I know it was a runoff but he said back in Aug. 06 he wasn’t interested. Thus he changed his mind rather quickly. He has never voted in a Dallas Mayoral race until this year according to another article I read and if I remember correctly from it he’s only lived in the city limits for four years. Nothing wrong with all that and I think a business person with his experience will be good for Dallas if he can survive for a cycle or two.
Thus he changed his mind rather quickly.AS I said, he had a chance to see how the competion was (wasn't) stacking up.
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I'll bet that wasn't the 'answer' he gave close friends and family (implying he gave the NEWS MEDIOT a blow-off leave-me-alone-for-now answer).