David Samuel “Sam” Coats
Related links
- Sam Coats for mayor website
- Dallas Morning News candidate survey
- Pegasus News Interview
- Election voting percentage: 77%
(March 2, 2007)
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Current roles
To our knowledge, David Samuel “Sam” Coats isn't in any organizations at the moment.
Former roles
Campaign contributions
| Donor | Date | Amount | In-Kind details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 Dragon Street Association, Ltd. | March 30, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Aaron Kreisler | March 22, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Allen & Lynn Segal | December 11, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Amy S. Wilson | December 1, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Anthony J. Melli | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Arthur & Judy Ungerman | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| B.F. Egan | March 12, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Barbara A. Lake | December 14, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Barbara Lord Watkins | December 22, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Barbara Sheldon | December 22, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| Ben & Melanie Barnes | February 26, 2007 | $2,500.00 | |
| Benjamin Chapman | January 10, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Beverly & Don Freeman | February 5, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bill Gutow | March 22, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Bill Ley | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Bill or Mary Ley | December 22, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| Bob & Earlene Barnes | December 22, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Bobby D. Cox | December 14, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Bradford Todd | January 23, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Brian Shivers | March 28, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bruce Chemel | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Bruce Marsh | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Carlela Vogel | January 10, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Carol A. Phillips | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Carol H. Orr | December 1, 2006 | $200.00 | |
| Carolyn & Jim McKee | February 23, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Charles C. Foster | March 19, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Charles D. Marlett | March 30, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Charles J. McGuire | December 1, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Charles Zelazny | March 2, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Christina Ann Johnson | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Christina T. Dean | December 1, 2006 | $50.00 | |
| Clark Onstad | March 28, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Condall Clegg | February 23, 2007 | $300.00 | |
| Cooper Blannkenship | April 2, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Craig G. Johnson | January 2, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Curtis Jaggars | March 5, 2007 | $5,000.00 | |
| Daivd Easley | March 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Dan Adamson | January 10, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Dan Ballenger | March 19, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Daniel W. Hopkins | February 23, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| David Gleeson | March 30, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| David L. Coats | December 27, 2006 | $2,500.00 | |
| David M. Shaw | February 5, 2007 | $50.00 | |
| David W. Westberry | January 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Dennis A. Franke | February 12, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Dennis White | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Dennis White | March 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Dewey Ervin | March 30, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Diane Wommack Daniel | January 5, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Don Knobler | December 14, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Donald Kivowitz | March 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Douglas D. Haloftis | March 30, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Drake Hiller | March 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Dwight Haley | March 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Ed & Suzanne Ellis | March 27, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Edna Ramon Butts | February 26, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Edward A. Malinioski | December 31, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Edward J. Dunham | December 27, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| Edward Malinioski | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Edward R. Crater | February 12, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Elaine D. Sammons | January 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Elizabeth Christian | February 26, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Erle Nye | March 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Esther Ritz | March 19, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Fifty Three Twenty Seven CXP | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Frank & Betsy Burke | December 14, 2006 | $3,000.00 | |
| Frank H. Wheeler | February 5, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Frank L. Branson | March 30, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Frank Steed | January 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Fred Florjancic | January 10, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Garth Nix | January 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Gary Bullin | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Gaylord Armstrong | February 26, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| George J. Nachman | December 22, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| George W. Bramblett, Jr. | December 1, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Gerald J. Ford | March 30, 2007 | $1,500.00 | |
| Gerald R. Taylor | January 3, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Gerry & Randy Fleuriet | February 23, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Gerry L. Ridgely, Jr. | October 12, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Gilbert Aranza | March 19, 2007 | $3,500.00 | |
| Gordon & Lynda Newman | December 22, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Gordon E. Forward | December 27, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| Graham McCullough | March 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Gregory R. Samuel | December 1, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| Gregory Samuel | March 27, 2007 | $2,250.00 | |
| Gyanell Methvin | March 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Harold M. Brierley | March 30, 2007 | $5,000.00 | |
| Harriet Miller | March 5, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Harriet Miller | February 17, 2007 | $900.00 | |
| Harry Granoff | January 10, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Haynes & Boone PAC | December 14, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Henry Estess,Jr. | March 30, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Henry Gilchrist | April 2, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Henry H. Mauz, Jr. | December 27, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Herbert A. Durham | March 19, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Herbert D. Kelleher | October 26, 2006 | $2,500.00 | |
| Howard D. Putnam | January 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Howard Hallam | March 10, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Hughes & Luce, LLP Committee for Good Government | March 5, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Ikard Wynne & Ratliff, LLP | April 2, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| J. Michael Hemp | January 10, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| J. Michael Wylie | January 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| J. Robert Gary | March 12, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| J. Rowland Cook | March 2, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| J.Christopher Noonan | December 27, 2006 | $200.00 | |
| J.McDonald Williams | February 12, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| J.W. Brown | December 1, 2006 | $200.00 | |
| Jack E. Irons | March 30, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| James B. Lawrence | November 24, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| James H. Coats | December 31, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| James Moore | February 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| James P. Caston | February 23, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| James Q. Aldrete | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| James R. Reis | April 2, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| James Wallenstein | March 22, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Jan Collmer | February 23, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Jerry Knauff | March 19, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Jill Warren | March 26, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Joanne & Mel Berke | January 23, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Joe & Elaine Seeber | March 19, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Joel Litman | March 19, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| John A. Raphael | January 22, 2007 | $5,000.00 | |
| John F. Boyle, Jr. | January 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| John L. Schoellkopf | December 22, 2006 | $200.00 | |
| John L. Schoellkopf | February 23, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| John McStay | April 2, 2007 | $2,000.00 | |
| John Pinkerton | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| John Sharp | March 2, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Joseph C. Wilson | January 30, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Joseph E. Humphry | February 23, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Juan Alva | January 23, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Kathryn T. McNeely | February 26, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Kay Taylor Donahue | March 2, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Keith Hughes | October 20, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Keith R. Coogan | January 22, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Kenneth H. Bruder | January 22, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Kenneth R. Glaser | March 19, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Kevin Flynn | March 3, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Kevin T. Burke | December 27, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Kimberly Young | December 1, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| L. Jack Bolton | February 5, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| L.E. Barbee | March 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| L.E. Barbee | February 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| L.E. Barbee | December 1, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| L.E. Barbee | January 10, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Landa Shaw | February 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Larry Schoenbrun | March 30, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Leah Fuscardo | March 22, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Lee & Martha Carter | January 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Lian Wang | December 26, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Lowell H. Lebermann, Jr. | March 2, 2007 | $2,500.00 | |
| Lyndon L. Olson, Jr. | January 22, 2007 | $5,000.00 | |
| M.& J. Sharry | March 27, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Marcus Rosenburg | March 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Margaret J. Rogers | November 15, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Mark Gller | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Marlene Bolstein | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Marshal Dooley | March 19, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Marshall Wayne Dooley | March 12, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Megan McManemin | April 1, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Mellisa Watson | February 26, 2007 | $50.00 | |
| Menton Murray, Jr. | January 23, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Merriman Morton | December 22, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Michael H. Newman | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Michael T. Richardson | March 2, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Morris Jaffer | March 22, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Hymen Childs | December 22, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mr.& Mrs. Edwin B. Nowlin | December 31, 2006 | $600.00 | |
| Mrs. Bobby D. Cox | December 14, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Mrs. George W. Bramblett, Jr. | December 1, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Naomi Aberly | February 12, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Nina Cortell & Robert Fine | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| P.T. Moore, Jr. | January 30, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Patt A. Gibbs | February 23, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Paul & Carolyn Burch | December 26, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Paul Watler | March 19, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Pete Hamel | February 12, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Pete Villarreal | March 19, 2007 | $25.00 | |
| Pete Winstead | March 12, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Peter & Lisa Kraus | March 27, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Peter G. Weinstock | March 22, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Pike & Pam Powers | February 26, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Preston Forest Associates, Ltd. | March 30, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Randolph Devening | December 30, 2006 | $200.00 | |
| Ray & Beverly Morrison | March 22, 2007 | $2,000.00 | |
| Richard & Chris Savage | December 30, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| Richard B. Neff | January 22, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Rick & Marie Haughey | December 27, 2006 | $200.00 | |
| Robert & Sally Rosen | March 27, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Robert A. Lauer | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Robert Albergotti | February 12, 2007 | $2,000.00 | |
| Robert Alpert | March 5, 2007 | $2,000.00 | |
| Robert D. Eberhardt | February 26, 2007 | $50.00 | |
| Robert D. Rogers | November 15, 2006 | $5,000.00 | |
| Robert F. See, Jr. | March 27, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Robert Gary | January 2, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Robert Greenberg | March 30, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Robert Lambert | April 2, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Robert Salter | January 10, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Robert Springer | November 7, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Robert W. Korba | January 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Robin Phelan | March 27, 2007 | $2,500.00 | |
| Ron & Beth Chapman | November 24, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| Ron & Eileen Ricks | October 25, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Ronald G. Steinhart | February 12, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Ronnie P. Hartfield | March 19, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Ronny Jordan | December 26, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| S.Z. Bernon | January 23, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Sally Dunning | December 11, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Sam & Jill Cohn | January 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Sarah B. Foster | February 26, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Sheldon Fleishman | December 26, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| Stan Richards | March 22, 2007 | $2,000.00 | |
| Stephen E. Taylor | October 25, 2006 | $100.00 | |
| Stephen Erickson | March 26, 2007 | $200.00 | |
| Stephen Lerer | March 19, 2007 | $400.00 | |
| Stephen P. Smiley | January 22, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Steven Turoff | February 23, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Steven W. Hermen | December 27, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| Stuart Ducote | December 1, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| Susan Strauss Breen | December 1, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Thomas A. Forbes | March 27, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Thomas Black, Jr. | January 22, 2007 | $1,000.00 | |
| Thomas R. Ransdell | December 22, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Thomas Thompson | December 22, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tom M. McDougal | February 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Tom P. McNeill, III | December 14, 2006 | $500.00 | |
| Vallye Ezell | March 30, 2007 | $50.00 | |
| Venkatakrish Narayanan | March 27, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| Viki L. Murray | February 23, 2007 | $50.00 | |
| W. Paul Radman | December 1, 2006 | $250.00 | |
| W.B. McCracken | February 26, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| W.Garner McNett, Jr. | March 30, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| W.L. Prather | March 30, 2007 | $250.00 | |
| William H. Rabel | March 12, 2007 | $35.00 | |
| William L. Cole | March 5, 2007 | $300.00 | |
| William M. Wallace | March 2, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| William Terry Bray | March 12, 2007 | $100.00 | |
| Wilson Schoellkopf, Jr. | December 22, 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
| Wilson W. Schoellkopf | January 10, 2007 | $500.00 | |
| Total: $195,960.00 | |||
Pegasus News campaign survey (April 1, 2007)
What is the one greatest thing that the Dallas City Council has achieved in the past year?
Expanding the police budget to add 150 officers to the force this year was a big step in the right direction. But if we’re going to be serious about making crime reduction our number one priority, then we need to go even further. I’ve called for adding 800 more officers to the force over the next four years, which the Dallas Morning News has called “the most ambitious officer hiring proposal among the candidates.”
What is the single biggest improvement that the Dallas City Council needs?
The City Council needs to learn to put ego and personal agendas aside and start working together for the good of the whole city. Our current council has at times seemed more interested in picking fights and grabbing headlines than in sitting down and hammering out real solutions to the tough problems we face. I’m optimistic that with eight new council members next term, we’ll have an opportunity to change the tone at City Hall.
What is the toughest problem that you have ever solved?
When Laura Miller approached me and asked me to help negotiate a settlement with Fort Worth over the Wright Amendment, no one gave us much of a chance of succeeding. After all, Dallas and Fort Worth had been feuding over air service like the Hatfields and McCoys for over 65 years. But because our negotiators were willing to set this deep-seeded mistrust aside and sit down together to negotiate in good faith, we were able to achieve consensus around a win-win plan that will help save travelers hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years. That’s the kind of leadership we need at City Hall today.
If you are elected and can only achieve ONE quantifiable thing in your term, what would you want it to be?
Adding at least 800 new police officers to the force over the next four years.
