City leaders look for solutions to Dallas pension crisis, public transportation part of discussion

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City leaders look for solutions to Dallas pension crisis, public transportation part of discussion
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One option being considered has public transportation officials on edge and even a county commissioner fired up.

“That’s how they get to work. That’s how they get to school. That’s how they get to their doctors’ appointments,” said Molina. “Any cuts to service through the sales tax would be devastating to DART.”

Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins, also on the pension ad hoc committee, tells NBC 5 that diverting money from DART’s one-penny sales tax revenue is worth looking into.Fort Worth streets identified as dangerous years ago are still among the most deadly: NBC 5 Investigates “We should have a right to have a conversation with the steward of our one cent,” said Atkins. “And that conversation is ‘hey what happens if we do take a quarter cent, a half a cent, or one 16Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price learned of the discussion and said he was taken aback. A letter addressed to both Atkins and council member Paula Blackmon reads in part:

Atkins argues that city leaders have a right to inspect DART’s revenue as an option. He said he doesn’t want to push the issue further down the road.

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