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Our recommendation for Dallas City Council District 10 Incumbent Adam McGough takes on challenger Sirrano Keith Baldeo.
We recommend incumbent Adam McGough over challenger Sirrano Keith Baldeo for another term representing District 10 on the Dallas City Council.
This far northeast Dallas district, which includes Lake Highlands, faces persistent crime, economic development and affordable housing challenges. Crime in the Forest-Audelia area and several projects or proposals related to low-income housing and homelessness have stirred concern about the overall direction of the district.
McGough, a former community prosecutor and chief of staff to former Mayor Mike Rawlings, is a thoughtful council member who is able to take on a wide variety of citywide and district challenges. He has demonstrated leadership on public safety and code issues, helping to revamp the city’s outdated housing standards and the deal to preserve the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System. He has been a s
Starks and Sarah Familiar are the co-founders of MT Threat, and Diego Galvan of the band A Better Problem is the third member of the collective. All three artists, who are in their early- to mid-20s, came up together in the local music scene, playing in shows together at downtown venues like The Trunk Space and The Pueblo Revival.
When shows started getting canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus, Starks and Familiar created MT Threat as an opportunity not just for themselves, but for other artists in the community.
“The main thing for Dylan and me is that we didn’t know how to get started,” says Familiar. “We didn’t know how to get art for albums or get our pictures taken for artist pages. It was really just about creating a place where we could assist musicians.”