Ron Kirk claims he wants to do for the country what he did for Dallas -- bring us together.  He can actually say that without laughing.

Just what did Ron Kirk do for Dallas?  Ron Kirk got our city in debt, Ron Kirk divided our city  and Ron Kirk lied to us.  He lied almost every time he ever opened his mouth.  He  lied without one iota of embarrassment.  Now, Ron Kirk's lying to the whole state with his campaign slogan that the morons who voted for him in Dallas "decided to put hope before cynicism and trust before fear."

Wrong!  He turned us into a bunch of hopeless cynics who fear we can't trust anyone.

Thank goodness it had been awhile since my last meal when I saw Kirk's sappy TV ad.  Christine Biederman of The Dallas Observer  has an interesting article "Selling Ron", that is if you think there is anything interesting about this con man.

I had the displeasure of debating Ron Kirk on several occasions as the Treasurer of It's a Bad Deal!!.  He is the meanest, rudest chauvinist I have ever dealt with.  One Con Jerk trick is to say something so nasty off camera that you are left in shock when the cameras start rolling and he's sitting there ready for action.  There are many rich, white ladies in town who have never seen the side of Ron Kirk I got to experience.  If you don't have money, you are of no importance to Con Jerk.

During the arena campaign, Ron Kirk lied to us and he used former Mayor Annette Strauss.  It was clear during that campaign something was wrong with Mayor Strauss because she did not do her homework and just relied on Kirk and Carol Reed for information about the arena master agreement -- and Ron Kirk lied to her.  In one debate between Strauss, Laura Miller, Kirk and me, Miller said the players' salaries were included in the economic benefits being touted if the arena tax were to pass.  Strauss held up an inch thick bound copy of the master agreement and said she had reviewed it, and the players were not included in the new jobs the arena would generate.  

There was no way Mayor Strauss read that agreement because she would have known Miller was correct.  Kirk and Reed gave Mayor Strauss a prop and told her what to say.  Kirk knew better, but he let Strauss make the statement without correcting her.

Ron Kirk lied to us about everything in that campaign.  He told us the ultimately lie by failing to advise Dallas voters that his wife held over $500,000 in stock options in a company owned by Tom Hicks while he was out on the stump campaigning to get enough dead people South of the Trinity to vote for the sales tax, so Robber Baron Hicks could steal $125 Million of our money to build a facility for his business -- not our business, his business.

Where's all the development we were promised from our $125 Million investment?

It was not enough that Ron Kirk lied to us about the benefits of the Arena sales tax.  Just a couple of months later, he was right back at us lying through his teeth about the Trinity Project.  If Dallas voters would just step up and vote yes to signing a blank check for a yet to be finalized plan for the Trinity River, he promised that billions in state and federal dollars would start flowing to us.  There was another serious lie of omission on Kirk's part in the Trinity campaign.  He failed to tell the voters that no one had done any testing to see if the pictures in his campaign brochures could ever be reality.

After the election, we learned we would be much more likely to have serious flooding with the "flood control" plans in the Trinity Project than if we do nothing and just buy out those poor people in Cadillac Heights.  

Some citizens took the city to Court because the current plans are so removed from what Ron Kirk promised in the Trinity Bond election.  The city's response to the lawsuit was that Dallas citizens/voters should not expect the city to be bound by anything said in a campaign brochure.  The stupid Judge who is dependent on big campaign contributions agreed.  

Those of us who do not want the Trinity River split into two concrete troughs with a fake lake/pond in the middle are seeing all of Kirk's carefully constructed web of deceit come unraveled.  Not only will the Trinity Project not happen because it is physically impossible to do -- but the money is not coming from Austin or Washington, at least not enough or soon enough.  No matter how much Senator Hutchison tries to assist her husband.

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There never was a guarantee the rest of the country would let us have millions in federal money to do a river project that defies all logic.  If we were not smart enough to save ourselves from the fate of those who live along the Mississippi, it's good there's not enough money to get the thing done.

Ron Kirk lied to us about the 2012 Olympics Bid.  All we had to do was just vote to guarantee the USOC a $14 Million profit, and billions in taxpayer money would flow to us from Austin and Washington to finish our light rail system, to build the South Dallas campus of the University of North Texas and untold other benefits.  The voters of Dallas said "No".  

The voters of Dallas had just learned that Hicks and Perot and their new partner, Palladium, were back at City Hall demanding another $44 Million in tax abatements or they will walk away from the Victory Project.  It may have been my imagination, but I heard the whole city say something in unison like "Don't let the door hit your hiney."

So, what's different about Dallas than before Kirk was elected?

Well, we have a lot more topless bars and sex clubs and massage parlors.  They are expanding.  Now, there are two giant ones right on Stemmons.  Is there any route you can take to get into Dallas and not go past a sex club?  Did Ron Kirk ever try to do something about this mess?  NO!

We have the worst City Manager we have ever had, and Kirk picked him.  We have the worst Chief of Police we have ever had, and Kirk's handpicked City MisManager appointed him.  Did Ron Kirk ever try to do something about this mess?  NO, he squashed all questioning and information.

Our Aquarium is no longer accredited, and we almost lost accreditation for our zoo.  Did Ron Kirk ever try to do something about this mess?  NO!

Our streets are in terrible shape.  Did Ron Kirk ever try to do something about this mess?  NO!

Instead of swimming pools for Dallas children to enjoy, we now have fancy sprinklers for them to run through.  Is there some Olympic medal the kids can strive for with the skills they will learn running through sprinklers?  Ron Kirk and Lois Finkelman actually diverted $50,000 that Miller had raised to repair 3 wading pools for poor children.  When Miller raised the money again, and the public was outraged, he relented and ALLOWED the pools to be repaired.

If you are a DallasArena.com reader and even considering voting for Ron Kirk, please just click off now.  If you would vote for Ron Kirk knowing what he has done to Dallas, please just click off now.  If you would vote for Ron Kirk knowing how he lied to us at every opportunity, please just click off now.  There is nothing I can say to help you.

Ron Kirk lied to us.

Ralph & Mimi 

Yesterday was a wonderful day for us.  We are registered Republicans; however, we tend to crossover when we feel it is appropriate.

When we went to vote early, we voted in the Democratic Primary and both cast a vote against Con Jerk!  

It's only 2 votes, but if others feel as we do, that number could significantly increase and be a force to keep him out of the runoff. 

That's what we hope will happen.  As slick as Kirk is, he doesn't need to represent Texas in the Senate.  We will be in deep trouble if he happens to pull it out.