Mayor Eric Johnson flubs Dallas council inauguration | Opinion
But what’s really frustrating City Council members is the issue of guests. Council members Adam Bazaldua, Paula Blackmon and Gay Donnell Willis all confirmed that the mayor made the decision to stop the stage guest tradition. Willis, who had chaired the council’s ad hoc Administrative Affairs committee, was told directly by the mayor. Bazaldua learned through City Manager T.C. Broadnax that this was Johnson’s decision.
In a statement, the mayor’s staff described this as a “logistical decision made months ago in an effort to minimize the crowding of the stage.” That doesn’t hold up. The stage at the Meyerson has hosted many council inaugurations without a problem. Bazaldua got the news after mentioning that he had taken his young daughter to NorthPark Center to get a special dress. Blackmon had planned to bring her son on stage.Johnson had done a better job in the last two years of building connections with council members. As a result, he was rewarded by having only a write-in challenger.
But he has a history of being his own worst enemy. This inauguration stunt hearkens to his first two years in office, when a council bloc rallied against him, and his efforts to elect a slate of allies fell totally flat. Logistics are a soft excuse for dismissing a cherished tradition. The price will be a bad start to the City Council’s next term. We wish the mayor would have seen that and respected both the past and the wishes of those with whom he serves.
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