CONTROVERSIAL DALLAS PROPOSITION S PASSES

By Trey Rusk

 

 

 

Proposition S: Proposition S is among the controversial amendments that made it on the 

 

 

Proposition S is among the controversial amendments that made it on the ballot after the group Dallas HERO collected the required signatures. Proposition S would grant “standing to any resident of Dallas to bring a lawsuit against the city to require the city to comply with provisions of the city charter, city ordinances, and state law.” It would also waive the city’s governmental immunity from suit and liability in claims brought under the amendment. 

 

The Dallas HERO initiative received financial backing from hotelier, GOP donor and Dallas Express publisher Monty Bennett and a slate of current and former Dallas leaders. 

 

The Dallas Police Association and Dallas Firefighters Association have urged voters to vote against the HERO amendments S, T and U. Dallas HERO, though, has argued that the amendments are a means of holding Dallas officials accountable. 

 

Unofficial results showed a majority of voters supported Proposition S.