Valuing our human infrastructure For years, politicians have talked about the under-funded public infrastructure like highways, water lines, sewer systems and basic transportation. There is another infrastructure that is being under-funded in this city and state in particular: our “human infrastructure.” In educational terms, we are regressing. When I was growing up, my school district [...]
Elmhurst really the first? Regarding the article, “Elmhurst College becomes 1st to ask about sexual orientation,” in the Aug. 29 issue of Dallas Voice. Three colleges that I know of personally have been asking this for several years. Elmhurst is far from the first to ask about sexual orientation. I applied to law school with [...]
EDITOR’S NOTE: On Tuesday, June 28, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Dallas Voice and a host of HIV/AIDS service organizations in Dallas-Fort Worth will sponsor a public forum at Cathedral of Hope’s Interfaith Peace Chapel, AIDS @ 30: A Community Forum. Then on Friday, July 1, Dallas Voice will publish a special issue marking [...]
Stonewall Dems still relevant Stonewall Democrats continues to be an important and relevant voice in the civic life of GLBT Dallas. In fact, most candidates seek out the opportunity to interview and screen with Stonewall in election years. If Stonewall were irrelevant, as some seem to imply from recent comments via Instant Tea and elsewhere, [...]
Thanks! We want to extend a very special “thank you” to all the merchants who donated to the Round Up Saloon’s annual Easter Basket Auction this year. And thanks as well go to the generous buyers who showed up to bid on and purchase the baskets. We especially thank our staff that worked so hard [...]
Clearing up some Festival facts I’m a bit disappointed by the tone of Hardy Haberman’s article on the Festival in Lee Park (“The end of the free festival,” Dallas Voice, April 15). The writer admits up front that he never attended the event. I’m not sure where the nostalgia comes from if you have not [...]
Why I’m supporting Kunkle Thank you for the in-depth expose on the three major mayoral candidates (“Decision in Dallas,” Dallas Voice, April 8). While there are different opinions regarding the candidates, David Kunkle is my personal choice. I have watched him closely over the last several years and was so impressed with his style of [...]
Be above petty squabbles I have followed with much interest the recent joint endorsements of municipal candidates by the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas and Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats. A spirited debate is always healthy, and it is good to see this happening, especially with the race for City Council District 14 which features the Stonewall-endorsed [...]
Cancel DMN subscriptions The policy of the Dallas Morning News, which excludes same-sex marriage announcements while printing “traditional” marriage announcements, is discrimination, pure and simple. I just cancelled my subscription to the News, as I do not want my money supporting such discrimination. I urge other News subscribers to do the same, telling the News [...]
More on District 14 I appreciate your having published my letter in the Feb. 18 Dallas Voice (“Looking at District 14”). And in the interest of fairness, I want to add two more sentences about Angela Hunt. Angela is not just the incumbent, she is a good friend to the LGBT community, standing by us, [...]
