Dallas City Council car allowance smells fishy | Opinion
Members of the Dallas City Council listen to public comment during a briefing on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Dallas.We’re talking about the Dallas City Council’s recent vote to essentially give each council member a 20% pay raise, disguised as a $1,000 monthly car allowance.
Instead, the move came in the form of a last-minute budget amendment, proposed by council member Adam Bazaldua, It’s clear from the video of that vote that at least 13 Dallas City Council members, including Johnson, green-carded the amendment. It wasn’t clear from the video which way council member Paul Ridley voted, but he told us this week he opposed it.
Mendelsohn said in an interview that each council member has a $25,000 discretionary fund from which reimbursement for mileage is a justified expense. She said one council member approached her before the amendment meeting expecting her to support the car allowance, noting that under federal law she is not allowed to claim reimbursement for commuting to and from work, and her home is the farthest away from City Hall.
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