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Dallas HERO
Coverage of Dallas HERO in the Nexus archive.
- Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Dallas over insufficient police funding, citing a voter-approved charter requirement. Art Martinez de Vara, a Houston-based attorney and mayor of Von Ormy, Texas, played a key role in drafting the contested charter changes through his work with Dallas HERO, a nonprofit advocating limited government.