From everyone at Other Side Dallas we wish you a very Happy New Year 2022 and hope the New Year brings us all closer together.
As you enjoy your holiday and the start of another year, wee hope you will remember the many front line responders (police, fire, EMS) and hospital workers who work today to bring you safety while you spend time during this pandemic, COVID19.
Happy New Year 2022
As one of America’s Founding Fathers, Ben Frankling said, “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”
Dallas County Republican voters will have an opportunity to hear from prospective Members of Congress at the CD32 GOP candidate forum on January 13, 20222 in two weeks.
The event will take place at 6:30PM at the Studio Movie Grill on Royal Lane in North Dallas and will give local Republicans the chance to choose between mainstream conservatism or the growing chorus of QAnon backed candidates in Texas politics that have taken to protesting local schools despite having no children in the classroom.
CD32 GOP Candidate Forum Listing
The following candidates for the Republican nomination in Congressional District 32 are listed as part of the event:
Nathan Davis – a self described “American First Republican” from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx, New York.
Darrell Day
Brad Namdar – perhaps the prohibitive favorite in the race. He is a small business owner and appointee of Governor Greg Abbott. He has also enjoyed multiple national media appearances.
Ejike Opka – if a second candidate exists who can challenge, it may be Opka who is a local real estate investor and former Dallas mayoral candidate. Opka should be able to raise the money needed to be competitive, but Namdar may be too far in front with grassroots support, and as of this writing still does not have an obvious website presence.
On Wednesday, December 29, a Directive to Apprehend was obrained about disseminated to the public.
Garland Police Statement
Detectives have discovered evidence identifying Abel Elias Acosta as the shooter responsible for killing three and wounding a fourth at a convenience store on December 26, 2021.
It is typically not the practice of the Garland Police Department to release juvenile information, but due to the nature of the offense and potential risk to the public, the court has authorized the release of his information.
Detectives obtained a Directive to Apprehend Abel Elias Acosta, age fourteen (14). Abel is facing the charge of Capital Murder for the shooting death of the three teenagers.
A Directive to Apprehend is defined by Texas Family Code, 52.015 as: a) On the request of a law enforcement or probation officer, a juvenile court may issue a directive to apprehend a child if the court finds there is probable cause to take the child into custody under the provisions of this title.
Abel Elias Acosta is described as a light-skinned Hispanic male with dark hair, brown eyes, approximately 5’ 05” in height, and weighing around 125 pounds.
Those businesses are now feeling the crunch of employees testing positive for COVID19 in a wave of Omicron variant infections which have propelled numbers past last year’s highs.
In a Best of Nextdoor post, local Republican Precinct Chair, has started a squirrel murder manhunt after claiming a sick neighbor left a decapitated squirrel on her back porch.
Squirrel Murder Manhunt
While local police are hunting for the person responsible for a triple homicide in Garland, Ms. Benjamin is aking Dallas Police to investigate what many in the now deleted or removed thread to believe an animal on animal attack.
Dallas County Republican Party officials did not respond to an email requesting comment, but another Republican who sent Other Side Dallas the screenshots said, “the wannabe victimhood of someone who lives in a million dollar home is appalling.”
She continued, “Diane is living in fantasy land. She lives paranoid Joe Biden is going to order an illegal alien to force her to take a vaccination which she will be taxed more for receiving.”
Locally, QAnon has taken over more grassroots leadership positions in the Dallas area despite the clear correlation to losing general election votes because of their actions.
Their actions led to local realtor Jenna Ryan going to Washington for the January 6th insurrection and famously claiming she would not go to jail because she is white before ultimately being sentenced to jail.
It has also led to multiple protests at Dealey Montessori by local activists with no connection to the school other than anger at the mask mandate that exists district wide.
Ms. Benjamin signs her posts GOP Precinct Chair 2021. She is the mother of D11 city council candidate Barry Wernick who lost earlier this year to Jaynie Schultz.
We wanted to share the quote below from one of our favorite holiday stories in hopes that we all find these days to be filled with charity, mercy, and general good acts of kindness. These are the same traits that brought America together in difficult times past and together we accomplish so much more than apart.
We hope you will remember the many front line responders (police, fire, EMS) and hospital workers who work today to bring you safety while you spend time during this pandemic, COVID19.
An Old Quote For Christmas 2021
“What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future.” – Agnes M. Pahro
Dallas County Health and Human Services announce new COVID19 test center locations at local health centers, clinics, and some pharmacies at no cost to the patient.
Please always call ahead to check availability and make and appointment if required.
Recently, Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly was diagnosed with COVID19 after telling Congress mask mandates did not work. More recently, former President Donald Trump told a crowd in Dallas he had received the vaccine booster.
Are Dallas County Republicans up to their politricks again?
On Monday, December 13, 2021 Adam Swartz filed for Dallas Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Place 1, a seat held currently by Al Cercone. At the end of the night there were no primary opponents and the Texas Secretary of State listed no Republican opponents.
As of today, a Republican is in the race forcing the question did the GOP file late?
GOP Politricks Not New
In 2018 Republicans filed suit to keep Democrats of the ballot in the Justice of Peace races – elections that each GOP judge won by roughly 1400 votes out of 200,000 cast.
Additionally, Precinct 2 Justice of Peace Bill Metzger removed a campaign sign for Jim Phaup, then the mayor of Sunnyvale who was a Republican primary candidate for Texas House District 113.
A camera placed near the sign by Phaup’s campaign after a previous sign was removed recorded a man in a hoodie cutting the zip ties holding the sign to two metal stakes, then stomping on the stakes.
Metzger was admonished by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in 2020 after losing re-election. The commission stated that his testimony “was not credible,” and that Metzger’s actions cast “public discredit on the judiciary.”
Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly has COVID19 just days after glibly telling Congress he doesn’t think masks provide any health benefit in contradiction to Centers for Disease Control guidance.
It is unclear how many cases are happening within Southwest Airlines right now, but more locally Dealey Montessori cases shot up immediately when unmasked students were allowed it the classroom in violation of Dallas ISD’s mask mandate.
Gary Kelly Has COVID19, But Losing Control At Airline?
Weeks ago Southwest Airlines had to cancel 2000 flights in a weekend stranding tens of thousands of passengers across the United States. At the time they blames weather and technology, but insiders say it was a mass Blue Day – where employees call out sick from work. American Airlines had similar issues.
Southwest also said it would follow Goveror Greg Abbott’s mask mandate prohibitions instead of federal government rules.
Across the nation police departments and school districts are warning about school shooting threats happening after a Tik Tok challenge has gone viral. Dallas Independent School District is noticably quiet despite numerous recent issues with violance in the area and district.
Local School Shooting Threats And Situations
Within Dallas ISD proper a firearm was recently found on an elemetary student en route to Marshall Prep Academy. That situation became known when a letter went home to Chapel Hill parents.
Also, within Dallas, there have been ongoing protests at Dealey Montessori which started in September in response to mask mandates. Prior to an October protest organized by the Chief Culture Officer at The Gents Place a blog post went up on a male hair salon’s website asking which is better: the AK47 or M16.
Issues at Dealey have continued to escalate while staff at Dealey have normalizedthe protestors behavior and Dallas Police Department officers have gone out of their way to protect white protestors in ways they did not during the George Floyd protests.
