That’s gotta sting
Posted by TFG on May 8th, 2005
Good riddance to bad politicos. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
“This is a repudiation of Mayor Miller’s leadership,” said Michael A. Gonzales, deputy director for the Dallas chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens. “Her ideas were archaic, and the city is looking for new leadership to guide us.”
Political analysts say the strong-mayor measure would have had better success if voters hadn’t associated it with Ms. Miller. She’s unpopular among the city’s black residents. And many of those interested in changing the city’s form of government felt uneasy having Ms. Miller – with her sharp tongue and polarizing nature – as the city’s first strong mayor.
Let me state unequivocally that the current form of government in the City of Dallas is a broken-down, smoking wreck. Dallas needs a strong mayor…but Dallas just needs a strong mayor that isn’t Mayor Mommy with her stupid Park Cities ideas about idiotic bridges, smoking bans, and dance halls.
I’m glad to see the southern part of the city pull together and vote with some self-interest, but I’m damn sorry it has to be under the filthy banner of racial politics. I was also heartened by this note:
“I think the business community played very little role, and that’s what doomed this,” Dr. Wilson said. “If this was going to pass, it needed some powerful political segment there. And there was nobody who stepped in on the pro side to counter this.”
What little business community there is in Dallas today, relative to the olden days of yore, just doesn’t like Laura Miller, I bet. She was a muck-raking rich-kid journo at the alterna-fishwrap, she swung to power by promising the moon to everybody in her wacky liberal constituency and mouthing platitudes about potholes to the generic proles, then jumped right into bed with the movers & shakers in this town — real estate dudes, mainly, these days. And if anybody knows anything about stabbing you in the back while licking your face, it’s real-estate dudes.
So, next up for this death-spiral city — maybe we can find someone born here, raised here, and interested in building something permanent here (hint: not stupid damn bridges but the damn river itself), to run on a strong-mayor platform. And I ain’t got a clue who that would be…maybe someone from the south side, an entrepreneurial type, who can afford to do the job that needs to be done, without visions of political grandeur and senatorships. I’d vote for that guy or gal.
NB: I love it when the Claremont Remedy agrees with me. heh heh
May 8th, 2005 at 10:36 pm
I nominate you. You were born here, raised here, and have all kinds of insights on how to fix this city. You live in North Dallas but were raised blue collar. You grew up working in your Dads store side by side with minority co-workers. You would be perfect. We can market you to every faction in the city. Buck for Mayor.
May 9th, 2005 at 8:40 am
You don’t have any skeletons in your closet do you Buck?
May 9th, 2005 at 10:02 am
Let’s work on a platform.
1) Dallas will re-invent itself as a “Smoker’s Paradise” All restaurant customers will be required to smoke. Adults will be handed four cigarettes when entering a restaurant - chidren under 16 get two.
2) The proposed Trinity bridges will be replaced by tunnels.
3) The city will host giant Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments at Reunion Arena. The proceeds will reduce the price of lap dances at topless bars.
4) The city of Dallas will incorporate Rainbo, Texas.
5) Music festivals will be held every other weekend with food festivals on the off weekend. Attendance will be required.
6) Liberals will be subject to triple taxation.
May 9th, 2005 at 10:27 am
1) We’ll let each business owner decide how to run their business.
2) We’ll fix the bridges we have and spend the rest of the money on the rest of the roads.
3) We will push for legalized casino gambling and Reunion will be sold for $1 to the Binnions when it passes in return for a 99-year cut of the gross.
4) We will contract before we expand.
5) We’ll pretty up the river so someone could do a music festival down there without everyone passing out from the stink. We’ll get the Boy & Girl Scouts to help, so they can earn their merit badges.
6) Highland Park residents will be subject to triple taxation, levied thru a sales tax.
May 9th, 2005 at 8:54 pm
I remember when loony laura got elected. As a resident of Fort Worth, I have to say it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
May 10th, 2005 at 7:37 am
What about having toll booths set up to every road leading out of the Park cities?
With all the monies the city recieves from the new casino your next move must be to relocate the Rangers to Downtown Dallas
May 10th, 2005 at 4:10 pm
I don’t know if Russ Martin is still planning to run, but this was his platform:
* Russ will put the strip clubs back on Northwest Highway
* Russ will put smoking back in Restaurants
* Russ will get the firemen back on the street corners for the Fill the Boot campaign
* Russ will get our $60,000 back for the study that discovered that our Gorilla got out
* Russ will put Dallas Cops in Town Cars and force the city council to drive Crown Victorias
May 10th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
I’m voting for Russ