Bazaldua Calls Out Tolbert on City Hall Talks

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome to Dallas News Today, powered by AI. Dallas City Council member Adam Bazaldua is calling out City Manager Kimberly Toberd for keeping the public in the dark about what to do with Dallas. City Hall. He says the talks about possibly selling or repurposing the building kicked off without enough council input, especially after Toberd chatted with. The Maverick CEO about using it for a new arena. Toberd pushes back pointing to briefing she gave council members back in May and June of last year on the urgent repairs needed for city buildings, including City Hall. Then in August, Mayor Eric Johnson sent a memo to start reviewing options officially. Bazaldua argues Toberd jumped the gun by talking real estate with the Mavericks before getting clear council. Okay, calling it a transparency fail. The mayor though insists the whole process has been wide open from his public memo to open meetings driven by council moves. The Mavericks are all in on staying in Dallas,

1:02eyeing 50 continuous acres downtown for a new arena, hotel, headquarters, practice facility, medical, spot, homes, retail and restaurants. Bazaldua says no need to choose between that and fixing up City Hall Dallas can handle both. Right now questions linger on those Mavericks talks, like who was there and whose call it was. Bazaldua wants more data and straight talk to move forward on keeping the city strong.