Aerial photograph looking east across City Hall Plaza. Dallas City Hall sits at right, its upper floors cantilevered out over the plaza; a circular fountain, three flagpoles, and rows of young trees fill the open ground in front of it.

Dallas is preparing to leave City Hall without making a public case.

Ten months in, the city is paying to search for somewhere else to go. The public has never been shown what leaving costs, what the land is worth, or why any of it is necessary. There is still time to stop it.

Before the vote

No move without the numbers

The list of candidate relocation sites was due back to the council the week of August 25. Three weeks on, it has not appeared on any council agenda, and no vote on a move is scheduled. Meanwhile the city is being sued over the building’s upkeep: on August 12 the Save Dallas City Hall Coalition asked a court to order repairs. Agendas post about a week ahead, so the sites could surface with that much notice. Now, tell your council member: don't approve a move. Slow down, put every option and every cost in public — staying, leaving, demolishing, selling — and let Dallas judge the deal before it's done.

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The next council meeting with an open microphone:

Sep 16Wed
City Council — budget workshop, with votes open microphone9:00 AM · Council Chambers, 1500 Marilla St · register by 5:00 PM Tue Sep 15

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