The District 3 seat in City Hall is up for grabs. Here are the two candidates hoping to take it.
as the current City Council member, Casey Thomas, has reached his term limit. The two candidates vying to replace him are Joe Tave, a radio host, and Zarin Gracey, executive pastor at Concord Church.
Gracey has experience serving the city in several capacities over the years, but this is his first time running for City Council. Gracey was a debt manager for the city in 2005, eventually taking over as assistant director of Dallas’ economic development office. Gracey has also served on the city’s Public Facility Corp. for District 3. Now, he’s an executive pastor at Concord Church.
He said he wants more affordable housing and safer communities in his district. When it comes to crime, though, he doesn't think police are the sole answer to reducing it. “Safe communities, it’s not always wrapped up in having a million police officers on the street or the beat,” he said. “Police cannot stop crime or prevent it. In some degrees they might. But crime is very spontaneous in many regards.
He said he opposes a plan approved by City Council last year to turn an old hospital in the district into a housing project for the homeless. “Somebody made a decision and they did not include the people,” he said. Gracey said one of the things that prompted him to run is he lives in Capella Park, an area of the district that’s been fighting off warehouse development over the years. “That just wasn’t what many of us signed up for when we moved into the neighborhood,” he said. He said something that differentiates him from his opponent is his experience. “I really want to move from being a district to moving to a community, where, collectively, we’re all helping and educating,” Gracey said.
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