The event may show the strength of Noble in bringing national attention to Dallas County’s party which has had a recent history of financial problems. Swalwell’s office would not comment on the current allegations or his work supporting local Democrats across the country.
In 2019 Swalwell was a candidate for President.
Rep Swalwell with Dallas County Democratic Party Chairwoman Kristy Noble and Betsy Kleinman.
Eric Swalwell – Security Issue
In late 2020, Swalwell was accused by Axios of having ties to a Chinese spy through local fundraising efforts.
The suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including Congressman Swalwell. Officials in the United States believe this was a political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015 and resulted in a FBI briefing to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Swalwell serves on the House Special Committee on Intelligence, a position McCarthy says he should be removed from given current allegations.
An early morning Fair Park raid by the Dallas Police Department in conjunction with the FBI resulted in almost two dozen people being arrested. The raid which included four hundred agents happened west and southwest of Fair Park.
Fair Park Raid Details
Suspects arrested were connected to organized gang activity, including murder and drug sales. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia in February had referred to drug houses as a detriment.
Despite being one of thirty-five sectors in Dallas, the area where the raid occured makes up ten percent of all violent crime in Dallas. In 2018 there were 10 murders and 315 aggravated assaults in the area. In 2020, murders more than doubled to 23 and Agg Assaults was 485.
Federal authorities, including the FBI, said the area where the raid happened is one of the most violent areas in the Metroplex, and Dallas police said the area makes up 10% of all violent crime across the city.
An FBI taskforce called “Safer Streets,” was launched to combat violent crime in the area.
In addition to Chief Garcia, FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah, DEA Dallas Special Agent in Charge Eduardo Chávez, and ATF Dallas Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Boshek II were all present during the briefing at the FBI Dallas Headquarters.
Shah said they decided to move in now, because they feared the violence would only get worse in the summer months.
“Dallas is bracing for sure and we watch with alarm as summer will spike in the summer,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. “But the chaos of the pandemic has made everything even more volatile.”
Shah said the inclusion of federal investigators, and federal charges – which often carry steeper penalties than state charges – acts as a possible deterrent.
“The know the difference between state time and federal time, and they do not want to get federal time,” Shah explained, saying that the operation today achieved two goals: taking violent criminals off the street and sending a message to would-be-criminals that the Feds are watching.
Chief Garcia added, “the message today for the residents is simple: DPD is not alone in keeping community safe, DPD is not alone in weeding out the criminal element and DPD is not along in seeding the community with hope,” he said.
Last summer when Governor Abbott sent in the Texas Rangers to patrol much of the same area, local City Councilman Adam Bazaldua responded sharply. He was oe of the ringleaders to defund Dallas City Police last summer in favor of bike lanes, art, and solar power programs.
On Saturday, Barry Wernick lost his race for Dallas City Council District 11 to Jaynie Schultz. On Sunday, he acted as if his campaign hadn’t played dirtythroughout the race.
Wernick claims in his Facebook post above that “we have it a good fight without resorting to name calling or personal attacks.” This statement is completely contradicted by his campaign team who admittred in a secret recording to creating fake Facebook posts to create a negative public safety image of the ultimate winner in the race, Jaynie Schultz.
Barry Wernick Results
Despite leading in the May 1 race results, Wernick lost the runoff of June 5 by eight points. Several voters stated the false negative campaigning was their major reason for voting Schultz over Wernick.
Wernick was supported by several Park Cities Republican Women Club members. We are reaching out for their comment about the race results both in District 11 and in other parts of the city they were involved.
Rumors from 1500 Marilla is Fair Park redistricting may place the area into City Council District 02 after the runoff election is concluded.
Fair Park Redistricting
It is unclear how accurate reports are, but two sources have now confirmed that City of Dallas staff is looking at how to gerrymander Fair Park into D02. The same sources pushed back on the campaign narrative that Eric Johnson would be successful with his campaign endorsements.
If this redistricting plan comes true it would place the area under the leadership of Jesse Moreno instead of Adam Bazaldua.
One person close to the process said on background “Jesse is a real community leader – a work horse. Adam is too much show horse.”
They went on to describe the need of a person better versed with the Fair Park Master Plan than Adam Bazaldua who has been “too busy” planning a mayoral run in two years against Eric Johnson, who he has battled with since his election.
The campaign became heated in some instances with a last minute attack mailer against opponent Candace Quarles. The mailer did not state who paid for or authorized the attack – a possible violation of state election law.
Kristy Noble Background
Ms. Noble’s background includes three decades as a small business owner in the Information Technology sector.
She was also a co-founder and leader of the Funky East Dallas Democrats, which grew from 35 to 4,500 people in just four years.
Noble won her race after four rounds of voting between the five candidates.
Danny Defenbaugh responds to our post yesterday with a sentence that answers none of our assertions.
Readers will note we asked what evidence he has to substantitate President Joe Biden is a pedophile. He doesn’t respond with any evidence. Dfenbaugh if the former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Dallas Field Office.
Danny Defenbaugh Responds…
This is Mr. Defenbaugh’s full email response.
It does make us wonder about his investigative prowess if he can not answer the question asked. He is not even deflecting well.
Defenbaugh is perhaps best known for his role in the Oklahoma City Bombing where his mishandling of paperwork led to an execution date change and could have imperiled Timothy McVeigh’s prosecution.
We are unsure if Mr. Defenbaugh had the same outspoken political views during his tenure in the FBI as now.
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Hensley Field Redevelopment back and it will cause more headaches. This time Dallas City Council will have no one to blame, but itself. Per a tweet from Mayor Johnson this morning, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved a contract to create a master plan for redeveloping Hensley Field in southern Dallas.
Hensley Field Redevelopment History
In January, Mayor Eric Johnson and a Trump White House official toured the former Naval Air Station Dallas. The gargantuan site known as Hensley Field is the one the city hopes to redevelop.
Both the Mayor and the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, Scott Turner viewed the 738 acre site, which fronts Mountain Creek Lake, as a blank slate.
“I see incredible potential. A large site like this where you could do some mixed use housing. You could do some work force development and training. You could partner with Dallas Baptist University and some of our educational institutions. You’ve got multi-modal transportation opportunities here. It could be absolutely catalytic for the city,” said Johnson.
“To see the type of potential as the mayor said that’s here is very encouraging,” said Turner.
Mayor Johnson was there, and told Turner afterwards, he wanted to speak with him about Hensley Field. “I immediately said I want to come see it. I want to tour it. I want to see it for myself,” Turner said.
Johnson agreed.
“He said I’ll come see it, I want to put my feet on the ground there and I want to come look at it to help me understand it better so I can communicate it to the people I need to help things get rolling. So I’m confident we’ll make some progress. I’m very confident.”
Turner, a Republican and Johnson, a Democrat both served as State Representatives in the Texas Legislature and have remained friends since they moved on.
Johnson said, “He (Turner) really in a very convincing and heartfelt way expressed on behalf of the administration he works for their desire to be partners and work with local government on a bipartisan basis to get stuff done.”
The city’s Director of Environmental Quality and Sustainability, James McGuire said developing a site like Hensley Field from the ground up is rare. The city said while the Navy agreed to fully clean-up the contaminated site nearly 20 years ago, progress has stalled in recent years.
The Hensley Field Redevelopment could end up costing the city millions. The city current has not fulfilled its obligations to the mess created by Shingle Mountain despite a recent arrest. The past decade has been marred by city council choices to increase tax revenue with the equivalent of get rich quick schemes which always cost the taxpayer including the choice to frak on park land and more recently the plans for Reverchon Park.
The Shingle Mountain landowner and operator was arrested by the Dallas city marshal arrested on Thursday, according to a statement from Dallas City Council member Tennell Atkins.
Atkins said several city departments, including code compliance, searched the property in the 9200 block of Teagarden Road and found “numerous violations of local and state laws – including the illegal dumping of an estimated 1,000 tons of material.”
“As I have stated on numerous occasions, I expect all property owners in the City of Dallas to follow the laws intended to protect the public and the environment,” Atkins said. “We will continue to do everything that we can to ensure that this property owner is no exception.”
The homeowner who has fought for the site’s cleanup since 2018 has a pending lawsuit against the city, the owner of the site, and the company that brought in the shingles.
Shingle Mountain History
According to the statement the case has been referred to the city attorney’s office and the city will ensure prompt cleanup, but the city’s injunction has been ongoing for years.
Blue Star Recycling LLC started collecting roofing shingles on a property just off of South Central Expressway. They had the intention of recycling them into asphalt type roading at some point. They also had been given permission from the city to store around 260 tons. Again, as noted above the current estimate is 1000 tons of material.
