John Wiley Price
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Leading Off (7/1/15)
John Wiley Price's Co-defendant Will Plead Guilty. Christian Lloyd Campbell filed court papers saying he will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, and he could testify against Price. In exchange, Campbell is looking at a recommended sentence of no more than three years in prison. Another Controversial Video Involving the McKinney Police. Stop me if this sounds familiar: There's a video of a police officer in McKinney drawing his gun and yelling at unarmed young black men. Some people think the officer was abusive, while other people (including his fellow officers) think he did a fine job. Grapevine Volleyball Coach Charged With Drugging and Sexually Assaulting Teens. Damian Merrick owns the Grapevine Volleyball Club. He's accused of giving teenage girls marijuana and assaults in a parking lot and a hotel room. It looks like Merrick has already been scrubbed from the club's website. Gay People Will Soon Be Able to Get Married in Granbury. Wonderful detail alert: The Hood County clerk who posted a statement explaining why she wouldn't be issuing same-sex marriage certificates -- and then another statement, later, explaining that yes, her office will actually issue them soon, even though she doesn't like it -- is named Katie Lang. Rangers Activate Josh Hamilton. He joined the team in Baltimore for the first time since being sidelined with a strained hamstring and had two hits in last night's win. The Rangers sent rookie sensation-turned-mortal Joey Gallo down to the minors, where he will likely distinguish himself like an eagle in a league of pelicans.
Local News
This Picture of John Wiley Price Says It All
Every girl's crazy about a sharp-dressed man.
Crime
We Get to Pay For John Wiley Price’s Corruption Defense After All
No wonder they call him "the hustler."
Crime
Leading Off (8/8/14)
The John Wiley Price investigation, the Cowboys start the preseason, and a family sues DirecTV.
Politics & Government
Leading Off (8/4/14)
Steve Blow's Apology, Ebola, Water Rescue and Wendy Davis.
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Education
SAGA Pod: Jim Schutze on JWP, Inland Ports, DISD, and Hippies
On this post but not the pod: A long digression about the DMN's inland port coverage
Crime
Jim Schutze Was Right — Six Years Ago — About John Wiley Price
It is time to give Jim Schutze (aka Charles Schultz) his propers. In Sunday's DMN, Steve Thompson wrote a story about the John Wiley Price indictment and the story it tells about the commissioner's meddling with the inland port. Schutze wrote that story in 2008. Oh, maybe not that exact story. Though Schutze did mention the Perot family and how they might benefit from a stalled inland port, he didn't ever use the word "Hillwood." But, really, he had it. He said Price was running a shakedown, and he said it with the help of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. She deserves credit, too. "I see all of these different deals that he's trying to do over the years, shaking people down and all that kind of stuff," she told Schutze. Go back and read it. It's worth your time. Something else interesting about that Schutze story: he mentions that State Senator Royce West played a role in Price's scheme. Why is that interesting? Because it is. Just something to think about.
Crime
It Only Took 23 Years for the Feds To Catch Up With John Wiley Price
Bet Clay Jenkins is happy he's on vacation.
