The three amendments deal with police pay, staffing, and city governance oversight.
It’s part of a citizen-led initiative to place charter amendments on the ballot that don’t require the approval of the Dallas City Council.Depending on when you showed up, you might have encountered various groups hauling boxes into city hall earlier this summer.Amendments the city of Dallas says now have enough valid signatures to land on the November ballot.“We feel very strongly that we have a strong mandate for this, and we’re going to get really high bipartisan support,” Marocco said.
“This is about the citizens of Dallas saying we’re going to require a minimum standard to increase public safety, for city leader accountability, and citizen enforcement,” Marocco said. Dallas City Councilmember Gay Donnell Willis told NBC 5 she supports a mechanism allowing residents to get a charter amendment on the ballot but feels the HERO amendments lack the “scrutiny and crafting” by residents.
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