For Immediate Release: For More Information: March 1, 2013 972-816-1005

Long-Time Neighborhood Advocate Claudia Meyer Files to Run for Dallas District 3 City Council Seat

Pledges grassroots campaign to make sure

new Dallas District is effectively represented

What: New Candidate Filing for City Council District 3 Who: Neighborhood Advocate Claudia Meyer When: 3:35 pm Where: City Secretary’s Office, Dallas City Hall (Dallas)---Saying she wants to bring inclusive and neighborhood-based leadership to newly-created District 3, longtime Mountain Creek area advocate Claudia Meyer announced she is filing to run for the Dallas City Council today. “Southwest Dallas is often the forgotten stepchild at City Hall despite having some of the most beautiful places to live, work and play in the entire city, Meyer said. “I want to make sure we get our fair share of city services, I want to protect the quality of life in our neighborhoods we all work so hard to maintain, and I want to provide an independent, grassroots voice for this area.” Meyer is a former Assisted Living facility director and medical social worker who’s lived with her husband in the same Mountain Creek home for over 30 years. She is a well-known neighborhood advocate and has served as a board member of the Fox Hollow Homeowners Association and is a member of the Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance. She also has a long history of volunteer public service on behalf of the community including membership on the boards of the Friends of Mountain Creek Library, Friends of Fox Hollow Park, and the Dallas Municipal Library Board. Having fought so hard on behalf of the area, Meyer says she knows first hand how difficult it can be for residents to get what they need from City Hall. “Citizens understand their own communities best. We need to help them, not put obstacles in their way. With the creation of this new district, we have a chance to make some real progress in Southwest Dallas. But we can only do that with strong, grassroots effective leadership.” Meyer worked as a volunteer for the election of current City Council member Scott Griggs and cites him as a model for the kind of neighborhood-friendly leadership she wants to establish in the new District 3. “Scott understands that healthy neighborhoods make a great city. Too often Dallas City Hall is focused on big flashy projects at the expense of everyday issues that impact residents more. We need a bottom-up approach to Dallas’ problems, not a top –down one.” Meyer is scheduled to arrive at the Dallas City Secretary’s office mid-afternoon to officially file the paperwork to run. The new District 3 includes new neighborhoods that were not formerly in Griggs’ old district. “It’s going to be a challenge to win, but I think our part of Dallas is ready to have its own voice at City Hall.”

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