step in and order both sides back to their corners.
“I don’t regret anything because I should be able to leave a review for a business. I’m not going to live in fear of Bob,” Vo says, referring to messages she received from Toasted and warnings from others about owner Bob Sinnot.
City Council Candidate Got Into Kerfuffle at East Dallas Bar
John Botefuhr appears to lead an action-packed life.
By Tim Rogers
Published in
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April 15, 2021
12:18 pm
Under normal circumstances, this sort of thing wouldn’t rise to the level of justifying a post here on this august blog. But we’ve got ourselves some unusual circumstances, so here we go with a tale about two guys getting into a kerfuffle one night in 2019 at the Lakewood Landing.
Our players in this drama are the previously mentioned District 9 city council candidate and chiropractor John Botefuhr, and a lawyer and political activist named Barry Jacobs. Before we get to the story from the bar, you need some context. Let’s start with Botefuhr.
Lied About Arrest for Public Intoxication
District 9 hopeful John Botefuhr was arrested in 2009.
By Tim Rogers
Published in
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April 13, 2021
7:55 pm
Note: This has has been updated below with a response from the candidate, who claims he was not arrested.
Let’s not make this too much about me, but the fact is I have been intoxicated at the Kroger on Mockingbird near Greenville Avenue. I can’t say precisely when, but I know it has happened. Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Duh. The key, though: I’ve never been arrested there for being drunk (or for any reason). And if I
City Council elections get spicy and more news around Dallas
City Council elections get spicy and more news around Dallas Election Day is May 1.
Courtesy photo In this week s roundup of Dallas news, city council races are getting spicy. Fair Park is commissioning a study on traffic. There s a free seminar on how to handle your money, and a new DART train station in Irving. Here s what happened in Dallas this week:
City Council dust-up #1 May 1 is Election Day, when Dallas and other cities will vote in a new crop of city council members. So far, outside of the Reform Dallas page on Facebook, the election has been quiet.