Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson faces ethics complaint over social media post about City Council endorsement
The complaint was filed by Barry Jacobs, a local activist and publisher of the Reform Dallas website.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson delivers his State of the City address at The Hall of State in Fair Park in Dallas Tuesday, December 8, 2020. (Brandon Wade/Special Contributor)(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
5:53 PM on May 6, 2021 CDT
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will face a city ethics panel later this month after a complaint was filed over a tweet he shared about an endorsement in a South Dallas City Council race.
It Is Time for Dallas to Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting
As six council campaigns head to runoffs, let s finally admit that Dallas municipal elections have morphed into glorified primaries.
By Peter Simek
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May 6, 2021
9:10 am
Amid all the postgame analysisthat has been flyingabout in the aftermath of last Saturday’s municipal elections, one simple and striking fact bears mentioning: up until a few election cycles ago, sitting council members were rarely challenged. That has changed – big time. Last Saturday’s elections saw competitive races in nearly every district, and three incumbents David Blewett, Adam Bazaldua, and Carolyn King Arnold have been forced into runoffs. In general, that’s a good thing. More candidates mean more ideas are brought to the table, more citizens are engaged in the electoral process, and council members are more responsive to the constituents who put them in office.
Brittany King has lived in the Turtle Creek Terrace Condominiums in Oak Lawn for the last eight years. Having lost her vision as a teenager, she is legally blind. Her condo gives her the accessibility she needs to maintain independent living.
“The Upcreek and Oak Lawn areas are one of the few parts of Dallas that have the ability to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities like myself through the vital and direct access to public transportation, grocery stores and essential services,” King told the City Council last Wednesday.
For about the last five years, King has been fighting to maintain her way of life, threatened by a development that was up for a final City Council vote this week. Lincoln Property Co. has wanted to upzone the land so they could build taller structures, increase density and get more bang for their buck for a multi-family development. The development has been dubbed the Lincoln Katy Trail project.
How Much Does a Dallas City Council Vote Cost?
I broke down the election results by the amount spent by candidates to earn each vote. The data show that money isn t everything in Dallas City Council races.
By Peter Simek
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May 4, 2021
2:35 pm
As the results of the city council election were coming in Saturday night, a familiar storyline took shape. There were plenty of intriguing political subplots building up to the election. And now we have weeks of limbo as we await a staggering six runoff races that will determine the make up of the next council. But the big takeaway was low turnout.
Affordable housing and public safety key issues for Dallas City Council race pitting two challengers against incumbent David Blewett
Councilman David Blewett aims to win a second term in District 14 against Paul Ridley and Elizabeth Viney.
Klyde Warren Park sits in the boundaries of District 14, a wishbone-shaped district that includes sections of downtown, Oak Lawn and neighborhoods on Dallas historic East Side.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
The Dallas City Council elections are May 1; early voting has begun. All 14 council seats are contested, and three will see new faces as incumbents have reached term limits. The other 11 incumbents face challengers. This is the last of 14 stories on the races.