Dallas Mayor Leppert donating most of salary for scholarships

by PegNews wire

Mayor Leppert is absolutely rolling in money, so he can afford to give some away.

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is putting (some) of his money where his mouth is: He's expected to announce at a news conference at Madison High School today that he will donate $50,000 of his $60,000 annual salary for the next four years to a new scholarship program for disadvantaged Dallas high school students. Not exactly sure why he's hanging onto that extra $10,000, since, as the DMN points out, he's got money to spare from his stint heading Turner Construction, but hey, it's still a nice gesture.

Leppert's money will be combined with a larger amount donated by Chesapeake Energy, which I guess figures they'd better do something nice for the area since they're ticking off a bunch of people in Fort Worth.

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Aaron Johnson, says:

You gotta poop on everything... Man does a nice thing and its just never good enough.

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John McClelland, says:

I do have to admit that I don't see any of the other rich people on the Council doing the same (that I know of). Good for Mayor Leppert.

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Alex Bentley, says:

Hey, I said it was nice gesture -- just pointing out that he's hanging onto 10 grand for some unknown reason. But I do applaud him for doing something good for education in Texas.