Proposals of a strong-mayor system hasn’t been on the ballot since 2005
Former City of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, City of Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and Former City of Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk take a photo together on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Dallas City Hall in Dallas Texas. Phase one and phase two of the $82 million dollar new park, the Southern Dallas Gateway Park, were announced.It didn’t want one nearly 20 years ago when Black voters shot down a ballot measure fearing a consolidation in mayoral power.
Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, said council members oppose strengthening the mayor for the same reason U.S. senators don’t want to remove the filibuster: It would eat into their power.Support for a weak mayor in Dallas is deeply rooted. The system was conceived in 1930 by a group of businessmen who wanted toOpposition to changing the system is based on a fear of “concentrated political authority” present throughout the state, Jillson said.
Those advocating for a strong-mayor must also better define what that system would look like, he said. The case for a strong-mayor was “stronger” in 2005, Smith added.That year, then-Dallas Mayor Laura Miller led an unsuccessful effort to switch the city to a strong-mayor form of government. The proposal found little traction with South Dallas residents, who turned out in unexpected numbers to oppose the measure.
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