Angela Hunt, who has represented parts of East Dallas for eight years on the city council, isn’t running for re-election in May. She has been term limited, and will now spend her days doing something other than trying to decipher the city manager’s voluminous council briefings. This may be a good thing for Hunt, but it’s not a good thing for Dallas’ taxpayers.
As I wrote in my April magazine column, “It’s not so much that she questioned the accepted wisdom, or even that she fought the foolishness that is the Trinity River boondoggle. It’s that she did it with such grace and intelligence and good will. In a day and age when politicians are best known for not doing anything with grace, intelligence, or good will, Hunt was the consummate professional.”
I have been writing about Dallas politics for almost 30 years, and there has never really been anyone quite like Hunt. And I mean that in a good way – how often can you that about a politician?
