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Bill Blaydes, a former Dallas City Council member who represented the Lake Highlands area in the mid 2000s, died Wednesday. He was 77.on Friday he died of apparent natural causes.
Blaydes-Anderson said during a speech at her wedding rehearsal dinner in 1999, her father asked the crowd how many of them he’d given keys to his family’s house. At least a dozen people raised their hands, she said.Blaydes was first elected to the City Council in 2003 and was reelected in 2005. During his second term as a Council member he“My doctor has given me strict orders concerning my health,” Blaydes said in a statement at the time.
While on the City Council, Blaydes was chair of the economic development and housing committee. He also had previously served as the City Plan Commission and the Board of Adjustment.Former City Council member Adam McGough, who represented the Lake Highlands area for eight years until he was term-limited in June, said he and many in the community often called Blaydes “coach” from his years coaching football.“He was one of those larger-than-life characters,” McGough said.
In addition to his wife and daughters, Blaydes is survived by nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.. Everton covers Dallas city government. He joined The Dallas Morning News in November 2020 after previously working for The Oregonian and The Associated Press in Hartford, Conn.Controversial Biblical artifact with alleged tie to Jesus’ brother comes to Dallas
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