Joining scores of other local officials defying Gov. Greg Abbott, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins (D) has mandated masks. However, his order also defies a restriction put in place by Dallas’ county commissioners last year. On Wednesday afternoon, Jenkins issued...
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates, having Republican Commissioner J.J. Koch escorted out of a commissioners court meeting for refusing to wear a mask. During the commissioners meeting on Tuesday morning,...
After Dallas Police Officer Bryan Riser was arrested for murder, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot—who reportedly assisted Black Lives Matter protestors last year—dodged questions of whether Riser was on his list of officers with credibility issues. Creuzot...
After a photo surfaced of a North Texas county judge not wearing a mask at a wedding, photos emerged this week of social distancing being ignored in the very building he and the commissioners wield authority over. Back in October, controversy erupted after a photo...
Dallas County elected officials won’t be getting raises next year after all. After citizens slammed the planned pay hikes on Tuesday, commissioners court unanimously voted down salary increases for county officials, including themselves. “In this time, when much of...
At an emergency meeting of Dallas County’s commissioners on Friday morning, County Judge Clay Jenkins successfully passed an order that will punish businesses if they don’t require people to wear masks inside. This action was made possible by Gov. Greg Abbott. This...
Just days after the state’s top law enforcement officer warned county officials to avoid misleading the public on vote-by-mail laws, a North Texas county commissioner wants to tell local voters they are free to break the law. On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken...
As others have noted, Shelley Luther reopened in Dallas today, in spite of the overlords of Dallas who would prefer that she just lose money and go bankrupt. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins sent a letter demanding that she close. Also, the Dallas police gave her a...
Tuesday, Dallas County voters protested the county’s shelter-in-place order as commissioners voted 3-2 to extend it to May 15. However, a question from one of the commissioners revealed this extension conflicts with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order and “would not be allowed,”...
Dallas commissioners voted today to limit County Judge Clay Jenkins’ power to unilaterally issue emergency orders in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Jenkins must now get approval from commissioners before extending his “Safer at Home” order beyond April 30 and...
