‘Dallas deserves better’ | Council members allege illegal backroom meeting on moving homeless shelter

DALLAS — Two Dallas City Council members accused four of their colleagues of violating the Texas Open Meetings Act by gathering a majority of the city’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee behind closed doors without properly notifying the public.

The group was set to discuss potential alternative locations for The Bridge — a homeless shelter in Downtown Dallas — including moving it to the Dallas Executive Airport, said committee chair Cara Mendelsohn, who attended the meeting.

The meeting also included a representative from Ashford, Inc., the company run by hotelier, GOP donor and funder of the HERO amendments Monty Bennett, said Mendelsohn…

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