Two sides to every story, right?

Dallas' 2006 municipal bond campaign appears to be an exception.

From southernmost Oak Cliff to the Collin County line, workaday residents, business leaders and politicians alike are backing the $1.35 billion proposition that promises to fix streets, control flooding, enhance public safety and revitalize Dallas' park system.

So when city leaders gathered Thursday at the Dallas Fire-Rescue training center to promote the bond package ahead of its Nov. 7 referendum, many of them whispered that its passage is all but a foregone conclusion.

"I'm hoping there's no opposition to it. I don't see much," Mayor Laura Miller said.

"There isn't any opposition out there," said political consultant Carol Reed, campaign coordinator for the "Vote Yes! It's Our Future" effort. "The only thing I worry about is ignorance, which is why it's important to educate voters."

Such overwhelming support isn't necessarily shocking.

Earlier this year, residents from every corner of the city filled dozens of community meetings to lobby for a large bond package that they believe will help rebuild ailing city infrastructure and improve cultural and civic amenities such as libraries, parks, the Dallas Farmers Market and the Cotton Bowl. Some said the city should put a $1.5 billion or even $2 billion program before voters, even if it meant higher property taxes.

Meanwhile, community leaders and businesspeople, representing a range of professions, faiths, ages and ethnicities, began backing the bond package, and just about everyone on the City Council says they're on board – save for council member Mitchell Rasansky, who hasn't said outright he'll campaign for or against it.

"You can see how very united and very excited we are," Ms. Miller said. "This is an effort for all citizens to come together."

No formal opposition group exists. Meanwhile, the highly organized "Vote Yes! It's Our Future" campaign expects to raise at least $500,000 to promote the bond program, although a $700,000 figure is within reach, Ms. Reed said.

Passage of all 12 items in the bond package would result in 8,000 new jobs and $14 million in new annual city tax revenue, said Erle Nye, board chairman of TXU Corp. and a bond campaign co-chairman.

State Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, former mayoral candidate Tom Dunning, arts advocate Laura Estrada, the Rev. Frederick Haynes III and former U.S. Ambassador Jeanne Johnson Phillips are among Mr. Nye's fellow co-chairmen.

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