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Overall a toss-up. Weakest part of the discussion was Visit Dallas - especially, since neither candidate mentioned the allocation of the hotel/occupancy tax revenue and whether Visit Dallas or any contracted vendor should have total absolute control over its allocation, I know there has been some talk of allocating a portion to arts in Dallas which is good. However, there should be some concern on whether the funds are used as a kickback to the board members' organizations. Potentially, the opportunity for corruption is immense, and I'm not in favor of allowing any private corporation to have total control of allocating tax dollars. I'm a little concerned about the lack of concern. Additionally, with respect to job training programs, Salesforce.com recently announced their intention to hire something in the neighborhood of 500,000 employees over the net few years. This is not remarkable. What is notable, is that their training is on line and free for the taking. This proposal was a direct response to a Trump initiative calling for businesses to take an active role in training. I can only imagine that based on its performance and the competition for software marketing talent that many companies will follow their act. The CIty should have a mechanism for recognizing this type of trend and steering Dallas residents into this type of program. There is much happening in the world on many different levels and without a concerted effort to monitor trends and respond many opportunities will be lost.

Scott Griggs loves canned, prerehearsed answers and sound bites which contradict his record. What a joke

Didn’t they already pass it? The real question is, how does the city enforce it? Is it any more enforceable than the break law they put into effect a few years ago? !(not opposed to either, but not sure how effective either is??)