Ms. Miers was originally part of a council majority that urged Congress to repeal the Wright Amendment, a law that restricts flights from Dallas Love Field. Southwest Airlines and free-market advocates had long attacked the restriction as favoritism toward American Airlines, which has a hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International. Ms. Miers reversed her position after 10 months.
Finally, a 1990 budget crunch forced the Dallas City Council to consider a property tax increase. Ms. Miers cast the deciding vote. Mr. Bartos, who had proposed an alternate plan for 5% across-the-board spending cuts on all departments except the police, was bitter that almost all of the proposed $900,000 budget increase was slated for library and arts funding rather than public safety. Ms. Miers's record is one of initially supporting a conservative position and then abandoning it.
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Miers as waffler
Footnote. It would have been better if Dallas city council had cut spending to avoid increasing property taxes. That said, if they're going to spend more, I think I'd rather they spend it on libraries and arts than the police, if only because increased spending on "public safety" would all too likely mean a reduction in public safety at the hands of the police more vigorously enforcing victimless crime laws.
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