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You Said It

“Jeff, do you think the landlords are just going to absorb those higher taxes as a cost of doing business? Of course they won’t. They will pass that extra expense directly down to their tenants – many who can ill afford the higher rents. And the same will hold true of commercial leases: from taxing authority to landlord to business owner to customer. It really does roll downhill.”

–KELLY ON “WHO PAYS DALLAS’ TAXES? NOT NECESSARILY HOMEOWNERS”

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You’ve seen our bylines, our blog posts, our tweets and our Facebook posts. But who are we, really?

CORY MAGEORS

JOB TITLE: Lake Highlands Sports blogger

ADVOCATE SERVITUDE: since the beginning of football season this year

FAVORITE QUOTE: “She get it from her momma.” –Juvenile

MOST PRIZED DESK OBJECT OR ORNAMENT: Autographed Roger Staubach football

FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB: Learning the stories of the people I meet. Everybody has a “story of their life” and many of us are still writing it. I enjoy being the one who delivers it to others.

ANYTHING ELSE? I have the best wife ever and a 2-year-old boy who is a genius. I’m not biased.

Football season is here!

Join us on the blog Friday nights as Cory live-chats during Lake Highlands High School’s games. Also look out for Wildcats sports news, player interviews and videos throughout the week.

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Question Of The Month

WHAT LOCAL FALL EVENT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING?

Corn dogs and beer!! I can’t wait for the State Fair of Texas! –KENDALL BUTLER

The Dallas Arboretum’s [Great Pumpkin Festival]! One of my favorite pictures is of me and my two grandsons there.

–VERA LAND STENCEL SHELBY

Walk Wag and Run on Oct. 23rd!!

–LISA-KAY PIEROTTI

State Fair of Texas: Fried Frito-chili pie. Feel the burn. –MARKHOLLAND

Pumpkins and fall flowers at the Farmer’s Market. –MARY FISK S. FARR

Fall calls for the State Fair!! Can’t wait.

–SUSAN KUSTELSKILONGLEY

That’s an easy one! It’s a series of events called “Friday night lights”. Nothing better in the fall than high school football! –DARLENE ELLISON

Friends of the Dallas Public Library’s Literary Lions Dinner with author Alexander McCall Smith on Oct. 22!

–DEBORAH BROWN

State Fair of Texas!! Woo hoo. Bring on the fried food and livestock.

–LISA BENSKIN

Belmont Addition Fall Party/Chili CookOff on Nov. 6!

–MELANIE MAHAFFEY CUMMINS

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Birds Break From The Lake

Thank you for the beautiful photos of the fabulous array of birds that live in and around our city’s very own oasis, White Rock Lake

[August Advocate , “Flight Club”]. But did you know that in my north Lake Highlands neighborhood, Town Creek, we have a quiet urban oasis of our own? It’s about a 1 3/8-mile concretetrail around a quaint, tree-filled, rocky creek that is just naturally unkempt and full of all kinds of wildlife. We have, in addition to most of the birds in your article, a family (two parents and two youngsters) of hawks, owls and an occasional heron (when there’s a lot of water in the creek). We also have four-legged creatures (squirrels mostly) and no-legged, slithery things. Taking my morning walks along the creek, listening to the sounds of nature — right in the middle of the city — is always a great start to my day. It’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets, and we love it. Thanks to all for this neat little local magazine.

—SALLY SNYDER

R.I.P. MCMANSIONS

I read this report last week and believe it [“McMansionsaredead”, Aug. 27 on the Advocate Back Talk blog]. Smaller homes, higher-density housing, town centers and rail lines are the future, especially as the population centers across the south continue to boom. McMansions mainly gave us bigger rooms that required bigger, oversize furniture, fatter utility bills and larger mortgage payments. While the homes are pretty, I’m not certain we’re happier as a result of having lived in them. —BBALLCAP

During the last depression, the huge homes of the preceding era were carved up into apartments and boarding houses.

—MONTEMALONE VIA

McMansions mean people with income want to live in the neighborhood. They want to pay taxes to Dallas Co. and DISD, not to Plano. They want to spend money with neighborhood stores, restaurants and service businesses. They want to maintain their houses and yards as nicely as possible. But mostly they want to live their lives as they see fit, not being forced to do what others think they should do. Sounds pretty All-American to me.

—REX AYMOND, VIA