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Vol. 114, No. 168 / 24 pages, 4 sections
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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Denton, Texas
Denton City Council names new auditor
ia, for 11 years. In Richmond, Dalai
earned a reputation as being tough but
fair in his reviews of city departments
and practices. According to Richmond
media outlets, he conducted routine re-
views, but he didn’t shy away from the
politically charged ones, either. For ex-
ample, his office made public its investi-
gation into a city department head who,
on behalf of the former mayor, super-
vised a church’s construction on city
time. He retired after Richmond city
employees complained to council
members that he bullied them.
Before Richmond, he was a city au-
ditor for Arlington, Texas, and for Tem-
pe, Arizona. He also has worked in the
internal auditing departments in Phoe-
nix and in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Dalai is expected to report to work
the Denton city government in this job
since it was created in the city charter in
2006.
In a prepared statement, Dalai said
he was honored to be selected.
“Denton is a wonderful community
and I am eager to work with City Coun-
cil and staff to enhance Denton’s com-
mitment to transparency compliance,
and continuous service improvement
through the auditing function,” Dalai
said.
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com
The Denton City Council appointed
Umesh Dalai as internal auditor during four finalists for the job in a nationwide
a special-called meeting Tuesday night, search. He interviewed with the City
The internal auditor is one of four Council earlier this month. They even-
city employees who answers directly to tually settled on a tw7o-year employ-
the City Council. (The others are the city ment contract that will pay him
attorney, city manager and municipal $131,400 per year. He also will receive a
judge.) Dalai is the third person to serve $300 monthly car allowance.
Dalai wras one of 10 applicants and
Dalai comes to Denton after serving
as the city auditor in Richmond, Virgin-
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Staff Writer
jgill@dentonrc.com
An unidentified man died late Mon-
day after the driver of an Infiniti struck
him in the northbound lanes of Inter-
state 35E in southeastern Denton, ac-
cording to police.
The Tarrant County Medical Exam-
iner’s Office has not released his identi-
ty, and Denton police are still investigat-
ing why the man wras walking on the
highway. The male driver of the Infiniti
was transported to Medical City Den-
ton with injuries that weren’t life-
threatening, according to police.
The pedestrian’s death marks Den-
ton’s first traffic fatality of the year, and
the third pedestrian fatality on the inter-
state in Denton since April 2017 — with
two on I-35E, and one on Interstate 35
— according to Denton police records.
Denton police handled four pedes-
trian traffic deaths in all of 2017 — just
one shy of the five total pedestrian fatal-
ities they handled from 2013 to 2016,
the data showrs.
In addition to the increased number
of pedestrian deaths, all of last year’s pe-
destrian fatalities were on or near a
busy highway.
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Abbott unveils plan to slow property tax growth
less government spending while honest, hard-working
people struggle just to keep up with paying their tax
hills. We can no longer sit idly by while homeowners are
reduced to tenants of their very own property7 with tax-
ing authorities playing the role of landlord.”
A key tenet of Abbott’s proposal is to prevent cities,
counties and school districts from collecting more
than 2.5 percent more in property tax revenue than
they did in the previous year without voter approval.
That’s a far lower cap than controversial thresholds
that twice failed to make it through the Legislature last
year. And his plan w7ould require that two-thirds of
voters — well beyond a simple majority — approve
any increase above that 2.5 percent threshold.
But Abbott’s plan also offers local leaders some-
thing last year’s property tax overhauls didn’t. The
state would no longer be able to saddle local govern-
ments with providing newT services without providing
state funding to cover the costs, he said. And when it
comes to funding public education — which makes up
the majority of local property tax bills — Texas law-
makers wrould likely be required to put up more state
By Brandon Formby and Patrick Svitek
The Texas Tribune
HOUSTON — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday un-
veiled a plan to “rein in skyrocketing property taxes” in
Texas, looking to lay down a marker in a debate that
dominated the legislative sessions last year and prom-
ises to remain front and center through the 2018 pri-
maries and his re-election campaign.
“Enough is enough,” Abbott said at a news confer-
ence flanked by Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and
several lawmakers. ‘Texans are fed up with property
taxes being raised with impunity. They are tired of end-
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Anshel Brusilow, former UNT, SMU
head of orchestra programs, dies
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Richardson Symphony from 1992 until
of pretense and a frequently irreverent
sense of humor, he brought orchestra
students to a level of playing well be-
yond their individual abilities. His
teaching of conducting prepared lead-
ers of multiple professional orchestras.”
As a performer, Brusilow7 wrorked
with some of the most celebrated con-
ductors and orchestras of the second
half of the 20th century. The Philadel-
phia native studied violin at the Curtis
By Scott Cantrell
For The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS — Anshel Brusilow7 who
served as music director and executive
director of the Dallas Symphony Or-
chestra in the early 1970s, and subse-
quently headed orchestra programs at
the University of North Texas and
Southern Methodist University, died at
his home Monday. He had been battling
cancer for several years and w7as 89.
Brusilow, who retired from UNT in
2008, was also music director of the
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“Anshel Brusilow was without doubt
one of the truly significant leaders in the
history of lifting the UNT College of
Music into the realm of America’s most
respected comprehensive music pro-
grams,” said James Scott, professor of
flute and former dean of the UNT Col-
lege of Music. “As a superlative artist
with a background of working along-
side the top musicians of the 20th cen-
tury, armed with an engaging absence
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Robert W. Hart, Special Contributor/DMN file photo
Maestro Anshel Brusilow acknowledges a standing ovation prior to the
start of his final performance as conductor April 14, 2012, at the Charles
Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts in Richardson.
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TODAY IN DENTON
Authorities found 13 mal-
nourished siblings, some of
them chained to furniture,
in a California home Sun-
day. The childrens’ parents
were arrested and remain
jailed on $9 million bail.
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Pope Francis met Tuesday
with survivors of priests
who sexually abused them,
wrept with them and apolo-
gized for the “irreparable
damage” they suffered, his
spokesman said.
The Lone Star State
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Very cold morning
High: 31
Low: 12
Three-day forecast,
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DEAR ABBY
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FOCUS ON EDUCATION
Many Texas schools close
for day due to winter
weather
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