It is appropriate, after five years ... for us to understand the ramifications, positive or negative, economic, environmental, traffic, and what have you.
It is an unused park for the citizens of Dallas, and I think this is the right direction. It would benefit Rowlett, because the economic development would be there. But it would keep the tax base in Dallas.
The mayor has let her rage, her distaste for Ray Hunt, cloud her vision. We have a mayor who thinks she can make unilateral decisions that she cannot. This is not a monarchy.
It ends up getting torn down. I don't think it has a viable use.
We're giving the citizens what they wanted, what they asked for.
You think you can circumvent our authority and our powers. You can't.
Everyone has half a pie now and can't do anything until they have a whole pie. With this deal, you're really bringing downtown to the river in two major ways. It's incredibly exciting.
If we don't do something, I think Congress will eventually unwind the Wright amendment. At least we got them to stand down and not have Congress pick it off one state at a time.
You circumvent our authority and our process in this, ... You stood there and said 'I,' 'I,' 'I,' 'my vision,' -- she doesn't know any other pronoun.
I made a promise to craft this, to put something on the ballot. And I've done that. I'm not going to go against my constituents.
