If you don't see what's wrong with this ad, then I guess maybe if you called all the black people in Dallas "nappy headed hos" (ala Don Imus) that would be fine too.

I'm Black (and maybe you are also), and I don't see a problem with it. Just don't link me with Imus.

Called me a "straight-haired mud flubber." I have no idea what that is but I'm flubbergasted!

I have lived in Dallas all my life and take great offense to this ad. It's wrong for a bunch of white developers to keep dividing South Dallas by race. Our children pay the price every time we are used like this. This should not be about blacks and whites but about whether we all want a toll road running up the middle of a park. Does anyone know who did the song?

Oh, my God, this is so hilarious! Can they make a video, too, and have a black face song and dance man for the Vote NO Campaign? Here is a list, Michael, as to what is wrong with this. Unless, of course, Dallas Progress has been bought off by the white man.

1. The history of Dallas is full of local African Americans who try to lead other blacks into voting for what the white millionaires in Highland Park want. NOTHING has changed. NOTHING.

2.The Tollway was NOT what was sold to us. The Tollway will make the Crows and a couple of other non-Dallasistes richer when their property values increase.(Harlan lives in the Big House on Preston Rd and Armstrong.)

3. Could they have at least put a verb in the sentence as they rapped?

4. If this isn't racially divisive, then I want to hear the "White" version, a country and western song. I want to hear a Latin version en Espanol with an accordion.

5. And how exactly will a tollway "ease up on taxes" for an area of Dallas where most people live in SUBSIDIZED HOUSING???

6. WHO is the rapper? Who paid for it?

7. Don't call them what Imus did, you don't have to. They do it to themselves.

Jump and dance to make the white man happy.

And don't "forgets to smile!"

[Ed Note: Just for the record, Mike Davis is a leader of positive change in South Dallas as well as North Dallas. He's young, professional, committed and has exceptionally high ethical standards. He works long hours and, in case you don't read his blog on a regular basis (http://dallasprogress.blogspot.com) you should. He is a needed voice for change that all of us should be proud to have. It is common for those of us who have blogs to occasionally have a different perspective on issues--which is why it is important to read all sides of an argument. But Mikey is a wonderful and welcome voice, and one day he may end up being mayor. He'll have my support when he decides to do it.

I also want to say I don't have a problem with anyone who votes "no" on this issue. I realize there are some people who are very committed to having some alternative to 35E headed out of downtown, and feel they need this tollroad at any cost. There are legitimate reasons to vote "no." I just hope everyone casts votes for the right reason--and not because the song had a nice beat!]

Allen, this person knows exactly who I am.

Usually, I don't respond to jerks that hide behind anonymous names. But your garbage won't taint this audience since I have known Allen and most of the writers on here for years.

Are you that bitter? Do you want attention that bad? Well come get it by saying your name.

Thanks for being a coward. Keep on hiding in that glass house of yours. I needed some entertainment this evening.

Signed off with my name listed...as always.

Michael Davis
Dallas Progress