Dallas Residents, We've Got Your Back on City Hall Pledge of ‘no Tax-rate Hike'

Dallas is on a pretty good little win streak when it comes to financial matters.Just last week, the City Council unanimously approved a $61.7 million settlement for four of six nagging back-pay lawsuits filed by police and firefighters.Not especially impressed by that news? The alternative was almost certainly much worse. The city risked losing hundreds of millions if the high-stakes case had gone to trial and the jury sided with the public safety workers.While Dallas still faces two larger class-action lawsuits related to this mess, putting four of the lawsuits in the rearview mirror is a big deal in steering the city away from bankruptcy-sized potholes.Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Attorney Larry Casto deserve enormous thanks for getting this deal done. The cases, tied to a 1979 voter referendum, have been bouncing around the legal system for more than two decades.  Continue reading...