The Dirty D11 Race

The Dirty D11 Race

The dirty D11 race is getting worse day by day per voters affiliated with neither political party and they’re unhappy about it.

The Dirty D11 Race

Voters say they are bothered that the incumbent is running an increasingly negative campaign because of her lack of record.

Some say this lack of record and worse constituent service is whythey’re not motivated to go to the polls.

Schultz who has been all over the board on policy has no clear direction.

Schultz has supported limits on home buyers, but won’t limit Short Term Rentals, despite many voters supporting those limits.

She voted to move $10M out of police overtime and lost the Dallas Police Association endorsement.

Per some though her worst sin is her politicism of the seat.

“Incumbent Jaynie Schultz has also abandoned half her voters in her district trying to make this a red-blue partisan race in a nonpartisan district,” said one former Democratic Party precinct chair.

“Jaynie just needed to take care of her constituents the past two years…”

“…instead she lived up to the bad hype: she ran to be something, not do something.”

She went on, “Jaynie has been a disaster on housing. She created quality of life issues for those living in area and hasn’t helped the homeless.”

“Jaynie isn’t even protecting staff trying to clean up these encampments.”

The Dirty D11 Race

Voters complain Schultz has repeatedly promised weekly clean ups of encampments under I-75, but they don’t happen.

The Dirty D11 Race

Some political onlookers say it appears the low voter turnout has Schultz worried.

There is no top of the ballot reason to get out and vote and Jaynie doesn’t motivate people with her “vanilla service.”

Her staff started emailing out – at taxpayer expense – almost every other day “reports” of district successes and information. The emails could have easily come from a targeted campaign flyer though.

Election day is Saturday, May 6, and right now roughly three percent of eligible city voters have gone to the polls.

Diane Benjamin Hijacks Meeting

Diane Benjamin Hijacks Meeting

Diane Benjamin hijacks meeting on community safety co-hosted between D11 and D13 city council members Jaynie Schultz and Gay Donnell Willis.

Benjamin, who is the mother of failed 2021 D11 city council candidate Barry Wernick, took to complaining to Dallas Police Chief Garcia that this was a photo op for the incumbents.

Similar Trump style tactics doomed Wernick’s campaign.

She then went on to drop a favorite line of Candy Evans that Council Member Schultz voted to remove overtime from the Dallas Police budget. (It is unclear if Benjamin came to attack Schultz at Evans’ direction or not.)

The full video is here, but Ms. Benjamin’s involvement starts are 36:35.

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Diane Benjamin Hijacks Meeting – No Mention Of Squirrel Murder

Ms. Benjamin is a local realtor, landlord, and Republican activist.

Diane Benjamin Hijacks Meeting

At the start of her comments she described being robbed at gun point twice in her alley. She however seems to have forgotten the murder in her backyard.

Almost eighteen months ago Benjamin took to Nextdoor to say someone had beheaded a squirrel.

At the time, Dallas Police were assisting on a triple homicide, but Benjamin felt the need to proclaim her self victimization.

Candy Evans Covert Campaign

Candy Evans Covert Campaign

Candy Evans covert campaign seems to be in full cycle as she repeats the mistakes of Barry Wernick from 2021.

Earlier this week a post on Nextdoor was made by Tina Lewis.

Ms. Lewis is not on Candy Evans’ campaign team, but she does appear to have access to Ms. Evans’ Facebook page. She first posted the screenshot below, before posting again the next day cropping out the connection to Ms. Evans’ campaign.

Candy Evans Covert Campaign

Candy Evans Covert Campaign Repeats Past Mistakes

This is not an egregious campaign violation, but it is a repeat violation of the conservative faction in the Park Cities area.

In 2021, Barry Wernick’s campaign team admitted to doctoring Facebook photos during his run for city council.

In 2021, local Republican women also quietly voiced concern that Ms. Evans was not prepared for city council.

Three confirmed local Republicans believed she lacked the policy chops to compete with better equipped candidates like Jaynie Schultz.

“She can barely stay on message,” said one.

Another complained, “Candy Evans is a dilettante who can’t organize a two car motorcade.” She continued, “Evans would destroy conservative credibility at the horseshoe.”

Evans campaign focus has been singularly on the $10M set-aside budget for Dallas Police Department‘s overtime budget. It is not clear Evans is even campaigning on any other issue.