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Entries tagged with 'Tom Leppert'Leppert should stay as mayorRe: "Leppert: I'd consider a run -- He would have to quit as mayor, catch up to other GOP hopefuls," Saturday news story. Mayor Tom Leppert would be the most qualified candidate to run for the U.S. Senate from Texas.... Reading the Tom Leppert tea leaves ...Speculation has been swirling for some time now that Tom Leppert was poised to make the leap from Dallas mayor to U.S. Senate candidate -- when and if Kay Bailey Hutchison resigns her seat. While the mayor has stayed mum,... Cheering Leppert onI applaud Mayor Tom Leppert for moving forward to make changes in the omnipotent powers of our present and future City Council members. I have had the unfortunate experience of being involved with our council members and the appointed zoning/planning... A salute to Tom LeppertRe: "Leppert's Gamble -- We hope move pays off on council ethics reform," Wednesday Editorials. Your editorial is a short and quick assessment of what is needed at City Hall. If ethics reform is feared and opposed by one group... Mayor should take the helmRe: "A look at the landscape two years into our project, Bridging Dallas' North-South Gap," last Sunday Points section. In his pursuit of the office of mayor, Tom Leppert chose a southern strategy. The extensive reporting of The Dallas Morning... Should Tom Leppert run for the Senate?Every week, we poll the members of the editorial board on a timely and divisive topic. This week, the question is: Should Tom Leppert leave his mayor's seat to run for the U.S. Senate? What should be the main factors... Improving educational opportunities in West DallasI attended a breakfast meeting at City Hall where SMU, Mayor Leppert, and various members of the faith communities formally unveiled what I think has the potential to be one of the most exciting things to happen on the... Oh this is sooo DallasI just finished Harlan Crow's letter to Tom Leppert. It's tasteful and classy -- the complete opposite of the overall tone of the hotel debate. Harlan Crow is enough of a businessman to know when to hold and when to... On the convention center hotel: Financing terms are keyMayor Tom Leppert and Harlan Crow are both doing a poor job of explaining the proposed convention center hotel financing. It would not be not an obligation for the city of Dallas. The funds would come from the sale of... Leppert should denounce R.I.P. DallasYou've probably seen some of the illegal signs posted around town that direct people to a pro-hotel web site. As a supporter of the hotel, here are my problems with thier efforts:... Credibility on city hotelOne cannot believe much of what Hilton Anatole owner Harlan Crow's camp is telling us, since they are selfishly striving to eliminate any future competition. On the other hand, are we to believe Tom Leppert when he says the project... Dallas in the hotel business?Fear and smear tactics Harlan Crow has spent millions to derail this much-needed project for economic development downtown. Crow is doing this not to protect the citizens of Dallas, but to protect his Hilton Anatole Hotel from competition. He sends... Local currencyUSA Today reports that some small communities and regions are starting to print their own locally-accepted currency to keep economic activity going, and spending local. A good idea, or not? In Dallas, I propose that we create a local currency,... How deep is Tom Leppert's hole? (Topic of Day)If you didn't see Dave Levinthal's post on the City Hall Blog, run, don't walk. He got Mayor Leppert to say he'd, um, probably give up on the convention center hotel project if the people vote it down on the... And speaking of Dallas mayors----Ron Kirk goes after the review of the Trinity River leveesI've got so many questions about who knew what and when about the Trinity River levees that it is hard for me to imagine out how this project regains momentum and credibilty anytime soon.See today's blast from former Dallas Mayor... On Leppert and the levees: It's business as usualRe: "Level With Us -- Leppert must be more forthright on Trinity project," Wednesday Editorials. Why would The Dallas Morning News be so shocked over Mayor Tom Leppert's flat-out lying to the voters about the Trinity Parkway? There was no... Frisco mayor on Leppert, rail and some cool ideas about the future of commutingI had lunch today with Frisco Mayor Maher Maso. In fact, I'm writing this from a Starbucks in Plano. Louis Armstrong on the stereo. I digress. Some of the interesting notes from my visit: Tom Leppert is an impressive, regional... Don't dismiss union effortsRe: "Ad Watch -- Dallas public subsidy referendum," Thursday Metro. As a native New Yorker who has happily made Dallas my home for the past 23 years, I am deeply disappointed in Mayor Tom Leppert's attempt to sell a city-owned... When ballot props go wildBallot propositions make my head hurt. To oppose something, voters sometimes have to vote yes, or vice-versa, depending on the ballot language. It's confusing. Fast forward to the two props on the Dallas ballot in May. One prop would prevent... Take over DISD or break the thing apart, which is the bigger deal?The news is February that Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert had put out feelers about the possibility of the city taking over the Dallas school district was, deservedly, a big story. It ran on Page One and spawned no end of... |