With the recent death of
a beloved friend, Bob Kelam,
our company responsibilities have become
greater and
I find I will have to spend more time
than I had anticipated when I sought the
office of mayor.
Since his election in April of last year,
Jack Evans has served two masters,
the city of Dallas as mayor and
the billion dollar column companies as
president. His announcement today
underlines his belief Dallas is now big
enough to require a full time mayor
that does not take away from our city
manager, our council manager form of
government.
It just means that people expect
the mayor to be full time in
this city the size we are today.
Evans announcement comes on the heels of
a stunning victory for the Dallas bound
election, which he cited as one of his
major achievements, as well as helping
Dallas land the 1984 Republican
convention. Evans still has eight months
left to serve in office.
Plenty of time for successors to surface
Bob Leder, Channel 5 Action News, Dallas.