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Troubled pension, major lawsuits and low morale. Will the new Dallas city attorney be up to the task
In 1988, when a Sweetwater rancher named Temple Dickson waged a long-shot bid for state Senate, he reached out to a young Texas Tech law student to help him win.
Larry Casto agreed to join the campaign, even though he knew next to nothing about politics. He didn’t even know whether he was a Republican or Democrat.
"What do you need me to be?" Casto asked Dickson.
Today, after long career in politics in Austin as a Senate staffer and a lobbyist for the city of Dallas, Casto has been asked to do something else out of his comfort zone -- become the city attorney.
Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-hall/2016/09/28/troubled-pension-major-lawsuits-low-moralewill-new-dallas-city-attorney-task