We call on Dallas City Council to save all existing branch libraries, parks, recreation centers, Cultural Arts Programs, and the Dallas City Hall building. These are not extras. They are the everyday places that help our city work, learn, gather, and stay connected. Dallas should keep public land and public money focused on Dallas first, serving its people, its workers, and its future instead of private real estate ambitions.

We ask City Council to be open and accountable about where the FIFA Return on Investment funds are and why that money cannot be used to protect these vital community resources. We also ask the city to create a Library Fund category in the General Budget so that money intended for libraries stays with libraries, and is not pulled away for other city needs.

Dallas should review leadership costs with the same care it asks from everyone else. We call for removing the Dallas Library Director, Mary Shorr, and for placing that salary back into the Library budget to help close the 2.6 million dollar shortfall. We also ask City of Dallas executives across all departments to take a 15% cut and help protect the jobs of low- to middle-level workers.

On City Hall, we reject the bogus billion-dollar claim until Dallas gets independent, peer-reviewed numbers about moving out and repairing City Hall that the public can trust. Dallas already owns City Hall, and we should not risk our financial future on another shady city real-estate deal pushed by city staff. Residents deserve clear facts about nearby neighborhoods, not vague promises. City Hall should be treated as the asset it is, improved, modernized, and used as a cornerstone that strengthens downtown and connects surrounding neighborhoods.