Dallas Citizen Charter Amendments Can Stay on Ballot, Texas Supreme Court Rules
Citizens who initiated several amendments to the Dallas City Charter have won the right to have their propositions included on the ballot in November, while contradictory amendments proposed by the city will be removed.
Dallas HERO proposed and secured sufficient signatures to certify each of three charter amendments for ballot inclusion. The first is to increase the number and base salary of Dallas police officers; the second would have the city manager's salary be based upon performance on quality of life issues, with automatic termination for failure to perform; and the third would allow residents of Dallas to sue the city to force compliance with its ordinances, its charter, and state law.
On August 14, the Dallas City Council voted to include these charter amendments as part of the ordinance ordering the election. When a qualified petition is filed, cities can either adopt them outright or send them to the ballot for a vote.
However, the city council also adopted three additional amendments — Propositions K, M, and N — that critics said confused the issue and seemed to render the Dallas HERO amendments moot.
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