Angela Hunt: Is the city finally making headway on some of its biggest issues?
A grateful 2017 It’s the end of the year, and I’m torn. Thanksgiving and Christmas are upon us and I am conflicted as to…
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Angela Hunt: Students pay for Dallas ISD budget shortfalls
Bulging class sizes For the last week, I’ve been trying to remember how many people were in my second-grade class at Red Bluff Elementary,…
Angela Hunt: The wake of a toll road
The Trinity debate is over, but its legacy may not be The Trinity Toll Road is dead. Now what? That question has been on…
Angela Hunt: It’s a new Dallas with this City Council
Council and city staff shake-up is exactly what we need The year of our Lord 2017 will go down in the record books as…
Angela Hunt: Political trendsetters are losing their grip on Election Day
Falling is the crown Where have Dallas’ kingmakers gone? While there were many lessons to be gleaned from last month’s Dallas City Council elections…
Angela Hunt: Why squeaky wheels are needed on the Dallas City Council
Getting the grease “Why can’t you just get along?” I remember being posed this almost-but-not-quite rhetorical question when I served on the Dallas City…
Angela Hunt: Democracy requires thoughtful questions to thrive, especially on the Park Board
‘Learn your role’ What is the role of a citizen in our city government? Our answer depends on whether we view our government as…
Angela Hunt: Why won’t the city fix the potholes?
There’s no reason to delay the inevitable, but big donors think otherwise I don’t know what to make of this. For the last two years,…
Angela Hunt: Fresh year, fresh blood in our city government in 2017 is a reason to have hope
I’m a bit giddy about 2017, and it’s not just a residual effect of my New Year’s Eve bacchanalia that included some very comfortable…
Angela Hunt: Suburban swindle of our roadways and rail lines?
Why are we building highways and rail lines to nowhere? On the surface, regionalism sounds like a reasonable, noble pursuit: neighboring cities working together…
Angela Hunt: What’s in the fine print in the Fair Park privatization deal?
The devil is in the details I’m going to share something personal with you, but it’s got to stay between us. I like details….
Angela Hunt: Being on the ‘Hater’ list — do we really want cheerleaders running the city?
Are you a “hater?” I hadn’t given this question much thought until recently, just like I haven’t pondered whether I am sufficiently “on fleek”…
