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Whose Oath is it Anyway? Commissioners Promise to Bow Out of Business Interests, Except One

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 22, 2017 /

By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor Your Honor, May I Approach The Witness? I promised a commenter on the last blog post I would attend the trial and report back, so I did. And on that note, I gave my word. Does that mean anything anymore? Can someone say one thing and do another? I digress.

With Friends Like These: Associates of John Wiley Price Might Be His Downfall

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 20, 2017 /

[Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of this series. Find the first and second installments here and here, respectively.] By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor No. 3-14CR-293-M [FILED UNDER SEAL] During a lazy Sunday afternoon, I decided to pick up the 107-page indictment filed by the feds on July 23, 2014, and provide my thoughts.…

Phil Crone: The Texas Legislature’s Impact on the Housing Industry

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 13, 2017 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association With so much of the news cycle focusing on Washington, D.C., many may be unaware that Texas is in the thick of a legislative session. That will certainly change soon as we approach the March 10 bill filing deadline and debate heats up on topics ranging from…

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…

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…