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Don Abbott
Officer CS
James Waghorne
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02/04/04 Councilman Salazar sides
with his constituents in NW Dallas.
In light of the community's outrage at City Hall's
lack of concern for our welfare in Northwest Dallas, it was quite a pleasant
shock to receive the following e-mail from District 6 City Councilman :
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Dear Sharon:
This is to inform you that I have
reviewed the various sites and am opposed to the Harry Hines site.
Thank you for your concern and I
will need your input when the city looks for
other sites.
Sincerely,
Steve Salazar
Councilmember - District 6
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To say this is good news would be a major
understatement.
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There is an ever increasing sense of helplessness among Dallas residents who
don't live in gated communities that they may not be able to live in this city
much longer, particularly in NW Dallas because of the crime in the area.
We hear the Mayor and others giving lip service to reducing crime, but each week
the crime reports our various crime watch groups share with each other are
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Citizen D:
DallasArena.com has it right with "The Mayor had time for
vagrants and their keepers, but no time for taxpayers."
The Mayor had a meeting in City Hall for the homeless and
their advocates that was well attended and
staffed. She has to be smart enough to know with
an issue this hot, she could
not expect to sneak it past the citizens!
How stupid are we supposed to be? If
the Mayor had just been open and up front, this
issue would not seem to be as awful as it is now.
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When you have several hundred people trek downtown to City Hall on a week night
only to have 3 of 15 council members there to hear our concern, it is pretty
disheartening. That's why having Councilman Salazar take a moment to let
us know he's with us is so appreciated.
Councilman Salazar:
As president of the Walnut Hill Homeowners Association, which consists of
approximately 1,100 homes and thousands of residents and voters, I
applaud your decision. Though the boundaries of
our association fall within Councilman Rasansky's
district, we have carefully watched the developments
of the proposed homeless facility on Harry Hines because it is close
enough to us to have an adverse effect on our
property values and personal safety should it be
built.
I could not be at the meeting last night but one of our other officers,
Joyce Benoit, did attend and voiced our strong opposition to the
proposed Harry Hines location (in fact, she was
quoted in the article appearing in today's DMN
Metro section).
As I mentioned in a note to another area leader,
we have been shocked that this location is even still being
considered. Certainly the residents of the area don't want it
there. Most homeless advocates don't want it
there. City staff doesn't want it there. The
homeless themselves don't want it there. So why continue looking at
this site?
We will certainly "have your back" on this issue, and will be out in full
force on the 25th!
Regards,
Ross Coulter, President
Walnut Hill Homeowners Association |
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