Misleading the Public at Beckly Sub-Courthouse
This is the graphic that was being used by Deputy Mayor
Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway (in dark suit below) to convince voters to vote
AGAINST Dallas Proposition 1 the evening of Friday, 11-02-07, at about 5 PM,
outside the Beckly Sub-Courthouse in Oak Cliff. The large poster clearly shows a 4
lane road, two lanes each way, which is what Proposition 1 will limit the road
to if the majority votes FOR Proposition 1. Voting AGAINST Proposition 1 will
allow the number of lanes to more than double!
Mr. Caraway was telling voters to vote against Proposition 1 so as to get what is in the picture. When it was pointed out earlier by another voter that he was lying and misleading people, he reportedly just smiled and said "You got me, I'm lying... I'm lying". It was pointed out that the planned toll road will be from 6 to 8 lanes and you had to vote FOR Proposition 1 to limit it to 4 lanes. He did not deny that truth.
At about 5:00 PM I spoke with my City Councilmember Tennell Atkins (in white shirt) about the need to divert that 80% of through traffic around the mix-master. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway came by to warn him that I had a device in my hand that looked like a recording device. (It was a video camera that I had not turned on.) My discussion with Councilmember Tennell Atkins about the diversion of traffic ended with him only urging me to go inside and vote. It appeared he had never considered diverting the traffic just driving through Dallas away from the downtown mix-master. He had no response when I pointed out that for the 1.3 billion dollars the flood way toll road was costing they probably could easily add 2 lanes each way around the city on the Loop 12/635 loop to handle the diverted traffic. That money could probably also cover toll booths. He seemed to want to avoid discussing the question.
Another day in the life of a city,
Bill Betzen
bbetzen@aol.com
www.studentmotivation.org