Homeowners association president is freakin' out of his mind

I need to tread carefully with this because My Hero lives in Bryan Place. But then so does Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm. However, I don’t know if either of them realize Eric Williamson, the president of their Bryan Place Neighborhood Association, needs to be removed from his position of authority and it should be done before he embarrasses the residents of his neighborhood any further.

This man went before the Dallas City Council yesterday and said his association would rather have bars in their neighborhood than good schools. Howz zat? Yep, that’s what the lame brain said. Obviously he is a product of a bar and not a good school.

His statements came when he spoke during the debate of whether the City should help charter schools have the ability to sell low-interest bonds. The geographically challenged Williamson changed the subject to the totally irrelevant argument of whether these schools should be able to locate in his neighborhood. He is against the idea. Here is his statement as transcribed by Rudolph Bush of The Dallas Morning News:

"Deep Ellum is an entertainment district just north (of Bryan Place [actually it is south, as shown in the map above]) separated only by the Meadows Foundation and areas along Swiss Avenue (along with a number of apartments and condominiums along Live Oak, the Baylor Hospital complex, and the DART Green Line, but I guess he doesn’t count those). We value that Deep Ellum is close to us and allows us entertainment options. We have people in our neighborhood who own businesses in Deep Ellum."

So, according to Williamson, if children in his hood want an education they should go to bartending school and if those in the neighborhood who own businesses in Deep Ellum want an educated work force, they will have to find them elsewhere.

It’s thinking like Williamson’s that will keep Dallas from being a first-class, perhaps even a second-class, city.