14-1 was always wrong!	4/07/08
Betty Culbreath

From Ms.BettyPolitic

When the city was in the battle, I supported the 10-4-1 form of Council configuration.  10 single member districts, Mayor and 4 at-large seats.  We would have some independence from our current ward politics.  The 14-1 form of government has led to corruption, bad political decisions for small areas and poor zoning for the City.

The recent Fairfield zoning case is a prime example of what happens when one council member has final say on a zoning case that effects the entire City.  The fact that another council person is not expected to say anything or be scolded if they do is un-American.  

What happens to people when they get elected?

Do they become little Kings and Queens?

What happens to what the people who voted for them have to say?

What about the good of the City?

Vonciel Hill sits there week after week not saying a word and nothing is going on in District 5.

The media and other elected officials have things to say about Councilman Dwaine Caraway, but he is doing what he was elected to do. The Dallas Observer calls it the Dwaine Caraway show.  Well, he is the one person in the Southern sector doing something about the old problem we've had for years.  He's in the community and did not just start.

The Council is working but, when things happen like Jan Collmer being put off the DFW board and zoning cases like Fairfield get derailed.  People like Neil Emmons are making life hard for everyone.  Builders don't want to do business in Dallas.  Fair Park is treated shabbily.  Something is wrong in Dallas.

City Leaders say Fair Park is a Jewel, and then ignore that it's being dismantled piece by piece.  We are spending $50 million on the Cotton Bowl but nothing on the Park itself.  How crazy!

I wonder if there is a place to live with less headaches than Dallas with DISD.

Betty Culbreath