Don Maison City creates new way to remember a one-of-a-kind LGBTQ hero DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Sign toppers that will honor former AIDS Services of Dallas CEO Don Maison are scheduled to be installed on Aug.
8. A formal unveiling of the signs will be held at a later date. The proposal to honor Maison was first introduced at the June 8 Dallas City Council meeting.
Then-Mayor Pro Tem Chad West, current Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Omar Narvaez and Councilmember Gay Donnell proposed, the idea. At its next council meeting the resolution passed unanimously.
Installing sign toppers has been used in Dallas to designate neighborhoods such as Kessler Park in Oak Cliff or Lake Highlands in northeast Dallas.