Dallas County Commissioners
August 5-
Dallas County is facing a $36 million budget deficit, but Craig Watkins believes his department shouldn't have to be affected.
April 22-
Dallas County Community College Trustee Diana Flores has filed to begin fundraising for the 2010 Democratic primary.
March 4-
John Wiley Price and Ken Mayfield had a tete-a-tete Tuesday over the scheduling of power washing of sidewalks.
January 16-
Jim Foster, John Wiley Price, and Maurine Dickey voted to lift the 14-year-old ban.
January 9-
However, Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield plans to try and circumvent a vote to lift the ban completely by introducing a plan that would only partially lift the ban.
December 22, 2008-
In 2006 and 2007, Dallas County had the highest HIV rate in the state.
November 24, 2008-
They're uneasy about a recent lawsuit.
October 29, 2008-
Price is unhappy with Foster because he didn't support a Price initiative.
October 22, 2008-
While I agree that there should be some sort of plan in place, I disagree that the county should have majority control in creating and enforcing it.
September 8, 2008-
The Commissioners Court wants to portray themselves as fiscal conservatives, but this behavior constitutes pure fiscal foolishness.
September 3, 2008-
Craig Watkins' request to be filmed was approved by the Dallas County Commissioners on Tuesday.
August 29, 2008-
The County has already been asked by the Governor's office to prepare for 4100 evacuees that could arrive by air as soon as Sunday.
August 28, 2008-
John Wiley Price and the Commissioners Court might be better served spending money to improve jail health care instead of on appellate lawyers.
August 20, 2008-
The county racked up an extra $5 million in debt by paying property value lawsuit settlements.
August 13, 2008-
If approved, the funds would help build a $1.2 billion new hospital.
July 29, 2008-
County staff want Sheriff Lupe Valdez to cut 76 jobs.
July 10, 2008-
He got offended by the term "black hole."
July 2, 2008-
County Commissioner John Wiley Price may have violated state law prohibiting undue influence by commissioners courts in employee hiring.
June 27, 2008-
The decision hinges on whether or not judges will use a county-wide electronic ticket processing center.
June 14, 2008-
The county was raking in millions of commissions on inmates' calls.




















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