The Texas Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that ordered the removal of the illegal charter amendments proposed by Dallas city council members and kept Dallas HERO’s pro-public safety amendments on the ballot.
This is a significant win for The People and hopefully will hopefully lead to a win for public safety in Dallas.
Councilmen Adam Bazaldua and Omar Narvaez conspired to propose charter amendments designed to neuter the Dallas HERO charter amendments, should they pass. These were going to be added to the November ballot with little oversight.
Dallas HERO Initiative was prepared for this conflict and immediately took the City Council to court in defense of Dallas citizens. Thankfully, SCOTX ruled in favor of voters.
Be on the lookout for the HERO Amendments when you vote; Propositions S, T, and U will all be on the ballot because of the Dallas HERO Initiative. Each proposition addresses issues critical to a safer Dallas through increased police funding, government accountability, and citizen enforcement. Read more about the amendments here!
We need you to help get the HERO amendments across the finish line! The November election is approaching fast, so we are all hands on deck. Click the button below to register to vote in Dallas County. Ask three friends if they are prepared to vote in November. The process will only work if people make their voices heard! Register to vote today!
Press Highlights
The campaign to shut down the Dallas HERO Initiative city charter amendments has been rife with misinformation. Local media has been the leading proponent of these lies, but KDS is here to help set the record straight. Click to read the first issue of our fact-checking series!
DISD Student Murdered in South Dallas
Demaryae Dequan Hill-Young is now the second DISD student to be murdered since the start of September. Dallas Police can only do so much if they are nearly 1,000 officers short-staffed. The Dallas City Council owns these needless deaths until they have exhausted every possible solution to fix the DPD staffing shortage.
Shooter Escapes Downtown Dallas
Last week, a gunman was able to escape downtown Dallas after shooting three people in a high-rise apartment building. This story is particularly startling when you realize that DPD has given us very minimal updates since – other than telling the general public that the shooter was “at large.” Why does downtown Dallas not have more of a police presence?
Tracking Illegal Camps:
District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua
“Bunker Hill Camp”
This camp in Adam Bazaldua’s District 7 has been dubbed “Bunker Hill Camp.” It is a well-developed vagrancy camp that has been left undisturbed for months. Camps like this are all over Councilman Bazaldua’s district, with little talk from him about how to solve the homelessness crisis. Crime is up, and vagrancy is making this area only more dangerous. What is Bazaldua going to protect both the homeless and the taxpayers in his district?
| District 6 Councilman Omar Narvaez “Gated Community Camp” This camp in Omar Narvaez’s District 6 has earned the title “Gated Community Camp.” Expensive gates and fences aren’t always enough deterrence to keep vagrants away. In this case, the vagrant overtakes the fence and uses it as a makeshift wall. It’s hard to imagine the nearby residents being excited about their neighborhood’s newfound ‘diversity.’ When is Omar Narvaez going to clean this mess up? |
| District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno “Stemmons ER Camp” We named this camp in Jesse Moreno’s District 2 “Stemmons ER Camp.” Near the Dallas Medical District, vagrants gather to get strung out and high. This encampment is the perfect distance to major hospitals so that if any drug addicts get in serious trouble, they’re not far from taxpayer-funded medical care. Why do we tolerate behavior that is bad for the individual and bad for the community? At what point does lack of enforcement equal participation? |
