City of Dallas Charter Amendments
Dallas voters will
decide on 18 city charter amendments on Election Day. While TREC
advocated for Proposition L, which
calls for the establishment of an independent Office of the Inspector General, our Executive
Committee has joined a broad coalition
of city and community leaders in opposing Propositions S, T,
and U. These three
petition-driven amendments have drawn criticism from current and
former businesses and civic leaders. High-level, these propositions
would:
- Proposition S: Allows local citizens to file
lawsuits against the city alleging violation of city ordinances
or charter provisions
- Proposition T: Ties the city manager's bonus pay
or possible automatic termination to the results of a
community survey
- Proposition U: Caps 50 percent of all new revenue
-- including enterprise funds -- and allocates the other 50
percent to public safety initiatives
The opposition includes
former mayors Mike Rawlings, Ron Kirk, Laura Miller, Tom Leppert, and
Steve Bartlett; former Dallas Police Chief David Brown; state Sens.
Nathan Johnson and Royce West; and all 15 members of the current
Dallas City Council.
For more information, visit www.votenodallas.com.
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