06/14/04 Dallas needs some small town honesty from its elected officials!

As someone who was born and raised in a small town of 6,000, I think the City of Dallas needs leaders who not only can speak of small town values but produce the values. 

The Actress wanting a Golden Globe (Mayor Miller) had the words and ideas of what makes small towns a great place to raise children.  Once she faked her way into office, her quality of life ideas were lost and rarely implemented, at best. 

Take care of those who take care of you, like our Police Officers and Firefighters.  Not to mention the taxpayers, who deserve more than one pothole filled by the Mayor with two scoops from a golden shovel. 

The Mayor is not the only one to blame.  Council members are to blame as well. 

Wanting to be appointed to a city commission, I sat with Councilman Loza, one day at a Starbucks after he agreed to speak with me and listen to my ideas.  I had written a negative letter about the leaders of Dallas to him and several other council members.  Since the meeting, I have not heard from him, nor been appointed.  Maybe he did not like what I had to say. 

The few hours I spoke with him, I heard good ideas from him, but was also surprised by some of his  comments on the Stadium, White Rock Lake Park, etc. 

As I was speaking to him, he was staring off to another direction for a good 2-3 minutes.  I asked what he was looking at and he apologized and said he was distracted by a bus flashing its sign saying. ?help, call police.? He said, oh well, let them worry about it.   That was what really surprised me!

I excused myself and had the cashier call the police for the bus, better safe than sorry. 

Loza is typical of the people we have running our city.  In May 2005, we need to these ELECTED officials, not only by voting but by running against them.