Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, October 25, 2013 Page: 4 of 60
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FW Councilman Joel Burns won't
seek Wendy Davis'Senate seat
Openly gay Fort Worth Councilman Joel Burns
will not be seeking the Democratic nomination for
Senate District 10, the seat currently held by gu-
bernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.
Burns announced his decision in an email
Wednesday afternoon, citing his desire to continue
his work on the Fort Worth City Council and family
among his reasons.
“After many weeks of thought and considera-
tion, my next steps have became very clear to
me,” Burns announcement reads in part. “And I
want to share with you — my many friends, neigh-
bors and supporters — my decision: Guite simply,
the job I most want is the one I already have.
“The mere prospect of serving in the Texas Sen-
ate is an incredible honor. And I am humbled that
so many of you have entertained the prospect with
me. But in evaluating what I want to do next, I
have come to the realization that I have the job I
want — to serve the people of Fort Worth and
Council District 9.”
Burns, who took Davis’ seat on the council in
2007 when she resigned to run for the Senate,
was a favorite to replace her there as well when
she announced her bid for governor.
— Anna Waugh
Out candidate George Clayton
switches parties in House race
Former Republican State Board of Education
member George Clayton is still planning on run-
ning to replace Dallas Republican Stephani Carter
in House District 102, but he’ll now be seeking the
Democratic nomination.
Clayton announced the party switch in an email
on Sunday, writing that he’d decided to run as a
Democrat instead of a Republican. Carter isn’t
seeking re-election because she’s running for the
Railroad Commission.
As an administrator for the Dallas Independent
School District, Clayton has said his campaign for
the House seat would focus on education issues.
During his time on the SBOE he was outed as gay
and lost in the primary last year, but he told Dallas
Voice he doesn’t want to be known as the gay
candidate.
“For those of you who know me, you under-
stand this change does not alter my views on edu-
cation,” Clayton posted on Facebook. “Rather it
allows for a much better campaign in terms of
openness and acceptance of ideas, beliefs and
goals. I hope you will join with me in this crusade.”
The district, which includes parts of North Dal-
las, Richardson, Addison and Garland, is already
heating up on the Republican side with Republican
activist Adryana Boyne, former Dallas council-
woman Linda Koop and Richardson businessman
Samuel Brown set to battle out in the March pri-
mary.
— Anna Waugh
Housing Authority delays project
to enlist support of community
Dallas Housing Authority told a neighborhood
group this week it is willing to delay a project in
Oak Lawn to negotiate with the community to gain
its support.
The proposed project would have more units
than any other DHA property in Dallas. Neighbor-
hood groups have objected to the size and zoning
variances the housing authority proposed for the
site, according to the Rezoning DHA Action
Group. DHA told the neighborhood group it is will-
ing to put a number of items into a written agree-
ment to secure its support.
The site plan would be flipped so the entrance
would be on Hawthorne Avenue rather than on
Kings Road. The neighborhood would like to see
any Kings Road entrance used only for emergency
vehicles. New, expensive housing is currently
being built on Kings Road and at least one com-
plex on that street has recently been renovated.
Parking would be onsite and not on adjacent
streets. Preference would be given to working
families on this DHA property. Ail one bedroom
units would be allocated to disabled or elderly resi-
dents.
DHA would provide a police substation on the
property, install cameras monitored by Dallas police
and reserve one unit for a police officer to live in.
When the former DHA property was demol-
ished, crime in the area plummeted. The number
of crimes in the beat where the property is located
decreased from 953 criminal offenses in 2011 to
303 in 2013. Neighborhood groups are afraid drug
trafficking and other crime would return to the area
if the housing authority builds its largest complex
on the site.
—David Taffet
4 dallasvoice.com 10.25.13
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