John Wiley Price

County Jail Could be Demolished, Making Way For New Development in Downtown Dallas

By April Towery / September 22, 2022 /

An overcrowded jail that’s not up to code is prompting Dallas County commissioners to contemplate demolishing and moving the facility — making way for prime real estate on the western edge of downtown Dallas. Commissioners will appoint a committee next month to analyze the situation and make a recommendation within a year on whether to…

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Our Man Downtown Goes to Trial: Jurors in John Wiley Price Bribery Trial Deserve Props

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 3, 2017 /

By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor For the first installment in this series, click here. The morning didn’t go as planned. I was hoping to be at the courthouse at 7:45 a.m., remember? It was more like 9:03 a.m. I ended up taking care of other business matters, but nonetheless, made it to the Earle Cabell…

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When Our Man Downtown Goes to Trial: The Complex Public Corruption Case of John Wiley Price

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 27, 2017 /

By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price has been active in our community for more than four decades. It has been said that his extracurricular activities include “The Dallas County Community Leadership Luncheon,” nightly host of KKDA’s “Talk Back, Liberation Radio,” and a drive time radio crusade known as Liberation Nation…

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Dallas County Commissioners Want 8 Percent Pay Raise, Thanks to Property Tax Windfall

By Candy Evans / August 11, 2016 /

Get out the smelling salts, you surely are going to faint: Dallas County Commissioners, SOME Dallas County Commissioners, are asking for an 8% pay raise, netting them $157,000 a year (up from $145,474 currently) because the county is flush with money from the property taxes we are all paying through the nose for, thanks to…

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Kathy Nealy’s Condo at The Terrace Still Owned by Fannie Mae

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

Recall it was almost one year ago to the day when we heard that all of Kathy Nealy’s financial troubles were the fault of the FBI? We posted photos of a similar Terrace House condo, unit 616, to the one Kathy Nealy lost to tax foreclosure last August — 2323 North Houston, Suite 216. Commenters…

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