Back in February, my political prognistication was that the group supporting the taxpayer-owned convention center hotel would ultimately win, and that’s what happened Saturday. The vote was close, but the result is clear, and we’ll soon be the owners of a $500 million-plus hotel downtown.
There’s really not a lot to add to what happened Saturday; those of you who voted knew the issue well enough, and those of you who didn’t … well, don’t ever say the campaigns debating the hotel left much to the imagination. If you wanted numbers, you had to look for them but they were available. If you wanted personal attacks, they were there, although I don’t think it was the offensive donnybrook some decried. And if you wanted vision and dreams, well those are always in plentiful supply these days.
So what does it mean going forward?
• Mayor Tom Leppert has done more in the past couple of years to change the face of Dallas than any other mayor in the past 30 years. I’m not impressed with Leppert’s decsion-making on the big deals, but you can’t say he shrinks from the job — and I mean that as a compliment. He’ll have the political good-fortune to run for mayor again in two y