In an amicus brief, Paxton contends the city didn’t make clear that an opposing slate of three propositions backed by council members would cancel out the...
If approved, the Dallas Hero proposals would mandate the city hire nearly 1,000 officers, waive governmental immunity for city officials and tie the city manager’s evaluation to a community survey. The City Council approved its own charter amendments to counteract three pushed by Dallas Hero, a nonprofit organization.
Dallas Hero has cited the amendments as necessary tools to improve safety and hold government officials accountable, but city leaders largely panned the ideas as detrimental to nearly all city services and fiscally irresponsible. Still, the proposals received the mandatory minimum of at least 20,000 voter signatures to qualify for the November election ballot.
Cathy Cortina Arvizu and Dallas Hero also filed complaints with the 5th District Court of Appeals in Dallas and the Texas Supreme Court seeking judges’ orders to try to block the city charter amendment ballots from printing as-is.
On the same day they finalized the charter update proposals for voters, council members introduced and approved three additional amendments that would give the City Council the sole authority on spending city funds, ensure the council has the final say on the city manager’s employment and negate any initiative to waive governmental immunity.on the November ballot to update Dallas’ charter, which defines its powers, functions and structure.
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