Endorsement Rumor True

Endorsement Rumor True

Endorsement rumor true per multiple emails and comments that came to Other Side Dallas after we posted Texas State Senator Royce West might endorse Jane Hope Hamilton in Texas’ 30th Congressional District Democratic Primary runoff.

Endorsement Rumor True

In a Twitter release, the Hamilton campaign notes endorsements from numerous North Texas leaders including Congressman Marc Veasey, the Honorable Ron Kirk, State Senator Beverly Powell, State Representative Chris Turner, State Representative Rafael Anchía, and Commissioner John Wiley Price.

Endorsement Rumor True

Hamilton is widely recognized as a strong leader and trusted voice among Democrats and the broader civic community in Dallas and throughout our state. Hamilton was a Strategic Advisor to the Biden-Harris campaign and was Campaign Manager for Clay Jenkins’ reelection run.

Jane has deep and broad experience in public policy, in competitive campaigns, working within the Texas State legislature, and as a Chief of Staff in the United States Congress. Jane has been asked by respected leaders across the community to consider running for Congress.

Hamilton is a graduate of Lake Forest College, where she double majored in Political Science and Mass Communications. She lives and works in Dallas, Texas. She, her husband, and their two children are members of the Dallas West Church of Christ.

There are less than sixty days left until the primary runoff election.

Townview Alumni Community Service

Townview Alumni Community Service

Towniew magnet’s nonprofit site reports that Science and Engineering Townview alumni community service continues with Class of 2021 graduate, Dodge Suprun, raising money to bring baseball to kids with cancer.

Suprun, a member of Science and Engineering Class of 2021, and his charity, Strike Out Kids Cancer nonprofit, are the charity partners of the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team on Opening Night. Suprun’s charity also announced that Seinfeld’s Larry Thomas will sign autographs for select ticket holders.

Thomas dropped the ad below to support the cause.

Townview Alumni Community Service Continues In College

Tickets for the game and donations can be made here.

Locally, Strike Out Kids Cancer has previoously participated in North Texas Giving Day and plans to again this year.

Suprun was recruited to play baseball for the City College of New York Beavers where he is a two way player, playing the field and pitching, and studying economics.

Townview Alumni Community Service

Suprun was recruited to play baseball for the City College of New York Beavers where he is a two way player, playing the field and pitching, and studying economics.

North Texas Gas Theft

North Texas Gas Theft

North Texas gas theft is on the rise per local law enforcement with the rising price of fuel outpacing salary increases.

North Texas Gas Theft

North Texas Gas Theft Seen In Oak Cliff

Dallas police found hundreds of gallons in stolen gas during a raid on a property in Oak Cliff. In that case, the fuel was being pumped into a working gas pump on property.

In Texas, gas thieves are hitting both individuals and gas stations. In Houston, thieves stole over one thousand gallons over the course of four days.

Dallas police were recently honored for lowering violent crime numbers.

White Rock Farmers Market Opens In New Location

White Rock Farmers Market

White Rock Farmers Market is moving from its previous address to White Rock United Methodist Church at 1450 Old Gate Lane.

The market has wide variety of stalls with both craft and food vendors.

White Rock Farmers Market

One of the more popular vendors in our estimation is Texas Pie Kings. The Dallas based pie company makes both sweet and savory pies and is consistently a favorite of fellow vendors and market goers.

Other Side Dallas will find out how good their spring pie selection is and report back next week.

White Rock Farmers Market Moves After Fourteen Years

Lakepointe Church, the previous home of the White Rock market for fourteen years is undergoing renovations which made hosting the farmers market impossible for the forseeable future.

Tamara Wallace Embezzles Over $1M

Tamara Wallace

Tamara Wallace stole approximately $1.36M from local nonprofit Donate 2 Impact from 2015 to 2019 per public records and local news reports.

Wallace spent on everything from meals at Panera to fifth-row seats at Dallas Mavericks games. She also spent almost $10,000 of the nonprofit’s funds on SOTA weight-loss treatment in Frisco, another $6,000 at Le Beau Visage, a medical spa.

Tamara Wallace

She spent another $6,500 at Louis Vuitton and a $10,000 purchase at high-end audio and visual retailer Starpower.

Tamara Wallace

Wallace’s methods for the embezzlement were similar to others where one person controls both payment methods and ledgers. Similar financial problems were found with Dallas Democrats, though no accusations have been made there of stolen funds, just slipshot accounting.

Dwaine Caraway Released

Dwaine Caraway Released

Dwaine Caraway released from federal prison and back on the Dallas streets per a recent Twitter post by Dallas Morning News oped columnist Robert Wilonsky.

Dwaine Caraway Released After Fifty-One Months

Caraway “earned” credit to his sentence by testifying against Ruel Hamilton. Hamilton was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn cited “Caraway’s credibility while testifying” when she ordered his fifty-six month sentence only lowered by five months to a fifty-one month sentence.

Dwaine Caraway Released

Caraway had been serving time at Big Spring Federal Correction Institution. The federal lock up is about three hundred miles west of Dallas, near Midland, Texas.

Judge Lynn sentenced Caraway in 2019 after he pleaded guilty to taking $450,000 in bribes from promoters of a school bus stop-arm camera system in exchange for helping advocate for the system’s widespread adoption. The governmental entity Dallas County Schools was dissolved amid the scandal.

Caraway also solicited bribes from two other unrelated sources – first, Hamilton, and second, two undercover FBI agents posing as developers.

Caraway was never charged for those secondary bribary crimes, but he testified about them during Hamilton’s trial.

It is unclear what Caraway’s next move might be politically, if any. Former state representative Terri Hodge was found guilty of tax evasion after accepting bribes, but was still nominated to be the Electoral College representative for her Congressional District if Joe Biden had won Texas.

DPD Honored For Violent Crime Reduction Day After Mass Shooting

DPD Honored For Violent Crime Reduction

The Dallas Police Department has curious timing. A press release dropped Monday saying DPD Honored for Violent Crime Reduction just one day after a mass shooting involving ten victims and no suspect in downtown Dallas.

Garcia’s plans have been mostly kept under wraps from citizens and journalists. The award also comes after Dallas was hit by a data breach which affected nearly twenty thousand cases including assaults, rape, and other crimes against persons.

South Dallas Mass Shooting

DPD Honored For Violent Crime Reduction – Numbers, Not Neighborhoods

Police Chief Eddie Garcia had a number of comments in the city press release.

DPD Honored For Violent Crime Reduction

Garcia said, “The Violent Crime Evidence-Based Reduction Plan is the result of work closely with criminologists, hearing from other departments within the City, and, most importantly, listening to our neighborhoods most impacted by violent crime. Our ultimate goal is the reduction of crime, with an increase in community trust. We will strive for both, as these concepts are not mutually exclusive. We will see further challenges in 2022 and our priority now is for our men and women to continue to partner with our community and strive to achieve an even safer Dallas.”

Spring Break Still On For Dallas ISD Transportation?

Spring Break Still On For Dallas ISD Transportation

Is Spring Break still on for Dallas ISD Transportation or did students jump ahead with their clocks unnecessarily?

A post on the Dallas Townview Magnets Foundation website noted that buses were running up to an hour late again.

Spring Break Still On For Dallas ISD Transportation

Spring Break Still On For Dallas ISD Transportation – A Continuing Issue

Other Side Dallas has previously reported on several times when buses were not running on time immediately following a holiday.

In November 2021 after Thanksgiving and again in January 2022, transportation services was unable to ensure buses arrived in time to get students to campus on time.

Richardson Police Sue Richardson Police

Richardson Police Sue Richardson Police

Two officers with the City of Richardson Police sue Richardson Police and the City of Richardson over allegations that they have been illegally requiring them to follow a ticket quota system.

Officers Kayla Walker and David Conklin filed the lawsuit against the City of Richardson. Walker was seen last year speaking before Richardson City Council stating an illegal ticket quota system was occuring for years.

They lawsuits also allege senior officers retaliated against them after they made public statements to the Richardson City Council and media outlets in 2021. They also allege retaliation after they filed criminal reports with outside law enforcement authorities. 

Richardson Police Sue Richardson Police – The Case

The lawsuit claims an outside legal investigation confirmed the city was acting inappropriately, but also stated that the policy was not illegal “because it was part of a broader policy that included components that were not unlawful.”

Richardson Police Sue Richardson Police

A Dallas District Court judge is being asked to “declare the ticket quota policy in violation Section 772.002 of the Texas Transportation Code that prohibits all formal or informal ticket quotas, order the Richardson Police Department to stop the illegal policy, and compensate the officers for the violations of their First Amendment right to free speech.” 

High School Trainer Shot By Kimball High School Student

Shot By Kimball High School Student

A high school trainer was shot by Kimball High School student from Dallas Schools in San Antonio while the team was there ahead of the UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament today.

Shot By Kimball High School Student

The firearm was in a player’s bag when it accidentally discharged. The unnamed player has been arrested and the student trainer was rushed to a local hospital for surgery.

Accidentally Shot By Kimball High School Student

This is not the first firearms incident in Dallas this year.

Earlier several students were arrested at Woodrow Wilson High School prior to a planned fight and firearms were found. Additionally, a gun was found enroute to Marshal Prep Academy earlier this year.