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>>> INSIDE TEXAS POLITICS WITH JASON WHITELY STARTS NOW.
>>> GOOD MORNING FROM SOUTH
VICTORY.
VICTORY.
VICTORY. I'M JASON WHITELY AND THE
DALLAS SUBURBS SEEM TO GET BIG
CORPORATE RELOCATIONS.
CORPORATE RELOCATIONS. TOYOTA MOVED IN AND JUST ONE
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. WHAT IS DALLAS DOING WRONG?
THE CITY COUNCIL HIRED A FIRM
FROM AUSTIN TO FIND OUT AND
COUNCILMAN TENNELL ATKINS
TALKED ABOUT NEXT STEPS. GOOD
TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THE SUBURBS SEEM TO BE
GETTING THE BIG CORPORATE
LOCATIONS AND WHAT IS DALLAS
DOING WRONG?
DOING WRONG? >> DALLAS NEEDS TO MARKET
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. WE TALK ABOUT THE REGION AND
THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS,
THEY SAID WE DO NOT HAVE A
MIRROR FOR DFW.
WE NEED THIS, ALL ABOUT DALLAS,
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. >>
TEXAS. >> THE CITY DECIDED TO HIRE A
COMPANY, AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OR AN
ECONOMIST IN AUSTIN.
WHAT DID THEY PROVIDE AND GIVE
TO THE CITY FOR THE OUTLOOK?
>> I THINK THEY HAVE PROVIDED
THE GROUND THAT WE ALREADY KNEW
ABOUT WAGES AND THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD THE CITY.
WORKING TOGETHER, WHAT IT SHOWS
IS WE NEED EDUCATION AND WE ARE
LACKING IN THE WORKFORCE RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE KNOW THOSE THINGS BUT IT
SHOWS WE NEED TO BRANCH THE
CITY AND FOCUS ON THE CITY OF
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED
ABOUT OFFSTAGE A MALE ONE TO
GO, WAS DALLAS IS IN THE DARK
AGES BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT
HAVE ITS OWN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INDEPENDENT OFFICE.
INDEPENDENT OFFICE. >> WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT
TWO WAYS.
TWO WAYS.
TWO WAYS. IN THE DARK AGES, I THINK NOT.
WE LOOK AT THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP AND WE HAVE A
PUBLIC- PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PUBLIC- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL MOVE
FORWARD BY LOOKING AT ALL OF
THE OPTIONS.
THE OPTIONS. IF WE NEED TO HAVE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT SEPARATE FROM THE
CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE TO LOOK
HOW WE FUND IT AND WHERE THE
MONEY MIGHT COME FROM.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT OVERNIGHT AND
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH
OPTIONS.
OPTIONS.
OPTIONS. >> FORT WORTH DID A STUDY AND
ONE THING THAT CAME OUT, DALLAS-
FORT WORTH IS THE THIRD LARGEST
METRO IN THE COUNTRY, FOURTH,
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, PEOPLE
DIDN'T THINK EITHER DALLAS OR
FORT WORTH WAS AS BIG AS IT IS.
DALLAS DOESN'T AND PLANTED
SALVES IN PEOPLE'S MIND EXCEPT
FOR PEOPLE IN EUROPE THAT HAD
SEEN THE TV SHOW.
WHAT DOES DALLAS DO TO SPREAD
ITS WORTH?
ITS WORTH? >> YOU CAN SAY ONE THING,
DALLAS IS NOT BRANDED, NOT
MARKETED.
MARKETED.
MARKETED. YOU GO TO SOUTH AFRICA OR OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THEY TALK
ABOUT DALLAS AS JR. THAT IS A
BRAND, MARKETING TOOL.
WE HAVE A GREAT CORE ASSET BUT
WE NEED MORE.
>> YOU HAVE JR EWING AND THE
COWBOYS AND IT HAS BEEN A WHILE
SINCE --
SINCE --
SINCE -- >> WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST
HOTELS.
HOTELS.
HOTELS. PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE THE PARK.
>> THEY REMEMBER, INDEED.
THIS ROLLED OUT AND THEN WE HAD
A CHANGE WITH NEW PEOPLE ELECTED
. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS?
>> NEXT, WE HAVE A NEW COUNSEL
COMING FORWARD.
COMING FORWARD. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE INPUT.
THEY HAVE TO BE PART OF THE
INPUT.
INPUT.
INPUT. WE
INPUT. WE ARE THE POLICYMAKERS AND WE
HAVE TO MAKE THE CITY MANAGER
AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE INPUT.
WHAT MIGHT WORK IN MY DISTRICT
MIGHT WORK IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.
WE NEED A TOOLBOX AND WE HAVE
NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH
THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY,
WHAT DO WE NEED?
>> HOW BADLY IS THIS NEEDED AND
HOW BADLY DOES DALLAS NEED A
PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? >> IN ORDER TO BE IN THE TOP
FIVE CITIES, IN AMERICA, I
THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL
OPTIONS AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT
HOW WE FUND IT.
WE HAVE TO BE SURE WE ARE NOT A
TALE OF TWO CITIES, NORTH AND
SOUTH.
SOUTH.
SOUTH. >>
SOUTH. >> ARE WE IN THE TOP 10?
>> TOP 10 IN THE LOWER TIER,
SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT BUT WE WANT
TO BE IN THE TOP FIVE.
>> THE STUDIES MAY SHOW FORT
WORTH HAS HIGH-PAYING JOBS AND
WHAT DOES DALLAS NEED TO DO TO
BRING MORE TOP PAYING JOBS?
>> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
EDUCATION, THE ISD.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT USING
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TOOLBOX TO
HAVE THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP.
PARTNERSHIP. BACK IN 1988, WE DIDN'T USE THE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND
LOOK AT IT NOW.
WE'VE USED THE TOOLBOX TO
INVENT MORE NEW TOOLS IN THE
TOOLBOX.
TOOLBOX.
TOOLBOX. WE NEED TO GROW THE CITY OF
DALLAS, ESPECIALLY TAXPAYERS.
85% OF THE TAXPAYERS ARE NORTH
AND THE REST ON THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE TO BRING EAST, WEST,
NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER.
>> MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE
STRUCTURED TO REVITALIZE AND
HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT.
WOULD AN OUTSIDE FIRM.THE CITY
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
>> NOT SO MUCH THE OUTSIDE, BUT
WITH A LEGAL, WE HAVE MAYOR
JOHNSON TO LEAD THE CITY AND
YOU NEED THE STATE AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
FOR THE OUTSIDE TO COME IN --
AND MAYOR JOHNSON UNDERSTANDS
-- THE TWO NEED TO MEET AND
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID IN HIS
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS. NUMBER ONE, WE'VE GOT TO WORK
TOGETHER AND WE CAN'T RUSH IT.
WE GET IT ENHANCED TODAY.
>> HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF
APRIL.
APRIL.
APRIL. >>
APRIL. >> THAT IS A PLAN TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE CITY?
>> THAT IS THE PLAN.
MY COLLEAGUES, IF WE AGREE ON
SOMETHING, IT TAKES A MAJORITY
TO GET IT DONE AND WE HOPE WE