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Workers for city of Dallas construction contractors will receive a higher $15 per hour minimum wage following a unanimous City Council vote Wednesday that was.
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Six of the Dallas City Council s 15 seats will be decided in the June 5 runoff. All 14 council seats were in play this spring; the mayoral term is four years and will next be on the ballot in 2023.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
Dallas City Council District 2: Sana Syed
A number of strong candidates are standing to replace council member Adam Medrano, leaving due to term limits. Of those running, Sana Syed stands out as most prepared to raise up all areas of District 2. From Oak Lawn to the Cedars to East Dallas, the V-shaped district includes some of the city’s greatest assets and some of its most serious social and economic challenges.
To Kleinman, out of all DPD does, the mounted unit is one of the least necessary. I kind of felt like if we couldn’t even shave that off of our budget, there’s no way we’re going to get the DPD budget under control,” he said.
It s more than a budget issue for him. He began focusing on the history of the mounted patrols, their similarities to slave patrols, its effect on communities and the role they play in over-policing and police brutality. He cites an incident that occurred last year in Texas when a mounted officer led a Black man bound by rope down a street in Galveston. “It made me realize that that’s just part of the institutional racism that we have in our police department,” he said.