With the party switch, Johnson will be the only Republican leader in America’s 10 largest cities. He said, however, he intends to keep the promises he made to Dallas voters to not endorse candidates seeking partisan office while mayor and will “continue to pursue my three-pronged goal for Dallas: to become the safest major city in America with the best park system in Texas and the lowest taxes in our fast-growing North Texas region.”
Earlier this week, Johnson pushed back on the city’s recently approved city budget of $4.6 billion, saying he could not vote for a budget that was the largest in the history of the city and that is paid for by raising taxes on residents and businesses.
“It is preposterous to suggest that our city government could not, by being more efficient, deliver essential services next year using the same amount of tax revenue collected from Dallas residents and businesses just a year ago,” Johnson wrote on X.
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