{"id":204242,"date":"2025-09-06T05:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204242\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:57:09","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-three-cheers-for-dallas-city-staff-george-harris-randy-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204242\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor &#8211; Three Cheers for Dallas city staff, George Harris, Randy Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>1 Dallas city staff <\/b>\u2014 Of course, it wasn\u2019t super easy or immediately intuitive to navigate Dallas to file for a permit to replace my existing fence with one 100% exactly like it, especially since I live in a conservation district. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">What was easy was interacting with various city staff for help. Numerous times, Marisol Martinez patiently answered questions and held my hand virtually while I walked through the steps with her live. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Sheri Steele-Morrison was always super polite, helpful and friendly as she reminded me in person once more what I needed to get this permit done. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Just like Leslie De Los Santos with Homeless Solutions who is helping all of us address increased homelessness along Greenville Avenue. <\/p>\n<p>Opinion<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get smart opinions on the topics North Texans care about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I consistently find city of Dallas employees patient, knowledgeable and very willing to help, even though they are often operating in confusing environments with frustrated residents. Thanks for that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Jean McAulay, Dallas<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>2 George Harris<\/b> \u2014 Re: \u201cWe need LGBTQ-rights giant more than ever \u2014 Attacks on gay, trans rights are a setback to what George Harris fought for,&#8221; by Chris Heinbaugh, Aug. 19 Opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I was sad to learn about the passing of George Harris, and at the same time have gratitude for this appraisal of the man by Heinbaugh in the Opinion section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I had the privilege and honor of knowing Harris and his husband, Jack Evans, and serving them and their clients in their real estate endeavors. I spent many a Sunday afternoon at one of their open houses, visiting not only about the market, but also their interests. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Evans\u2019 passion was photography, and Harris and I loved to talk politics. Their contributions to the LGBTQ community are endless, their gentlemanly demeanors admirable and their real estate skills first rate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">If you live or have lived in the Perry Heights neighborhood of Dallas, you knew them and they knew you and the history of your house. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">If there is an afterlife, I know that a loving God will cherish having both of them as counsel. Goodbye, old friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Antone Hipp, Dallas\/Oak Lawn<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>3 Randy Smith <\/b>\u2014 The referee shaking hands with the infamous Bill Belichick at the North Carolina-Texas Christian University football game Monday night was none other than Randy Smith, the newest City Council member for the city of Addison. Not only does he do a great job refereeing, but he will do even better as the freshman council member. What a \u201csport\u201d!<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">David McLintock, Dallas\/Lake Highlands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 Dallas city staff \u2014 Of course, it wasn\u2019t super easy or immediately intuitive to navigate Dallas to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":156264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[7291,5229,1596,14841,1318,7281,20716,4329,62,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-204242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-addison","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-city-hall","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","14":"tag-lgbt","15":"tag-real-estate","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115155818790452655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}