Oak Cliff is the only part of Dallas I have ever lived since coming here in 1979.

If we are ever to get high quality, positive development here, we must end the perceptions that Oak Cliff is a "dumping ground" for all of the undesirable uses and facilities that Dallas as a whole does not want to deal with.

Oak Cliff has MORE THAN ITS SHARE of rehab and court-supervised facilities. It seems that when we get one, we then end up with ten! We start out serving people from Oak Cliff, then end up serving people from all over the region.

Honestly -- enough is enough!

Find another site for this facility -- preferably, one that is already zoned for this type of a use. Leave our pristine and undeveloped land for positive development that produce tax revenues and good, high-paying jobs.

[Ed Note: I wish someone would do some research on how much of that kind of "dumping" is in Oak Cliff. I've long said that South Dallas is the key to the city's success or failure. Much more attention needs to be paid to development in the area if Dallas is to succeed.]