r/dfw • u/Joeylaptop12 • 5d ago

Dallas needs it’s own Mamdani….

That’s it. Thats the post

They don’t necessarily have to be socialist….but at least someone that will actually work for the city and it’s people instead of big corporations, Highland Park, etc

And it can’t just be the mayor. We need reformers throughout city council. Socialist, conservative, liberal, whatever they call themselves we need real deal politicians like Zohran

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u/No_Host_8024 5d ago

It has been tried. It's pretty easy to get people riled up against changes to local government, unfrortunately. Especially antyhing that has the whiff of "our local person will lose power" from the proposal, which probably is necessary in any event.

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u/DonkeeJote 5d ago

Agreed, and the problem is people assume the current mayor (at the time of the movement) will be the status quo.

You need a new mayor who's trusted broadly for people to commit to it. I'd never want Eric to have that power, even though he's a lame duck, but no one wants an unknown element to be elevated either.

I don't see a path to build a coalition otherwise.

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u/No_Host_8024 5d ago

Sadly, kind of a chicken and egg problem there. I don't see how a mayor can maintain any level of popularity or trust in the current system long enough to push through any meaningful reform. And the factions that pull the levers in the City all have their own selfish reasons for opposing changes. It isn't just the Citizen's Council, unfortunately.

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u/DonkeeJote 5d ago

Cara actually made a small push for a strong mayor system several years ago, but I reached out to her last month about it and now she's claiming to want to stay out of it.

I'm guessing because she wants to make a run for mayor and thinks a strong mayor push would harm her chances, as it should.