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'There Was No Plan': City Scrambles to Shelter Residents Left in the Cold

‘There Was No Plan’: City Scrambles to Shelter Residents Left in the Cold
Members of the Dallas City Council describe navigating a chaotic few days of power outages, burst pipes, and icy roads without clarity from the electricity provider.
By
Peter Simek and Matt Goodman
Published in
FrontBurner
February 17, 2021
5:15 pm
On Tuesday evening, downtown, Uptown, and East Dallas Council member David Blewett became so frustrated with his inability to reach constituents suffering through the prolonged power outages that he did something he has only done a handful of times while in office. He tweeted.
Blewett said in his tweet that he was testing the medium and had “a bet going” about its effectiveness. Without any context, however, the tweet came across as tone deaf, particularly at the end of a day that had seen pipes burst in several Uptown apartment complexes. His followers pounced, some responding with videos of flooded apartments and image ....

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Dallas City Hall Stinks of Broken Government

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
Published in
FrontBurner
February 2, 2021
3:33 pm
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 ri ....

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