We recommend in the race for Dallas City Council District 10

The Dallas Metropolis Council District 10 election is likely one of the most crowded council races. 4 candidates are vying to interchange Adam McGough, who has reached the time period restrict.

This district encompasses Lake Highlands and elements of northeast Dallas. It’s house to nice wealth and nice poverty, embodying the divides that proceed to problem Dallas as an entire.

Among the many 4 candidates, two of them — Kathy Stewart, 65, and Brian Hasenbauer, 51 — stand out for his or her sturdy civic résumés. Our nod goes to Stewart, who is healthier attuned to the wants of the district and gives balanced views about a few of its most urgent points.

From 2014 to 2022, Stewart served as government director for 3 public enchancment districts within the Lake Highlands space and in Uptown. This service linked her to regulation enforcement efforts to rein in crime across the Forest Lane-Audelia Highway intersection and helped her construct relationships with residence residents within the space.

One of the crucial contentious points in District 10 is the strain between town’s efforts to put extra reasonably priced housing north of Interstate 30 and resident pushback stemming from an present focus of low-income flats in Lake Highlands. These considerations are entrance and middle for Stewart. She advised us she doesn’t oppose extra reasonably priced items in her district, however she cautioned in opposition to concentrating them alongside a single hall with out extra providers.

“The case [for affordable housing] has been made, and I see that want, however I need to do it in a deliberate, considerate manner,” Stewart stated.

She proposes utilizing metropolis instruments reminiscent of cash from tax increment financing districts, or the creation of a public enchancment district for the Forest Lane hall, for instance, to inject extra sources into the world. Stewart additionally desires to create an space plan for the LBJ East hall in order that redevelopment spurred by freeway enhancements occurs thoughtfully.

Stewart advised us she would advocate for underserved neighborhoods north of Interstate 635 to get cash within the subsequent bond cycle. She cited a scarcity of metropolis facilities, together with a shortage of parks.

Hasenbauer, a finance skilled, is a former appointee to town’s Neighborhood Improvement Fee. He advised us misconceptions about reasonably priced housing abound and that District 10 should take in its share of flats, although he famous that not each neighborhood is fitted to the housing.

Concerning bond allocation, Hasenbauer stated he would assist trade-offs that assign funds to probably the most transformational tasks no matter the place they’re within the metropolis.

“If there’s a nice mission at Truthful Park reminiscent of making a Mexican-American museum, I’d be all for that,” he stated. “And if that took away some bond {dollars} for having a little bit additional inexperienced area in Lake Highlands, I’d be superb with that.”

Each Hasenbauer and Stewart assist police Chief Eddie García’s crime-fighting plan and need metropolis employees to hurry up the closing of homeless encampments.

We expect voters ought to choose Stewart, who’s extra aligned with residents in her district. Additionally working are businessman Chris Carter and writer Sirrano Keith Baldeo.

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