Laura Miller
Laura Miller
Laura Millerserved as mayor of Dallas, Texasfrom 2002 through 2007. She did not run for re-election in the 2007 mayoral race. She was the third woman to serve as mayor of Dallas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 November 1958
CountryUnited States of America
glass restore skin ugly
You've got to take off some of the old ugly facades and let there be glass and light. If you take the skin off and restore it, it's beautiful.
apartments credit eligible found offenders people sex
Not all these people are eligible to be in apartments on their own, ... We found some sex offenders and some felons, people who have no credit at all.
grandmother smell air
A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac.
towns small-town
Every small town that I had ever been to had had a caboose.
mistake writing editing
Make no mistake, the organizations website counsels. You will be writing a lot of crap. And thats a good thing. By forcing yourself to write so intensely, you are giving yourself permission to make mistakes. To forgo the endless tweaking and editing and just create. I am not the first person to point out that writing a lot of crap doesnt sound like a particularly fruitful way to spend an entire month, even if it is November.
butterfly feelings flying
It was a completely new feeling for me–like someone had just released a million, tiny butterflies loose in my stomach, and they were feverishly flying up into my head and making me lose my mind.
butterfly
Of all the butterflies that chose to stay, I’m in love with the one that got away.
deep-thought demand attention
The conditions conducive to deep thought have become increasingly rare in our highly mediated lives... Now we live in an attention economy, where the most in-demand commodity is 'eyeballs.
city cuts forces hall increases looking spending tax vital wasteful
It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for?
council positive quickly worked
Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.
certain hope people
If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.
code created fought given passed quo status tougher
Given the way some fought for the status quo when I authored the new Ethics Code and created the city's first Ethics Commission, we are going to need your strong support to get an even tougher Ethics Code passed this year.
love
But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.
behind closed deals doors hall others
Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money.