Friday, March 23, 2007

Cowboys and Super Bowl Bid


I hope we can put to rest why the Cowboys are not in Dallas. They are not here for the same reason they went to Irving. Dallas City Leaders wanted to dictate where the stadium should be built. They refused to let Clint build where he wanted to, Downtown. Same situation different Leaders , same City and mind set. Nothing seems to change in Dallas but people rotate around and do the same silly things never looking at what it caused the first time around.

Jerry Jones tried doing business with Dallas County to avoid the City of Dallas even got State Law passed for that purpose.
First thing Dallas County Commissioner did was not allow Cowboy vote to be placed on a November ballot , had nothing to do with Cowboy's. Next former Commissioner Jim Jackson wanted the location picked before the County would talk tax share. Already there are two things going wrong. Next the Cowboys made an Offer ,again told pick your location first. Next Council Griffith suggest Fair Park, then Chaney got going on it never once did anyone think, that just maybe the Cowboys do not want to build in Fair Park. It was a good idea but it was not the Cowboys idea.

Now it's Super Bowl bid time and the same Dallas MIND SET Leaders are making more out of this then they should. If they were more informed they would know the NFL has a contract with HYATT for headquarters. If they would just keep quite until it's time to make noise about something that matters. I have attended the past 12 Super Bowls and they are fun and the cities really go all out for the NFL and they make money. If any person on the City Council would just
go and look at the set up they would see there is no way Dallas can lose on a Super Bowl. When Phoenix host Super Bowl ,Tempa and all surrounding cities are full and busy. Dallas City Officials please go outside of Dallas and your hotel rooms and see something for your self. Please leave your office, your car and see the World.

Cowboys and Super Bowl Bid


I hope we can put to rest why the Cowboys are not in Dallas. They are not here for the same reason they went to Irving. Dallas City Leaders wanted to dictate where the stadium should be built. They refused to let Clint build where he wanted to, Downtown. Same situation different Leaders , same City and mind set. Nothing seems to change in Dallas but people rotate around and do the same silly things never looking at what it caused the first time around.

Jerry Jones tried doing business with Dallas County to avoid the City of Dallas even got State Law passed for that purpose.
First thing Dallas County Commissioner did was not allow Cowboy vote to be placed on a November ballot , had nothing to do with Cowboy's. Next former Commissioner Jim Jackson wanted the location picked before the County would talk tax share. Already there are two things going wrong. Next the Cowboys made an Offer ,again told pick your location first. Next Council Griffith suggest Fair Park, then Chaney got going on it never once did anyone think, that just maybe the Cowboys do not want to build in Fair Park. It was a good idea but it was not the Cowboys idea.

Now it's Super Bowl bid time and the same Dallas MIND SET Leaders are making more out of this then they should. If they were more informed they would know the NFL has a contract with HYATT for headquarters. If they would just keep quite until it's time to make noise about something that matters. I have attended the past 12 Super Bowls and they are fun and the cities really go all out for the NFL and they make money. If any person on the City Council would just
go and look at the set up they would see there is no way Dallas can lose on a Super Bowl. When Phoenix host Super Bowl ,Tempa and all surrounding cities are full and busy. Dallas City Officials please go outside of Dallas and your hotel rooms and see something for your self. Please leave your office, your car and see the World.

Monday, March 05, 2007

City Bond Sale!



The recent Bond election passed with a good deal of Black support. It was said that this was the first time the Southern Sector was getting so much improvement from a Bond sale. Well what has happen on the way to the May Sale? It seems the City Manager did not pick some key projects this time around. When ask by one of the Black Council members why there was nothing in this first round the Manager said" to put something else in you will need to take something out" none of them had a TAKE out answer. They could had cut the Arts design in half and sold the rest of them in November. I do not understand how you ask a question and get an answer with no ready solution.


That is one of the reasons I am running for City Council to ask the right questions and give some guidance to the process.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Is 214-670-5525 a Dallas City Hall Tax Paid Phone !


Is 214-670-5525 a City of Dallas phone number ? In the day of caller ID why would any fool use a City phone to make a political campaign call ? Jesse Diaz is a active man did the caller think he was going to like a tax payers phone being used? I know as we get closer to the election all sorts of trick will be used but I hope none are illegal because every one in the race will report them.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Campaign Up-date


Please read my Web site: Bettyculbreath.com to review my platform and plan.
Send contribution if you wish.
Betty Culbreath Campaign
P.O. Box 764588
Dallas, Texas 75376

Lamar Hunt a Great Man!


While in Miami for Super Bowl I had the opportunity to read different news papers. In the Miami SunPost I found an article on Lamar Hunt my Dallas Texas Homeboy. I have always admired Mr. Hunt because he was an Out of the Box thinker. I did not know the contribution he made toward helping Black football players in the League. It seems that there was an unwritten rule about how many Blacks to have on the field at anyone time . In contrast Mr. Hunt rostered and fielded teams based on talent not quotas. The AFL also recruited from all black colleges and gave Blacks more game time and positions to play.

I am happy to have known Lamar Hunt the man who created the Super Bowl , the AFL and judged people on talent not the color of their skins.!

Friday, February 16, 2007

City Council Campaign



My City Council Campaign is up and going. Good volunteers and organization. Thanks to my son Dirk his campaign skills are coming in handy. I am really having fun.Have not had this much fun since I ran John Wiley Price's campaigns. I got a text message that I was being taken off the air at KKDA until after the election.
It seems one of my opponent's called in and complained. Service Broadcasting made a decision to take me off. I thank Service Broadcasting for 15 good years of being on the air giving service to my Community. Ten years I hosted Community Connection every
Thursday night for the past five years as part of the Willis Johnson morning show I have enjoyed every moment. I wonder if my opponent thinks by taking me off the air will help her? The people who have heard me for the last 15 years will not forget me
and my service to my Community in two months. May 12, 2007 they will still remember Betty Culbreath and My Record of Making a Difference. I am sure there will be more tricks and all kind of nasty things said but voters are not fools.

Thank you for the support you have already given. I am just surprised every day upon my return from the Post Office at how giving people are and their commitment to good government. I still need money and volunteers.

Call 214-374-9100 Campaign Office
To mail contribution: Betty Culbreath Campaign, P.O. Box 764588, Dallas,Tex 75376.

Thanks Dr. H



Thanks Dr. H. For upholding the policy .

Ms. Trista Allen DA's Office .Please !



Ms. Allen in the future please write what you want to say, read it over and over before you say it to the Media. I know maybe you were in a situation and it was spin time but sometime it is better to not say a word. I am not sure if you said this but the DMN has it in quotation marks."the woman lost her job over giving a fake name to a police officer over her son witnessing a scuffle"" this was not just any woman she was a police Officer and what she did was a crime and more so since she has filled these same types of charges on people she arrest. Not a good example for her son. So do not make it sound like poor lady lost her job there are 6,660 people in the jail right behind your office who have lost their jobs cannot make bond and sitting there hoping for justice. Having worked at the County 20 years I do know that defense Attorneys walk in the Court offices all day asking for cases to be dismissed and the assistant DA's do it without calling upstairs.The fact that Mr. Lyons got a case dismissed is no news it's done all day every day. Maybe if he had not been on TV and delivering termination notices this would not have been news. I hope something is learned from this "keep some of your business to yourself".

What's New !



I was happy to read that DA Crieg Watkins was looking at the DNA policy and willing to give it another look. What I do not understand is why Fred Moss over at SMU thinks the law-and order folks will see this as an attack on the police and prosecutors. The police and prosecutors work with the information given them in a case. If technology is not available or was not used ,what is wrong with simply
doing the test and knowing the truth. The victim should be happy to know if the wrong person is locked up, because that means the Pert. is still out there hurting others. Maybe it is something that I do not know about the criminal justice system ,but I believed for years it was about catching the real criminal not just picking up any one to put in jail. I hope the guilty are jailed and the innocent
set free.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

New Picture!



How about that new picture? Jesse Hornbuckle Photography did the work. Hornbuckle can be reached at 214-942-6100 he is located in that new Arts District over on Tyler St. He has a wonderful place and professional staff.

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

What Is It About SOB's that Bring Out Hypocrisy?


The City of Dallas has the HIGHEST RATE OF STD'S in the Country. The City of Dallas has the HIGHEST RATE of SYPHILIS among young adults in the Country. The City of Dallas has the HIGHEST RATE of NEW HIV infected women in the Country. Many of the new infected live in the Southern Sector. The numbers of people infected are 90% related to unprotected SEX. With the numbers of Sexually Transmitted disease in this City and County and not one Soul is talking about it. I must say IBOC and Friendship West have been very active in making their congregation aware of HIV/AIDS and working on prevention.

I have not heard one Elected Official call for a stop or meeting or any thing to educate the public or simply say stop Young people.

Yet when they get word that a SOB (sexually oriented business)is being built on Westmoreland that will sell and rent Adult movies they go crazy. Where have they been ? It has had license for two years .The City of Dallas was sued by this industry and lost at the Supreme Court. In fact the Court said that the City must make available 5% off it's land mass for these businesses. The City then passed an ordinance governing SOB's.

We have no SOB's in Southern Dallas or in Oak Cliff so what is the cause of all the SEX in Southern Dallas that's causing all the STD's? I have no dog in this fight just common sense. I do not want an SOB in my neighborhood, or near my home, school or church. But if it is legal and the Court says we must allow them, the City has done its best to make them locate in industrial District or manufacturing district that should not impact neighborhoods.

Pastor Ted Haggard in Colorado who led the move against homosexuality by day and practice it by night remind me of some of the people that have come out with some very odd speeches. It reminds me of the Congressman who hated pornography but keep a locked case of it under his desk for viewing until a clean up crew found it and put in trash by mistake.

I hate to see the Political operatives make this an issue during election time when they know full and well what the Court said. Playing on the emotions of good people should be against the law. I do not want my area to go down any more then it has in the past five years ,but I will not advocate violation of anyone's right nor will I lie to the public for a vote. I will fight for my neighborhood by any means necessary.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Dallas Housing Authority Election



If the Board of Commissioners ratify my confirmation as Chair of The Dallas Housing
Authority tomorrow, I will become the first woman, and first Black person to serve as Chair of that Board .

History making event happy that I could serve my Community.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Elite News Martin Luther King Parade

Thanks to the Elite news and Mr. William Blair and family for selecting me as one of the Grand marshals for the 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. The Parade went on as schedule and was wonderful. The Breakfast for the Marshall was held at the beautiful African American museum in Fair park. The Grand Marshal was Dr. Harry Robinson of the museum. Sandra Lora was coordinator for parade and took it into another level. I will be there next year.

Happy Martin Luther KIng Day!

City Council Race !

Retired detective Dwayne Bishop, Dallas Police department,appointed treasure:
Betty J. Culbreath for Dallas City Council District 5.

I will make my formal announcement in the near future.
Do you want all Council Districts to work together and improve the quality of life for all the citizens?
Do you want to continue to live in Dallas as I do and afford the Tax ?
Do you want your City Council member to remember what they said during the election process?
I want a better District 5 and that automatically means a better Dallas. I know how to work the City Hall system and get something done. I have volunteered for the past 22 years and will work every day at City Hall.

If you support my way of thinking and want a better district 5 and greater Dallas please send contributions to :

Betty Culbreath Campaign
P.O.Box 764588
Dallas, Texas 75376

Monday, January 01, 2007

Dallas Cowboys and T.O. Could Be Helped !


It is sad for Jerry Jones to spend so much money and time for a group of People to make a good Team and the Calvin Hill and wife staff does not recognize what the real problems are. We read the news clips about Team not ready to play, team did not play
as if they wanted to win. T.O. Missed catch, T.O. talk to much. There are some real problems at Valley Ranch and it has nothing to do with Talent. The Calvin Hill and wife team has not a clue. Number one Calvin is a fine man ,but he is an ex player still living his life as a player through the players he is suppose to help. I do not know his wife's professional background but I do know that some of the problems the Team suffer clearly could be corrected if someone knew what they were doing. I do not know Robert Newhouses job and again I know Robert and he is a very good guy but being a good guy and knowing how to help a person in crisis are different things.
I offered to help DISD for free, I went and spoke with Jerry Jones five years ago and offered to help him with his players problems he told me he had Calvin Hill for that job. I said ok not wanting to say anything about Calvin but, I said to myself
you might have him but someone is not taking care of the none football related issues that plagued your team.
What can I say today the very same situation exist and he still has Calvin Hill and wife doing the job. Jerry Jones knows how to make money but he does not know mental and social service need that even the Rich suffer from, and the young men he hires come from very different backgrounds and they bring their home issues into training camp with them and they are not going to share that with anyone who might effect their ability to play ball.
Some one call Jerry and tell him Betty will still work with his players and work
through their personal issues so their minds will be free to play ball, and they will not get shot nor have accidents leaving strip clubs.

How Wonderful Living Is!

Friday, December 29, 2006

On The Road To Complete Recovery



Thanks to the many People who prayed for me during my illness. The months from June 27,2006 until this day has been some of the most painful in my life. The Kidney Transplant in 2003 was a breeze compared to this.God my higher power marched me straight on through it. I had my last surgery December 13,2006 and I did good. I did not tell anyone because I did not want it in the press. Sorry press you have been good to me, but I did not want the General Public to think I was sick , they might not understand this was the good surgery the reconnect. I am doing fine just home recovering and getting ready for what God has for me to do. I will be ready for March 3,2007 and working towards May.
Happy Holiday Season and Healthy New Year!

Monday, December 11, 2006

Leo Chaney Sold Out Ash Creek Mobil Home Park


Once upon a time people talked about Leo Chaney and I was on the front line defending him. I have been on the front line fighting for a few people who turned out
just as bad as People said they were and I did not see it for a long time, but when I get it, I get it! Chaney has put about 100 people on the street who live in the Ash Creek Mobil Home Park. The Park has been there for 50 years in the same place and never did the City of Dallas use Code enforcement to make the Owner fix up any thing.The Mobil homes belong to the people and most cannot be moved. You see Leo Chaney allowed the City Attorney in fact he encouraged the City Attorney to file criminal charges on the Owner just as he did with Mr.Lee Bilal Mr. Bilal went to jail and to his death ,this owner surrendered and was forced to close the Park while the zoning was pending before the City Plan Commission. We need a revolution in Dallas. Elected Officials who can use their Power to move people from their homes with no remorse should be ----. The reason these people are being mistreated is that the new homeowners in the 300,000 homes do not want to look at the Mobil home park, the Mobil home park was there when the new homes were built. Chaney thinks the people in the 300,000 homes will vote for him for higher Office. I wonder did it occur to him that if they do not like poor white and Hispanic people what would make him think they will vote for a poor black one? Mr. Chaney will need to answer to his God for this one.

Is Ron Price DISD Trustee Brain Dead?


The DISD Director of Human Resources, Troy Coleman resigned at DISD. The first thing out of Ron Prices mouth was " it is because he's Black". When in the hell will it be ok to fire a Black person when he or she is not doing their job? Does being Black guarantee you a job for Life? In my job as Director of Dallas County Health and Human Service I hired all races and fired people who were not doing their job, race does not hide incompetence. Mr. Coleman might have stepped down because he wanted to and to remove hiself from a bad situation.The Public statement said he resigned so Ron Price give it a break. When a serious race problem comes up no one will listen to you and on that occasion you might be right.