Saturday’s Dallas city council election has become in part a referendum on Mayor Eric Johnson and his failed attempt to prevent the council from cutting $7.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor - Aledo ISD students, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Dallas Districts 13 and 14, Afghanistan
Readers are upset about the racism incident in the Aledo ISD, question Dan Patrick’s leadership, talk about the candidates in Dallas Districts 13 and 14 and say we needed an exit strategy for Afghanistan.
Parents and supporters gathered in the Aledo ISD school board chamber to voice their concerns about a racist Snapchat group with multiple names, including “Slave Trade” and another that included a racial slur, April 19, 2021. Mioshi Johnson s son, Christopher Johnson, spoke to the school board himself after being targeted in the social media post by students.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
What can we learn from Jennifer Staubach Gates’ eight years on the Dallas City Council?
Be pragmatic. Get your family on board. Expect scars.
Dallas City Council member Jennifer Staubach Gates receives a hug from former Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings following her acceptance speech among friends and supporters at her home, Saturday evening, May 11, 2013. In an interview this last week, Gates remembered that her father, Roger Staubach, learned of her first political candidacy from Rawlings. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) 05122013xNEWS(Tom Fox - Staff Photographer)
In 2013, the year Jennifer Staubach Gates was elected to Dallas City Council, another noteworthy thing happened to her: She saved a life. Gates and her husband, John, were out to dinner with another couple when an elderly man started choking. Restaurant employees asked other patrons if they were medically trained. Gates is a nurse. By the time she reached the victim, he was unconscious. She couldn’t detect a pulse. She
Our recommendations in all May 1 elections
We interviewed candidates in 28 local elections. Here are summaries of each race.
Your friends at The Dallas Morning News editorial board have provided for you a way to research candidates in May 1 election races that matter to you. Read our Voter Guide at voterguide.dallasnews.com.(Eric Gay / The Associated Press)
District 6: Michael Wood (R)
Michael Wood, 34, set himself apart in a huge field of 23 candidates that will likely result in a runoff to fill the seat of late Congressman Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 in February. Wood is a Fort Worth businessman and military veteran who we think embodies key conservative principles of limited government, low taxes, reducing debt, reforming entitlement programs, religious liberty, free trade and support of Second Amendment rights. But what sets him apart from other Republicans is his willingness to tackle hard truths about his own party. Wood said the GOP has become a “cult of personalit
Dallas Council Members (Still) Don’t Want to Defund the Police
Ignore what you ve seen in some campaign mailers. There are Dallas residents who want to defund the police, but they re not sitting on the city council right now.
By Alex Macon
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April 16, 2021
11:41 am
If there is one issue driving Dallas City Council candidates this election season, it’s public safety. That’s fitting. More than 60 percent of the city budget’s general fund is typically spent on public safety, including the police and fire departments, emergency management operations, and court and jail services. Spending on police alone accounts for about a third of that general fund. On May 1, voters will choose the 14 people who have the power to shape that budget Mayor Eric Johnson is in the middle of his first term, but every other council seat is being contested.