Leppert: No-Bid Contracts Threaten City’s “Integrity”

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert stepped up his criticism today of those no-bid contracts at Love Field. During his “State of the City Address” to a luncheon of the DowntownDallas group at Union Station, Leppert ripped into the proposed pacts, telling hundreds of attendees that OK’ing the concessionaire arrangements would be “a bad deal” for Dallas.

“Those contracts have to be open. We should not settle for the status quo,” Leppert said. “If we approve them … we tell people that we don’t have a level playing field [in Dallas], that ‘You’re not invited.’ The message that would be sent is: It’s not the best deal that matters, it’s who you know down at City Hall that matters. … The integrity of our city is too important to send that message.”