Resolution too little, too late
Scott Griggs’ measure backing marriage equality, state ENDA would have been more useful in January, is no substitute for true leadership When the Dallas City Council takes up a pro-LGBT resolution in June, it will have been seven months since the measure was first introduced by Councilman Scott Griggs. If passed, the resolution would express [...]
Rawlings calls anti-gay flier at council meeting ‘just plain unacceptable’
Below our post about an anti-gay flier distributed at a Dallas City Council meeting on Wednesday, one commenter suggested that Mayor Mike Rawlings is fostering an environment conducive to hate by not being more outspoken in support of LGBT equality: “I urge all readers to contact the Mayor’s office and voice your displeasure with Mayor [...]
Hateful anti-gay flier prompts Dallas City Council to review speaker rules
On Tuesday we wrote about an anti-gay flier attacking Dallas City Council candidate Leland Burk that was found in a newspaper box in Preston Hollow on Election Day
Dallas unveils EPIC crime-fighting program, which includes Cedar Springs
A new Dallas initiative will bring community leaders and police together to improve crime hotspots across the city.
Griggs, Medrano, Gates win; Abtahi, Kingston head to runoff
Dallas will go another two years without an openly gay person on its 15-member City Council — unless someone comes out.
COVER STORY: Tourism efforts get mixed reviews
Press tour, now in its 10th year, is considered a success, but CVB has nixed outside consultant and scaled back website, which isn’t up to date DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer Doug Mayo has been to Dallas twice on press trips sponsored by the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau promoting LGBT travel to the city. Mayo [...]
DP benefits plans may need changes
AG’s opinion prompts lawsuit to halt coverage for same-sex partners in El Paso County, but Equality Texas maintains there’s a simple fix ANNA WAUGH | News Editor LGBT advocates are encouraging governmental entities in Texas that offer domestic partner health benefits to revamp the language of their plans so they can continue offering them without interruption [...]
Does Dallas City Hall need an LGBT liaison?
District 14 candidate says position would address ‘lack of sensitivity’ after Mayor Rawlings calls marriage resolution a ‘misuse’ of council time DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer In the wake of another LGBT public relations dustup for Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, one council candidate is proposing that City Hall add an LGBT liaison position for [...]
Rawlings sets LGBT equality resolution for June 12 but won’t say how he’ll vote
Paula Blackmon, chief of staff for Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, confirmed today that Rawlings plans to place an LGBT equality resolution on the City Council agenda on June 12.
Georgia governor is too homophobic to use the word ‘homophobia’
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is taking a page right out of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ For-You-But-Against-You book.
