August is the start of serious budget season at Dallas City Hall and there’s a forecast for rising temperatures with competing priorities and new policies that call for new spending.
At the same time, Dallas has a new racial equity plan that calls for more spending in neighborhoods that suffered from inequity in the past.
Gracey is the new member replacing Casey Thomas who was the champion of the equity policy. Garcey wants to see it through in the new city budget. Councilman Chad West said he supports Mayor Johnson’s public safety and park priorities but slashing taxes and maintaining services that residents demand may be difficult without other revenue options.
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