Calvin Thomas

Dallas resident- discuss local and city issues

[Lori Brown @LoriBrownFox4]

Dallas Convention Center Transportation Nightmare: Dallas City Council Committee sticks to decision to have full council consider raising up convention center to allow Houston and Jefferson Viaducts to continue to go under the Convention Center. @chadwestdallas @FOX4

[Cara Mendelsohn 🟦 @caraathome]

@data_atx @melisandrePro In Dallas, it was a $6.3 million contract for a "tree inventory." It was on the consent agenda. I pulled it off & voted NO. Here is the shirt I wore the following Halloween with a button that said "COUNT ME $6.3 m." This unnecessary spending remains a sore point with the public.

[Calvin Thomas @CalvinTTexas]

@caraathome @kevinrtipple What park?

[Cara Mendelsohn 🟦 @caraathome]

Of the people still on the council - Mayor Eric Johnson, Chad West, Jaime Resendez, Jesse Moreno, Gay Donnell Willis, Zarin Gracey, and Kathy Stewart voted no on adding city hall to the 2024 bond but now want to tear it down.

Paul Ridley and I voted no on adding it to the 2024 bond and want to save it.

Paula Blackmon and Adam Bazaldua voted yes on adding it to the 2024 bond and want to save it.

A quick note here to say the amount requested was $30 million and the city manager had $50+ million sitting in ARPA funds and didn't need to use debt/the 2024 bond to fund maintenance and repair.

The real question is if there was a crisis with the building that made long term occupancy a question in Feb 2024, why hadn't the city manager briefed the council on the issues prior or in the 6 years prior? Why don't the facility management staff that left the city agree with the condition reports and costs? Why aren't the scopes, assumptions, and escalations used in estimates released?

So even the DMN editorial says VOTE NO on abandoning city hall and tearing it down.

John, you have a lot of sway with the Mayor. Help him walk back from the cliff. The choice is clear -go forward and be marked as the worst mayor in Dallas history or pull back and figure out a way to have it all - keep city hall and redevelop around it. He is smart - he can do it!

[Lesley @financinggal]

@caraathome @dartmedia @YIMBYLAND And I’ve seen other posts of an empty West End with not even any decorations up. What was Dallas doing?

[The Slums of Highland Park @SlumsHighland]

#dallas @CityOfDallas are you seeing the replies in these posts? @caraathome you’re probably the only one that would give a damn

[Rule Of Law Guy @fakenewsdetect3]

Dallas had 4+ years to prepare for the World Cup. @StevenDialFox4 @wfaa @Dallas_Matters

[guy montag @montag1]

@caraathome @JesseForDallas @Jaime_Resendez @ChadWestDallas Every council person period should be booed. Y’all have wrecked Dallas.

[The Slums of Highland Park @SlumsHighland]

#Dallas fucking blew it. The Japanese visiting are scared to be downtown. Should have just left the homeless down there and not fucked over the residents in the outskirts of downtown. @dallasenfuego @DallasExpress @MontyBennett @caraathome @GayDWillis13 @ChadWestDallas @ridleyfordallas @DallasMayor @KBTDallasCM @FIFAWorldCup @Dallas_Matters

[Real Texas Radio Podcast @RTR_bronin]

Dallas City Hall is set within a triangle formed by Dallas County Jail, which is a homeless shelter and nut house of ~7,000 rotating criminals, the overdose capital of Dallas (West End DART station), and another homeless shelter (The Bridge). It's also surrounded by highways. Let's think real hard about why the CBD is struggling...

[Real Texas Radio Podcast @RTR_bronin]

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson BOOED at FIFA World Cup Fanfest on June 11

[FOX 4 NEWS @FOX4]

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has called a special City Council meeting for next Wednesday to vote on whether to vacate Dallas City Hall. https://t.co/udSEps8T6M

[BigDallasEnergy @BigDallasEnergy]

So many of the same people who pearl-clutched over removing I-345 to spur downtown rejuvenation are now advocating for destroying city hall. It would be ironic if it wasn't so fucking stupid. And the old Reunion site has been vacant for 25 years!

[Calvin Thomas @CalvinTTexas]

@maxielpastor @dallasmavs So then let’s slow this process down and find out the environmental impact of tearing down a steel and concrete building. @maxielpastor maybe you want to ask where the concrete will go after it’s taken down (your district)….

[DallasMatters @Dallas_Matters]

She’s far eclipsed Teaser Broadnax as the worst city manager in Dallas’ history. @LoewyLawFirm @Johnson4Dallas

[BigDallasEnergy @BigDallasEnergy]

Eric and Kim have to be the most disastrous duo to grace city hall in a generation. Just unprecedented incompetence. Hopefully someone produces the receipts soon, because these two are 100% on the take. https://t.co/Dkb7FEIk9L

[𝔻𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕤 𝔼𝕟 𝔽𝕦𝕖𝕘𝕠 @dallasenfuego]

Something nobody has suggested yet: Do nothing. In other words, don't spend hundreds of millions modernizing the building. Don't move out. Just keep up the patchwork fixes until we get a serious government willing to make take necessary austerity measures that allow us to responsibly repair the building.

[Calvin Thomas @CalvinTTexas]

@TexzTyme @dallasenfuego @DallasLoveField @KBTDallasCM @CityOfDallas @DallasMayor She’s not electable.

[🇺🇸JohnyBot🦍👍 @Johnyalamo]

Hey @CityOfDallas, @DallasLoveField , @KBTDallasCM , ....I fixed it for you. Take the opportunity to educate the public on the council/manager form of government.

[𝔻𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕤 𝔼𝕟 𝔽𝕦𝕖𝕘𝕠 @dallasenfuego]

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