Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 14, Number 2, Fall, 2002 Page: 13
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The public swimming pool was an important assetfor the community of Vickery.
included roughly ten square miles squeezed
between Dallas, Richardson, Carrollton,
Addison, and Piano. A subdivision of Renner,
Preston Villa, became disenchanted with some of
the substandard services provided by the city and
retaliated with a petition requesting consolidation
with the City of Dallas, regardless of having been
a part of Renner.
Dallas's pitch to the citizens of Dallas to vote
for consolidation included a printed brochure
explaining, "If Dallas does not consolidate
Renner, then Addison, Carrollton or Piano will.
Then they would benefit from the tax revenues
while Dallas would continue to furnish jobs and
services."l7 When Dallas voted in favor of consolidation
on April 2, 1977, the Renner area immediately
benefited from improved police and fire
services, new streetlights, street improvements,
and maintenance.8Did Dallas city government ever show any
care or concern for the integrity of a fringe community?
In a letter to Renner Mayor Harvey
Miles, City of Dallas City Manager George
Schrader explained the city's official position on
consolidation: "We in Dallas are particularly sensitive
to our neighborhoods and would look forward
to Renner being our newest neighborhood.
Our citizens who live in Kessler Park, Lakewood,
Pleasant Grove, Lake Highlands, Oak Cliff, Oak
Lawn, and many others are proud of their neighborhood
identity and traditions."'9
In studying the history of annexation, consolidation,
and absorption into the City of
Dallas, a number of patterns and conclusions
become clear. Perhaps the most pervasive pattern
is the rush to incorporate, which many times
proved to be the town's undoing. With the exceptions
of the Park Cities, most towns had wellI3
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