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Dallas Council Candidate Jesse Moreno Returns $11,000 in Campaign Contributions
He received the money through a developer s limited partnerships but says he wishes to avoid even a hint of impropriety.
By Matt Goodman
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April 13, 2021
10:55 am
Dallas City Council candidate Jesse Moreno recently found himself in an interesting predicament. He is running to represent District 2, an oddly shaped swath of the city that sweeps from Love Field, the Medical District, south of downtown, and into the Cedars and Deep Ellum. From January 1 through March 22, he raised more than $36,000 in contributions, but a
D Magazine analysis revealed that nearly a third of the money appeared to come from limited partnerships that were governed by a single person. Election law limits contributions in Dallas municipal races to just $1,000 per individual and certain businesses.
Dallas City Hall corruption scandals continue with another developer accused of bribery scheme
Sherman Roberts is accused in a federal indictment of scheming with two former Dallas City Council members to get public money for his affordable housing projects in exchange for cash bribes and other promises.
Another alleged Dallas City Hall bribery scandal is detailed in a new federal indictment filed this week, charging a Dallas affordable housing developer with two criminal counts.(Jae S. Lee / Staff Photographer)
As Dallas city officials strive to restore confidence in their affordable housing programs, more federal bribery indictments are being filed as part of an ongoing probe into City Hall corruption in which, according to prosecutors, public money flowed to developers who paid bribes for their projects.