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.
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson faces ethics complaint over social media post about City Council endorsement
The complaint was filed by Barry Jacobs, a local activist and publisher of the Reform Dallas website.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson delivers his State of the City address at The Hall of State in Fair Park in Dallas Tuesday, December 8, 2020. (Brandon Wade/Special Contributor)(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will face a city ethics panel later this month after a complaint was filed over a tweet he shared about an endorsement in a South Dallas City Council race.
Mayor Eric Johnson gets hit with ethics complaint and more Dallas news
Mayor Eric Johnson gets hit with ethics complaint and more Dallas news It s the first reservoir to be built in North Texas in 30 years.
Photo courtesy of Bois d Arc Lake This roundup of Dallas news includes some local news and some state news. An ethics complaint has been filed against the mayor of Dallas. A new reservoir is filling up the first major reservoir in the state of Texas in nearly 30 years. Meanwhile, Texas legislators are busy approving bills that would add restrictions on voting and restrictions on abortions.
City Council Candidate Got Into Kerfuffle at East Dallas Bar
John Botefuhr appears to lead an action-packed life.
By Tim Rogers
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April 15, 2021
12:18 pm
Under normal circumstances, this sort of thing wouldn’t rise to the level of justifying a post here on this august blog. But we’ve got ourselves some unusual circumstances, so here we go with a tale about two guys getting into a kerfuffle one night in 2019 at the Lakewood Landing.
Our players in this drama are the previously mentioned District 9 city council candidate and chiropractor John Botefuhr, and a lawyer and political activist named Barry Jacobs. Before we get to the story from the bar, you need some context. Let’s start with Botefuhr.