Despite critics, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins remains steadfast on COVID response
After a legacy-defining year, the county’s top elected official reflects on his leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic and racial justice.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins poses at his office after a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 18, 2020. His year was dominated by fighting COVID-19 and responding to calls for criminal justice reform.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
When Dallas County commissioners met downtown recently, John Wiley Price and J.J. Koch snickered out loud. It was 9 a.m., the start of their Tuesday semimonthly meeting, and County Judge Clay Jenkins was late.