Link: http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2006-03-09/news/news.html

...courtesy of this week's Dallas Observer, in which we find (surprise surprise) that the local waste of tree products known as the Dallas Morning News, while reporting the findings of an investigation, carefully avoided asking any awkward questions of the City representatives.
The picture printed by the investigative report is a deeply unflattering one. Corruption and abuse of power appear to be endemic within the city council.
As in most cases, the electors will probably simply whine about "lousebound politicians". However, they elected the current incumbents, and they also failed to take the opportunity to help right the ship by voting for the "strong mayor" proposal recently. This would have allowed Laura Miller to actually take action instead of vainly verbally castigating the major players. Until the electorate wakes up, they will continue to get the council that they deserve (i.e. a bunch of dangerous doofuses).
It's just as well that the prevailing wind in Irving is rarely from the East, otherwise the smell from downtown Dallas might make its way into our neighborhood...