<![CDATA[The Irving Herald: Featured]]>https://irvingherald.com/s/featuredhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L4Nd!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad93d123-b21d-424b-87ce-1fa5ee2cbf19_432x432.pngThe Irving Herald: Featuredhttps://irvingherald.com/s/featuredSubstackThu, 16 Apr 2026 17:11:02 GMT<![CDATA[What happened in the March primary? ]]>https://irvingherald.com/p/what-happened-in-the-march-primaryhttps://irvingherald.com/p/what-happened-in-the-march-primaryWed, 15 Apr 2026 13:32:32 GMTWhat was the confusion with the March 3, 2026 primary election in Dallas County? This episode explains the decision of the Dallas County Republican Party to end countywide voting for election day as a vital election integrity measure, through an interview with two activists with long experience and expertise in elections in Texas.

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]]><![CDATA[The DART Deal]]>https://irvingherald.com/p/the-dart-dealhttps://irvingherald.com/p/the-dart-dealMon, 09 Mar 2026 02:52:47 GMTIrving has signed onto the DART deal -- but what is in it? Bryan and Philip break it down, and talk a bit about the Dallas Country primary election results.

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]]><![CDATA[Data Centers]]>https://irvingherald.com/p/data-centershttps://irvingherald.com/p/data-centersTue, 24 Feb 2026 23:27:10 GMTCity Council approves a new data center. What will this mean for residents? Other communities are grappling with this question. In this interview, St. Joseph County Indiana Councilwoman Amy Drake speaks about what her constituents have been thinking about it.

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Of note in the episode:

  • Dallas has control of the DART board, with 8 votes. It spends $420 million on DART and gets nearly $700 million in services.

  • Grapevine and Coppell are served by DART’s new Silver Line train, but they are not member cities. They get a la carte service. (Why can’t Irving get that?)

  • The Silver Line was originally pitched as costing around $1.3 billion, but costs have ballooned to $2 billion.

  • Taxes in Irving work out to $400 per citizen for DART and $75 per citizen for road repair.

  • Users of GoLink in Irving have to transfer if they go to a different zone. (Why can’t Irving be all one zone?)

  • Irving City Council voted 9-0 to hold an election to pull out of DART. This can only happen every six years. If it fails or the election is pulled, the next window for a withdrawal election is 2032.

At the end of the Dec. 11 work session, Mayor Stopfer listed demands we have of DART:

  1. Equal promotion for Irving events in regional marketing

  2. DART participating directly in our TIF District

  3. Governance reform

  4. DART to design and fund two remaining stations in Las Colinas (Texas Stadium and at Teleport Boulevard near SH 114)

  5. Money for a Circulator bus in the Urban Center to get people to the station

Bonus quote. At the end of the Dec. 11 work session, Mayor Stopfer asked the following:

“Who is DART and what is DART? Who owns it? Are we partners? Are the 13 cities partners in DART? Which means if it’s worth… $10 billion… then we should have some equity. If we’re just a cash cow who’s just paying and we’re not gaining anything in return, then we should have the same opportunity… to pick and choose our services and determine if we want it from DART or if we want it from somebody else.”

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