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Letters to the Editor More from Homepage Opinion Letters to the Editor - Bike lanes in Dallas, teacher raises, paying artists, animal shelter killings and some comics commentary Readers suggest finding the right plan for bike lanes, are disappointed a bill that would give raises to educators is stuck in a committee, criticize Texas for ranking second nationwide in animal shelter killings and talk about some comics. A bicyclist makes her way across Main Street from Hill Avenue using new bike lanes and markings on Monday in Dallas Deep Ellum neighborhood. Last-mile transportation options Re: “Small Wheels in Big D Scooters coming back? This won’t go well,” May 13 Editorials. ....
Fear, mistrust and an election hangover threaten west Oak Cliff master plan. Can it survive? Fear, mistrust and an election hangover threaten west Oak Cliff master plan. Can it survive? Dallas Council member Chad West says the goal is neighborhood preservation, but opponents contend that many residents are being left out of the discussion. Students and parents cross Clarendon Drive after leaving Winnetka Elementary on Thursday. The school and the homes of the families whose children attend Winnetka are within the boundaries of the neighborhoods that are being considered in the West Oak Cliff Area Planning initiative.(Jeffrey McWhorter / Special Contributor) ....
The 180 homes do not belong to a neighborhood association, which has made getting input from every stakeholder difficult. But residents are trying to change that. A resident in the affected area, who didn t want to be named, is creating a new neighborhood association called the S. Edgefield Neighborhood Association. Other nearby residents are trying to help get the neighborhood association running. Hopkins, Yolanda Alameda, a representative of the Polk-Vernon neighborhood association, and the resident visited each of the 180 homes to let people know about the new neighborhood association. “Some of them were very skeptical about the process and getting involved because they feel like they’ve been neglected and ignored for a very long time and that they’ve asked for things in the past, like street repairs and sidewalks and traffic calming measures and the city just has ignored them,” Hopkins said. ....