The Morning News reports that the new mayor is freezing out Angela Hunt from important council committee positions, especially when it comes to all matters Trinity.
The News says, "Ms. Hunt, a two-term council representative who last session served as vice chairwoman of the body’s quality of life committee, is the only member of the 2007-09 council to whom Mr. Leppert did not grant a coveted chairmanship or vice chairmanship." And Hunt didn’t even merit a seat on the Trinity River committee.
Hunt takes the high road, telling the paper, "All of the committees are important, and I’m happy to serve on those the mayor appointed me to."
Then there’s poor ex-council member Donna Blumer, who tells The News that she’s "very disappointed that the mayor I supported would resort to such petty tactics." For the record, that would be the second Blumer-supported mayor in a row who has disappointed her.
The move affects every member in Hunt’s district because it dilutes their influence at City Hall. And weren’t Dallas residents promised that this sort of political gamesmanship would end once Laura Miller left office?
