Candice Quarles is campaigning for Dallas County Democratic Chair just a year past allegations surfaced she took a Disney World vacation – mostly on the taxpayers dime.
A few months ago the Dallas County Democratic Party showed they had poor internal financial controls as an organization. It is unclear what has been done to overcome the shortcomings in that report.
Candice Quarles History on Desoto City Council
Dallas Business Journals recently honored Quarles as a Leader in Diversity, skipping over her ties to a forensic audit showing her family profited over $140,000 from her family’s connection to Desoto city leadership. Her husband, Jeremiah, served as economic development chief previously.
During that time, Quarles had thousands of dollars in local memberships and sponsorships paid for by a city credit card. These include the Urban League of Greater Dallas Young Professionals, a group Candice Quarles led.
Desoto Independent School District has also had recent issues with credit card spending by leadership leading to takeover talk early last school year.
One Dallas Democratic Party Precinct Chair exasperated said, “this is more of the same.”
The South Dallas representative continued, “While the party should be winning races across the board, we give too many away with pie in the sky candidates or we elect grifters.”