Dallas City Hall Stinks of Broken Government
Don’t get distracted by the mayor and council’s ongoing squabbles. What’s really wrong with Dallas is its system of government.
By Peter Simek
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February 2, 2021
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Last week, the Dallas City Council held a five-hour special meeting that was one long embarrassment. On the surface, the meeting was called to take stock of the city’s vaccination registration and deployment efforts, which are still a mess. But the meeting was really a desperate attempt for the Council to confront the city’s elusive and divisive mayor.
Council members have complained for months that they can’t so much as get Mayor Eric Johnson on the phone to discuss city business. They find out about important issues via memo, press releases, and TV and radio interviews. Oak Cliff Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold said she hasn’t spoken directly to Johnson in 13 months. It’s absurd. The once rising star of the Texas Democra
Hit the brakes, Dallas City Hall, on fighting invasive beetle by logging in Trinity Forest
Naturalist and watchdog Ben Sandifer makes a strong case for why doing nothing may be a better strategy than cutting out green ash trees.
Dormant ash and willow trees line the banks where White Rock Creek meets the Trinity River in the epicenter of the Great Trinity Forest.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
I hiked Wednesday into a southern Dallas spot rarely visited by us two-legged creatures: the remote epicenter of the Great Trinity Forest, where the wild end of White Rock Creek glides into the Trinity River.
He was a remarkable mentor : Long-time Texas Woman s University regent dies Thursday
In the 12 years he served as regent, Schrader helped oversee growth on TWU’s Denton campus and helped establish new campuses in Dallas and Houston.
Credit: Texas Woman s University Author: Jay Wallis (WFAA) Updated: 11:28 AM CST January 2, 2021
Updated at 11:30 a.m. Saturday with a statement from the current city manager.
Former Dallas city manager and long-time Texas Woman s University (TWU) regent George Schrader died in a North Texas hospital Thursday.
Schrader was first appointed to the Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents in 2007 by then-Governor Rick Perry. Schrader was re-appointed by Perry in 2013 for a second six-year term on the board.
George Schrader, former city manager who helped shape Dallas’ landmarks, dies of COVID complications
The 89-year-old played key roles in the development of landmarks such as Reunion Tower and the DFW International Airport
George Schrader, Dallas city manager from 1972-81, died on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 of complications from COVID. He was 89.
George R. Schrader, who served as Dallas city manager for most of the 1970s and played key roles in the development of several city landmarks such as Reunion Tower and DFW International Airport, died Thursday. He was 89.
Schrader died around 3 a.m. at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Plano from complications related to COVID-19, according to Cheryl Ewing Rozes, his stepdaughter. Both he and his wife, Barbara, were diagnosed with the virus in mid-December.
2020: Local stories that had us talking • Rainbow crosswalks
Jan 1, 2021 |
One of 10 rainbow crosswalks on Cedar Springs Road.
On the national level, COVID-19, the presidential election, the Black Lives Matter movement and social justice issues and, for the LGBTQ community in particular, the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bostock ruling baning anti-LGBTQ employment discrimination were the biggest stories of the year.
But here in North Texas, there were some more local stories that ranked at the top of the list, too. As we kick off the first week of 2021, Dallas Voice looks back at the local stories that had North Texans talking in 2021.