Dallas Real Estate: Buy In A Neighborhood With A Fiscally Sharp City Council Rep
Maybe this should be one of the things you consider before signing on the dotted. Maybe we here at DallasDirt (um, that’s me) could and should offer more info on our city council reps and what they do for their districts. In any case, here is why the folks in Mitchell Rasansky’s district love him so much:
“We received an amazing letter yesterday from Mitchell Rasansky, the Dallas City Councilman who represented our area until this year, when he retired because of term limits. Because he has been so helpful and responsive to our neighborhood’s (and our) needs, we sent him a check two years ago to help with his campaign.
Yesterday he sent us a check for 40% of the money, saying he had managed his campaign responsibly and did not need all of the money we sent him.
“Unlike our city” he wrote, “I find I have a surplus.”
He sent 1,013 checks to every person or entity who had ever given him a dime. The checks totaled $160,000. He said he hopes his act restores our faith in elected officials.
Normally, politicians who have money left in their coffers simply send a check to some charity … or another politician. But in this case, Mitchell chose to return it to each contributor so they could decide what to do with it.
“I think it’s your money, “ he said.
In a time when politics has divided and discouraged us, we thought this amazing act of integrity was worth passing along. And the best part of the story? It’s absolutely true.”
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