State Rep. Matt Rinaldi was right, Irving City Secretary Shanae Jennings was wrong, and mayoral candidate Kristi Pena “should not be denied a place on the ballot simply because the City Secretary failed to perform her ministerial duty.”

State Rep. Matt Rinaldi was right, Irving City Secretary Shanae Jennings was wrong, and mayoral candidate Kristi Pena “should not be denied a place on the ballot simply because the City Secretary failed to perform her ministerial duty.”
State Rep. Matt Rinaldi says a Feb. 28 court ruling confirms his assertion that Irving’s City Secretary ignored state election law in rejecting Kristi Pena’s application for mayor.
The Dallas Morning News released a soft-ball piece on Irving’s Mayoral race between the incumbent, Beth Van Duyne, and her opponent, former Mayor and City Councilman, Herb Gears. It focused on the lack of bitterness between campaigns this cycle, in stark contrast to...