“The way agenda item J, amendment 1 is currently written … I would be proud to put my name on it, and I would be proud to tell the public I support this. That being said, I don’t think the public is going to go for it the way it is written.”

— commission member David de la Fuente

(from the April 5, 2024 Dallas Charter Review article “Dallas Charter Review Commission Approves Allowing Non-US Citizens to Serve on City Boards”)

Members of the Dallas City Charter Review Commission have voted to accept an amendment allowing non-U.S. citizens to serve on city boards and commissions.

As previously reported by Texas Scorecard the amendment would change the language in each section of the city charter relating to the eligibility for serving on the boards. It would change the word “citizen” to “residents,” “people,” or “persons.”

Read the entire article here.