Sheffie Kadane: Enforce current Dallas animal ordinances
From the District 9 council member during today’s debate at City Hall over a proposed animal control ordinance expansion: “Both sides love the object of what we’re talking about. Why we can’t come to...
View ArticleSheffie Kadane: Dallas doesn’t have the resources to enforce expanded ordinance
“I blame this entire circle if this doesn’t work,” District 9 Dallas City Council member Sheffie Kadane told his council colleages. “You guys don’t have the force to get out and do what this ordinance...
View ArticleSmoking for theatrical purposes likely safe in Dallas
As a Dallas City Council committee debates the future of the city’s smoking ordinance, one thing appears certain: Lighting up as part of a theatrical production appears safe. “The way that guy is...
View ArticleWhere did the Dallas City Council stand on an expanded smoking ban in January?
Let us remind you with this article. At the time, long before serious discussion began on whether to ban smoking in bars, pool halls and, perhaps, venues beyond, several council members made some...
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Dallas City Hall Monitor: Thursday, December 18, 2008
Your daily dose of news and views from in and around Dallas City Hall: • Allen Gwinn at Dallas.org writes that District 9 Dallas City Council member Sheffie Kadane fell victim to an Internet hoax...
View ArticleDallas City Hall Monitor: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
One can never be certain about these things, but it’s a pretty fair bet that today is the closest George W. Bush will get to a Dallas City Council meeting. Until he runs for mayor, of course. Today,...
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Little Forest Hills conservation district application denied
Voting unanimously, the Dallas City Council today denied a request by a group of Little Forest Hills residents to declare the self-described “funky” neighborhood a conservation district. Some...
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Teacher, soldier John Yourse to challenge Sheffie Kadane for District 9...
Dallas teacher and former Army helicopter pilot John Yourse, 46, plans to challenge freshman District 9 incumbent Sheffie Kadane for his Dallas City Council seat. Yourse registered a campaign...
View ArticleDave Neumann, John Yourse officially file Dallas City Council candidacies
With five business days to spare, incumbent District 3 Dallas City Council member Dave Neumann, 49, formally filed for reelection Monday, joining the previously filed Casey Thomas II and Victoria...
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John Yourse to quite literally run for the Dallas City Council’s District 9 seat
How’s this for a novel campaign kick-off event: District 9 hopeful John Yourse, a Texas Air National Guard member and former Army helicopter pilot, will on Saturday … [visit site to read more]
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Council committee supports seeking private management for Texas Horse Park
Way back when the Trinity River Corridor Bond Package was approved in 1998, $2.56 million was set aside for an equestrian … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleNo surprises as City Council starts long slog toward new gas-drilling rules
Council members asked plenty of questions of Lois Finkelman, chair of the Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force, as she presented the city-appointed group’s recommendations for a new ordinance on natural-gas...
View ArticleDates for next City Council gas-drilling talks: Aug. 1, Aug. 15
On May 16, the last time the council kicked around where and how it would let gas companies drill, frack and pump, Mayor Mike Rawlings said he wanted more briefings before a vote. Assistant City...
View ArticleDallas police Chief David Brown reiterates: Drop in shoplifting is the result...
This morning, Dallas police Chief David Brown stood by his assertion that this year’s drastic reduction in petty shoplifting cases resulted from a crackdown on fencing operations, not from a policy...
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City Council unanimously approves agreement between city, rowing club for $4...
A look at the Dallas United Crew's boathouse in docs prepared for a summer public hearing(Pave the Lake) 11:15 a.m. Update: The City Council gave its unanimous approval a few moments ago. “It will be...
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In the midst of Dallas’ LGBT Pride Month, city council argues over the (lack...
One of many speakers lined up to chide the Dallas City Council about the marriage equality resolution's absense from today's agenda “Dallas has declared this is LGBT Pride Month, and it sure doesn’t...
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At Dallas City Hall, the debate over same-sex marriage resolution boils down...
Dallas Assistant City Attorney John Rogers It’s still not clear if or when the Dallas City Council … [visit site to read more]
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Council members Atkins, Kadane in North Carolina to background city manager...
Dallas City Council members Sheffie Kadane (left) and Tennell Atkins are in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area today to talk to people who know city manager finalist and former Wake County Manager David...
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Dwaine Caraway says he has the votes in the bag as Dallas sets vote on...
It's photos like this one Dwaine Caraway and at least a few of his colleagues hope to erase with Wednesday's council vote. (Brad Loper/Staff photographer) One year after Dwaine Caraway first asked the...
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Dallas says it’s up to folks living around White Rock Lake to decide if they...
The disputed dozen acres at White Rock Lake In December we broke the news that architect Lyle Burgin and attorney Richard Kopf are hoping to build a restaurant on a patch of Boy Scout Hill at White...
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Some Dallas council members are now wondering if it’s time to take fluoride...
Every Wednesday for months the Dallas City Council has listened to a parade of speakers warn them about the dangers of fluoride, and every Wednesday for months the Dallas City Council members have...
View ArticleForty eight years after Dallas started fluoridating its water, city council...
On and off for weeks, the city has been sending to media reminders that the Dallas City Council has not — repeat, not, spelled n-o-t — voted to remove fluoride from the city water supply. Rather, says...
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Sheffie Kadane thinks Dallas gets too much fluoride, but city council isn’t...
This is not a scene from this morning’s council briefing, as far as you know. Sheffie Kadane got what he wanted this morning: a briefing about why and how Dallas fluoridates its water. But the...
View ArticleTonight, a town hall meeting at Winfrey Point featuring fluoride’s greatest...
Update at 12:57 p.m.: Sheffie Kadane confirms: He will be there tonight. And he explained why when he called back this afternoon. “I’ve got stuff from all over the world about fluoride — who uses it,...
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After year of debate, Dallas City Council votes not to remove fluoride from...
Above: Not a scene from this morning’s Dallas City Council meeting, but not far off either. During the spring of 2014, a faction of fluoride foes began demanding the Dallas City Council flush it out...
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