{"id":444836,"date":"2026-09-23T05:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444836\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T05:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:40:20","slug":"recall-effort-begins-against-gay-donnell-willis-in-dallas-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444836\/","title":{"rendered":"Recall effort begins against Gay Donnell Willis in Dallas \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neighbors in Northwest Dallas say they are starting the effort to recall District 13 council member Gay Donnell Willis.<\/p>\n

The move comes after neighborhood opposition to recent zoning cases in three locations that supporters of the recall say reflects Willis\u2019 unwillingness to work with homeowners opposed to the projects.<\/p>\n

The projects include the Preston \/ Royal tower development<\/a> that is currently before the city council for an October 14 vote, along with a condo development near Walnut Hill Lane next to the Wimberley Court<\/a> neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Neighbors in both cases oppose zoning requests to raise the maximum height of proposed structures.<\/p>\n

Doug Hazelbaker with Preserve Preston Hollow<\/a> says the work to collect more than 9000 signatures needed to place a recall effort on the May 2027 ballot will start in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

“With this November election coming up, with the Senate out there, there\u2019s going to be a lot of people voting and there\u2019s going to be a lot of people knocking on doors,” Hazelbaker said. <\/p>\n

“And our team is going to be knocking on doors.”<\/p>\n

Willis told NBC 5 in an emailed statement she is aware of the recall effort but “I want everyone to know that I’m always available to listen and understand your viewpoint.”<\/p>\n

“The Preston Royal zoning case is still moving through the city\u2019s standard review process.Many revisions have been made as a result of neighbors\u2019 input. No final decision has been made, and additional discussion continues. I\u2019ve met with residents, neighborhood groups, and stakeholders throughout this process, and I will continue to do so.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neighbors in Northwest Dallas say they are starting the effort to recall District 13 council member Gay Donnell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-444836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444836","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=444836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}