Posts Tagged ‘Government’
By Bruce Felps National Night Out returns to East Dallas tomorrow with the ultimate goal of preventing neighborhood crime. The national program serves communities on the neighborhood level. It focuses on relations between residents and city services, police and fire departments, charitable organizations, and each other.
By Brue Felps There will be no adult libations, either sold by or brought into, Garden Café. According to a piece in today’s newsprint version of Dallas Morning News, Dale Wootton and his Junius Heights establishment lost an appeal to Dallas City Council to override the City Plan Commission’s denial of a special use permit [...]
By Brue Felps It’s bulky trash collection week along my street. Typically, the city sends out two trucks — one with a mechanical claw-thing like the arcade game on steroids and another for it to dump in the tree parts, bags of lawn clippings, couches, carpet, nasty living room chair the dog claimed as his, [...]
By Bruce Felps Please don’t confuse the headline with the word “hedonism.” They are not synonyms. Decadence, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, refers to “a period of decline,” 10 years in this context. More on that in a minute. First, let me tell you a little story.
By Bruce Felps A few of days ago, news came out concerning Garden Café and owner Dale Wootton’s attempt to gain a libations permit for the restaurant. The café has been an outstanding establishment in the neighborhood yet the city denied his petition. Wootton today sent an e-mail message addressing the situation. It’s fairly lengthy [...]
By Bruce Felps A city press release arrived during the lunch hour containing information about Angela Hunt’s upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. Hunt, District 14 City Council representative, will participate Sept. 9 in a panel discussion called Local Leadership and Innovation During a Financial Crisis co-sponsored by the German Marshal Fund and the Urban Land [...]
By Bruce Felps Regardless of plans to take one last summer trip, invite friends over for a holiday cook-out, or heading to the lake for a ski outing, residents can rest assured that one important city job will not take a day off for Labor Day. The city’s sanitation department plans to run a regular [...]
By Bruce Felps East Dallas’ City Council representatives landed on multiple committees following Mayor Mike Rawlings appointments yesterday. Sheffie Kadane, District 9, now serves as the vice chairman of the Public Safety Committee. Angela Hunt, District 14, scored the chairwoman’s position on the Quality of Life Committee. Jerry Allen, District 10, and Kadane help guide [...]
By Bruce Felps Congressman Jeb Hensarling served as the keynote speaker during yesterday’s Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The U.S. representative also happens to occupy the co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, charged with, essentially, reconciling the nation’s bank account, and good luck with that. His appearance attracted a handful [...]
Community Contribution U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling addressed an overflow crowd Aug. 19 at the weekly meeting of the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands. The congressman represents the 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and was recently appointed co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. From such position he will have [...]
