Our first town hall meeting is this Thursday night, Aug. 12, 6:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas (the main campus) in the drama room. Councilmen Angela Hunt and Sheffie Kadane will be present to give and gather input. The next meeting is Thursday, Aug. 19 at Winfrey Point with Kadane, and the final meeting with Hunt is on Tuesday, Aug. 24 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum (a bit of a drive for us East Dallasites).
Contributing editor Jeff Siegel has had quite a bit to say on the subject on the Advocate Back Talk blog, whether it’s the budget winners and losers, heliports, or an entire podcast devoted to the budget crisis.
If you want to hear about the process of slashing more than $130 million from the budget straight from the horse’s mouth, tune in to KERA-TV’s interview program “Think” with Krys Boyd this Friday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. In this episode, Lakewood resident Boyd talks with Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm about what the budget cuts mean to public safety and city services in the coming year.
