Michele Andre Dallas’ next director of the police oversight office. Andre has served as a top watchdog over officers in Albany, N.Y. and has more than eight years of experience in public administration and police oversight. Andre begins in the position Sept. 3; also several West Dallas activists feel hopeless after a commission agreed to send the City Council a recommendation stripping residents of the ability to petition to close businesses that have proven harmful to the community. The City Plan Commission on Thursday approved an amendment to the Dallas Development Code to align its amortization process — where the city closes down a business that affects the community negatively — with Senate Bill 929, a new state law that adds protection for business owners; COVID-19 cases are on the rise throughout the Southwest, including Dallas County, but the latest vaccines will soon be on the way to pharmacies. Dallas County had 109 positive COVID-19 cases reported daily on a seven-day rolling average last week, according to the Dallas County Health and Human Services website, which was last updated Aug. 23; and Election Day is Nov. 5 with early voting starting even sooner on Oct. 21. Election clerk positions tend to be the most common way citizens help work the polls.

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