A Saturday in Pleasant Grove.
For some, the biggest project of the day is
cutting the lawn,
but for others, it's planning the community's future
while venting anger over 14-1 redistricting.
It don't bother me.
Well, it does some of us, and my community is
being torn asunder.
Residents consider leaving Dallas and setting
up their own city.
It's anger over the grove being carved into
little pieces, each section falling into
different districts.
Those wanting to pull out of Dallas say it's
because they feel betrayed.
They fear if they stick with Dallas, they'll
lose a sense of community and lack representation.
They worry about a property tax increase.
And as it did during council debates over how
many Anglo, African American and Hispanic districts,
race again becomes an issue.
We come up when it comes down to race, and it
just troubles me badly.
This was never intended to be a race issue.
This was intended to be Pleasant Grove no
longer exists to the city of Dallas as a community.
We want to be a community. We've always been a community.
We're going to continue to be a community.
Dallas has given us a shaft anyway.
Feelings that spark a grassroots movement that
could determine if North Texas gets another city.
We have the unique opportunity right now of
taking our own future in our hand.