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PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. Postage Paid DALLAS, TX PERMIT NO. #1345 President Barack Obama names Chuck Hagel his choice as the new Secretary of Defense See Page 8A 2726 S. Beckley Ave • Dallas, Texas 75224 ISSN # 0746-7303 P.O. Box 763939 Dallas, Texas 75376 50¢ Serving Dallas More Than 60 Years — Tel. 214 946-7678, 214.946.6820 & 214.946.3047 - Fax 214 946-7636 — Web Site: www.dallasposttrib.com — E-mail: [email protected] VOLUME 65 NUMBER 20 SERVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR SINCE 1947 January 10 - 16, 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 8th Annual Symposium Senator West says budget surplus should address state's needs exceeds the roughly $81 bil- total some $208 billion. The lion the Legislature estab- comptroller also announced lished for the current 2012- that by the end of fiscal 13 biennium by 12.4 per- 2013, the economic stabi- Ambassador Andrew Young Dr. Keri Day Dr. Zan Holmes, Jr. cent, with some $96.2 bil- lization fund - aka the Rainy lion to be collected in taxes Day Fund - should have The 8th Annual MLK Symposium will be held January 21, 2013 at The Dallas City and fees. Texas consumers some $8.8 billion tucked Performance Hall, located across the street from Booker T. Washington High School, Senator Royce West are responsible for 64 per- away. It is estimated that by cent of those revenues the end of FY15, that the on the southwest side of the intersection between Routh Street and Flora Street.. Monday, January 7, 2013, which arrived via the sales Rainy Day Fund will have It will explore the achievement and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The pro- State Comptroller Susan tax; which is the state's grown to $11.8 billion. But Combs released the state's chief source of funding. how will everyday Texans gram will feature one of the true heroes of the movement, Ambassador Andrew biennial budget revenue That is a fact that is not like- fare? Young, who was in the trenches with Dr. King and went on to serve as Mayor of estimate as proscribed by ly to ever change, given that Last Session, we decided the Texas Constitution. Its Atlanta, U.S. Congressman from Georgia, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Also fea- one of Texas' selling points that it would be better to results confirmed that Texas in attracting thousands of cut education funding by tured during this year’s Symposium will be legendary Dallas pastor Dr. Zan Holmes, has truly emerged from the new residents each week is more than $5 billion than to tough fiscal times brought Jr. and Dr. Keri Day, Professor of Theology at TCU’s Brite Divinity School. that it has no state income consider new revenue. We to bear by the Great tax. But since so much of as state budget writers and Recession. The comptroller our income comes from policy makers also chose announced that Texas will Texas households, it seems not to fund Medicaid in the have an estimated $101.4 only fair that some of those current budget and instead billion in general revenue in resources should be rein- pushed forward to now, a SeeSee NeNewsws YYouou OughtOught TToo its coffers, more than vested in the citizens who $4.7 billion tab. That bal- enough to cover expenses will help propel the Texas ance forward will be settled over the 2014-15 budget economy into an even more by the 83rd Legislature cycle. Needless to say this prosperous future. which in turn, sheds doubt KnoKnoww && thethe CalendarCalendar ofof comes as great news, but When you add in another as to whether education the $101.4 billion question projected $112 billion in cuts will be restored. Some is how Texas will spend its dedicated revenue and fed- state leaders have already newfound riches. eral funds, our All-Funds said no. EvEventsents onon PPaaggee 4A4A The current estimate total for 2014-15 should Continues on Page 8A Good Samaritan Pulls Driver Youngest Board Chairman - from Burning Truck Cab EDITORIAL While a very basic fact of capitalism is that owners Nation's Oldest Black A good samaritan (passing have the right to buy and sell their property as they see motorist) pulled a truck driver from his burning cab after the 18- fit, the recent sale of KKDA to a group of business own- Chamber of Commerce wheeler went off a freeway ramp ers who immediately changed the format of the station At 28, Mr. Matt Houston is and smashed into a wall. struck a deep and ugly blow in the hearts of African often described as a young The accident happened just before 4:30 a.m. on the ramp American people in North Texas. man with an "old soul." from southbound I-35E to east- The station has been a voice for the people of South Now, the Dallas native and bound I-30. Dallas for more than four decades. There are some SMU grad will be known as For some reason, perhaps adults who know of no other radio station but the one the youngest board chair- because of the rain-soaked man in the history of the streets, the driver of the flatbed that they could rely upon for the truth. Now, that station nation's oldest Black cham- 18-wheeler lost control and ran Mrs. Terry Sims has been silenced. over about 150 feet of guardrail ber of commerce. separating the onramp from the There are members of the African American commu- Elected by his board peers main lanes of I-30. nity who feel as though a baby has been snatched from at the Dallas Black Chamber His cab smashed into a retaining wall and burst into flames, their very wombs. It might be difficult for others to imag- but motorist Terry Sims said she stopped to help right away. September meeting, "He came down the ramp and I came around, and then I ine but the pain is real and the suffering will continue. Houston and his fellow saw a flame from underneath the trailer, so I pulled him out It has been reported that the new owners of the sta- Executive Committee mem- of the truck," she said. tion are a group of Asian business executives. There is bers were sworn in at the Mr. Matt Houston "The door wouldn't open, so we had to pull him through organization's annual ban- the window," she said. no animosity whatsoever towards the group. They saw The truck driver sat dazed on the side of the road as his an opportunity and they acted on it. No one can blame quet on October 12, 2012, and took office in January 2013. truck cab burned. He did not appear to be seriously injured. Currently, Houston is Executive Director for Group Firefighters managed to extinguish the flames before the them for what they did. Excellence, an acclaimed tutoring service he helped launch fuel tanks blew, but the road headaches are just beginning. The prior owner of the station, whose name will not with fellow SMU alum Carl Dorvil, and have several invest- Northbound and southbound traffic on I-35E was heavy, be used, could have informed members of the commu- and motorists who wanted to go east on I-30 were diverted at ment business ventures. Colorado Boulevard. nity of what he was going to do. Perhaps some buyers And like so many of his "Millennial" cohorts, Matt The Dallas County Sheriff's Office managed to get the would have stepped forward. Perhaps he may have been Houston is intent on blurring the lines between what he burned-out truck removed by 6:45 a.m., but traffic continued persuaded to change his mind. None of that occurred. does for a living and what he does to make living better for to be heavy. No doubt some other station will appear over time others. He is immediate past President of the Urban and fill that void that the departing KKDA has left. And League of Greater Dallas Young Professionals, an over 200- member network of young men and women committed to Credo of The Black Press yet the pain remains just as it has after so many disap- "being the change they want to see in the world." He is The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world pointments and disruptions. also member of the Mayor's Star Council, a group of young away from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to Our community, however, will survive this sad occa- every person, regardless of race, leaders in Dallas that supports the initiatives of Mayor color or creed, full human and sion. We are survivors and we have seen worse. And Mike Rawlings. legal rights. Hating no person, even though the pain will ring for a while it will not be Also elected were: Sharon King - 1st Vice Chair, Michael fearing no person, the Black Press heard forever! Perhaps those in the community who are Johnson - 2nd Vice Chair, Martin Burrell - 3rd Vice Chair, strives to help every person in the business owners, educators and clergymen and women Audrey Andrews - 4th Vice Chair, Kelvin Walker - Treasurer, firm belief that all are hurt as long could pool their resources to purchase a media entity. Albert "Tre" Black - Secretary and Susan McElroy - as anyone is held back. Parliamentarian. Dallas’ Too Busy Growing to Hate Page 2A The Dallas Post Tribune January 10 - 16, 2013 We are Here to Serve you! We are Here to Serve you! Ms.