Video: League of Women Voters of Dallas debate on Trinity referendum

Nathan, says:

Leppert came off O.K. although you can tell when he gets mad. The 'voteno' crew need to cut Veletta loose, she does them no favors. I think the best point was made by Hunt when she questioned the wisdom of running yet another freeway through the most congested part of the metro.

Billusa99, says:

Agreed. Lill talked to down to people at this meeting like they were school children.

Every time the Belo Parkway people make their argument that this metro area will grow by 500 people a day and 1 million in 10 years, I have to ask myself: So, you WANT THEM ALL to drive through downtown Dallas, Veletta?

Even the 100,000+ that will locate in Keller, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Allen, McKinney, Prosper, Denton, Lewisville and Lake Worth mover the next decade?! What a completely stupid, specious example.

Vote for Prop 1 this November -- Vote "Yes."

FoUTASportscaster, says:

Vote No got their rear handed to them. After Mayor Tom has lied to me on this, I don't know if can trust a single thing he says in the future. It is obvious he has made his bed with buisness, not the citizens.

Clay213, says:

Most of the traffic on 35 during the day is trucks coming from Mexico and going North. They aren't stopping in Dallas. They aren't spending money in Downtown.

Build the damn highway out in the middle of nowhere where it belongs and get all that pollution out of downtown.

EdWeirdness, says:

Do we really want more population, more congestion, more urban sprawl in Dallas? Everyone seems to ignore the fact that a solution to all the problems facing Dallas Citizens, and I mean every single problem, is to stabilize our population, and put an end to growth simply for the sake of promoting more growth. No one seems to realize that whether you support endless growth or not, sooner or later, growth will stop because there will be nowhere else to grow, or our resources will be so depleted and exhausted, that further growth would not be financially viable. There is a value to blue skies and wide open spaces that cannot be quantified by corporations or politicians hyperbole. Why should tax payers be held hostage for building the infrastructure that corporations and business demand? Worst case, some business will choose not to move to Dallas, and Dallas Citizens will not be burdened by the "egregious tax incentives" our city uses as bait, or the congestion that will only auger for further expansion, further burdening our resources, and diminishing our green space. The City of Dallas should remember the greater burdens its "self indulgence" places on the Citizens of Dallas County, many who avoid downtown Dallas like the plague. Most Citizens of Dallas County seldom have need to venture into the City of Dallas save for jury duty or a subpoena. Indeed, when you stop to consider that the two largest employers in downtown are the Police Department and the Courts, you begin to understand this lack of appreciation Dallas politicians have for the views, values and interests of the average citizen. Are all those building downtown still empty?