Ethics complaint over Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson’s retweet dismissed
Ethics advisory commission members disagreed that a reasonable person could conclude that he used his title to support a council candidate.
Mayor Eric Johnson speaks during a press conference at Kay Bailey Hutchinson in Dallas on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Mayor Eric Johnson, city officials and Dallas-area elected leaders discussed the ongoing vaccination response. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
A preliminary panel dismissed an ethics complaint filed against Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday.
Three members of the city’s Ethics Advisory Commission Committee voted 2-1 against moving the complaint to a full hearing, saying it didn’t meet a standard where a reasonable person could conclude a city ethics violation had occurred.