Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\nIts responsibility is to create conditions where businesses can succeed without special pleading. That means focusing less on saving icons of the past and more on making downtown functional, safe and livable for the present.<\/p>\n
If Dallas gets the basics right, Neiman Marcus will stay by choice \u2014 not persuasion.<\/p>\n
Bill Rogge, Dallas<\/p>\n
Neiman\u2019s we loved is gone<\/p>\n
Why do we need a plan to keep a retailer that is going out of business because no one shops there anymore? What we need is a plan to reimagine and re-tenant the building. Neiman\u2019s as we loved it is gone. This is capitalism.<\/p>\n
Jon Altschuler, Highland Park<\/p>\n
Texas clings to $7.25 an hour<\/p>\n
Texas likes to tell a story about itself: that hard work is rewarded and opportunity is abundant. But that story collapses under one stubborn fact. Texas still clings to a $7.25 minimum wage, unchanged since 2009, while the cost of living in places like Dallas has soared.<\/p>\n
This is not an oversight; it is a policy choice. Someone working full time at minimum wage earns about $15,000 a year before taxes \u2014 nowhere near enough to cover rent, transportation, food or health care in North Texas. When lawmakers refuse to act, they are effectively saying that full-time work no longer deserves economic security.<\/p>\n
Low wages don\u2019t just harm workers. They shift costs onto taxpayers, as underpaid employees rely on programs like SNAP, Medicaid and housing assistance. That is not fiscal responsibility; it is subsidizing poverty wages with public dollars.<\/p>\n
Dallas feels the consequences directly. Underpaid workers spend less locally, turnover rises and financial stress strains families and community services. An economy built on wages that don\u2019t meet basic living costs is not strong \u2014 it is fragile.<\/p>\n
Raising the minimum wage is not radical. It is a recognition that work should provide dignity.<\/p>\n
Jacqueline Grote, Plano<\/p>\n
Why we need reporters<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cCity park board member resigns \u2014 His no-bid deal for airport restaurant is killed after conflict of interest concern,” Thursday news story.<\/p>\n
This story about a restaurant deal for Executive Airport, a park board member (now former), and no-bid process followed by Dallas is a prime example why we must have local reporters and an independent press. <\/p>\n
Bravo to The Dallas Morning News for asking the questions and shining the spotlight. Without your work, this sort of good-ole-boy deal would have sailed through. Thank you for the good work, and please keep it up.<\/p>\n
Michael Brown, Fairview<\/p>\n
Support democracy in Iran<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cMaduro Had to Be Removed \u2014 But the U.S. cannot \u2018run\u2019 Venezuela,\u201d Monday editorial.<\/p>\n
Your editorial rightly notes that \u201ca democratic nation is more resistant to entreaties from China, Russia and Iran.\u201d That point is even more striking given Iranians themselves are demanding democracy in the streets.<\/p>\n
Since Dec. 28, protests have spread nationwide, driven by long-standing demands for freedom and accountability. Protesters are explicit: They reject both the former monarchy and the current theocracy, chanting, \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it the Shah or the (Supreme) Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n
I now live in North Texas, but I was born in Iran, denied higher education and imprisoned for my political beliefs. These protests are part of a sustained, generational push for a democratic republic \u2014 one that can coexist peacefully with the world.<\/p>\n
Supporting Iran\u2019s democratic aspirations is not charity. It\u2019s sound policy. A democratic Iran would no longer threaten its neighbors \u2014 or the world.<\/p>\n
Homeira Hesami, Carrollton<\/p>\n
University Park needs DART<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cDART ditch list could grow \u2014 University Park Council will allow voters to decide whether to stay on board,\u201d Thursday Metro & Business story.<\/p>\n
Although I am dismayed about the recent push for cities to leave DART, I feel a particular betrayal at University Park\u2019s recent decision to call an election. <\/p>\n
During my time at Southern Methodist University, I used DART\u2019s services often to get around the area. I didn\u2019t have a car until I lived off-campus, and even when I did, I still commuted via the Red Line to avoid traffic and parking.<\/p>\n
Although the city leaving DART wouldn\u2019t stop the shuttle buses between campus and Mockingbird Station, the loss of funding for the remainder of the system will still hurt the students and staff who rely on it. <\/p>\n
University Park doesn\u2019t exist in an infrastructure bubble; dollars spent in other cities still benefit them.<\/p>\n
James Outlaw Urech, Richardson<\/p>\n
AT&T headline praised<\/p>\n
The headline writer deserves more than \u201cThree Cheers\u201d for the sad but true headline on the jump page for the Tuesday AT&T story: \u201cAT&T hangs up on Dallas.\u201d Perfect! I would have loved seeing that across the front page.<\/p>\n
Sue Owens, Dallas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Make downtown fit for retail Re: \u201cDallas Needs Plan to Keep Neiman\u2019s \u2014 City must embrace a bold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6861,102,104,103,2261,109,31231,2639,27808,160,287,952,5469,3703],"class_list":{"0":"post-118859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-att","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-dart","13":"tag-downtown-dallas","14":"tag-iran","15":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","16":"tag-neiman-marcus","17":"tag-plano","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-retail","20":"tag-university-park","21":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}