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    City Council Briefing: Gas Drilling Ordinance

    by  • May 15, 2012 • News

    City Council Briefing: Gas Drilling Ordinance Wednesday, May 16th, 1PM City Hall Briefing Room: 1500 Marilla, Room 6ES The Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force will brief the Dallas City Council on their recommendations for re-writing the gas drilling ordinance on Wednesday, May 16, at Dallas City Hall, room 6ES – briefing room. We have been [...]

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    Stop The Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force From Weakening Gas Ordinance!

    by  • February 25, 2012 • News

    Support a Strong Gas Drilling Ordinance for Dallas Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 1:30 to 5:00PM Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force on Verge of Rolling Back Buffer Zones for Neighborhoods, Schools, and Allowing Fracking in City Parks If fracking industry representatives get their way during the final Gas Drilling Task Force meeeting next Tuesday, February 28th [...]

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    Is One Dollar Example Set By Jury?

    by  • February 1, 2012 • News

    Story by Rhonda Varsane Correspondent for Occupy Dallas Around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 17, strangely a month and ten days from the first Occupy Dallas march in October, control carpeted the grassy knoll right outside of the eyes of City Hall. Rumors were not unusual, bleeding through the camp daily – the numerous plants of [...]

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    10 Years Too Many, National Day Of Action Against Guantanamo

    by  • January 14, 2012 • News

    By Rhonda Varsane Lead by Code Pink’s Leslie Harris, Occupy Dallas, Code Pink, members of The Dallas Peace Center and others gathered at the Dallas Dart Railway station on Mockingbird lane at 3 PM central time on January 12th for the tenth anniversary of the first prisoners brought to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. “A location [...]

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    The Slave Market Contradiction

    by  • December 29, 2011 • News

    According to New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, it was pressure from congress that forced big banks to make risky loans. While there are probably many guilty parties, according to Bloomberg, “It was not the banks that created the mortgage crisis. It was, plain and simple, Congress…” While Bloomberg blames congress, others have blamed the [...]

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    The Boston Police Department Subpoena FAIL

    by  • December 23, 2011 • News

    INTERNET, December 23, 2011—According to a facsimile being circulated online, the District Attorney of Suffolk County has issued an administrative subpoena to Twitter requesting the IP addresses of anyone who has used the hashtag #BostonPD over a 6 day period. The subpoena addresses twitter with the following requests: Dear Sir or Madam, Pursuant to an [...]

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    City Manager Mary Suhm insists on paying consultant firm 8.4 million. Forgot to notify City Council.

    by  • December 22, 2011 • News, Uncategorized

    The Dallas City Council postponed a vote last week regarding a contract payment to British based consultancy company HCL Axon. The IT services it provides are used to run the city of Dallas billing systems. Officials say the system has cost taxpayers around $53 million. That is approximately $15 million more than was originally allocated [...]

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