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Ethics complaint sparks controversy in District 3 race

Blogger Allen Gwinn has posted a copy of the ethics complaint he filed against District 3 DISD candidate Bruce Parrott, alleging that Parrott filed a campaign finance report due in October four days late. Gwinn supports incumbent Leigh Ann Ellis...


Edwin Flores wins District 1; other seats go to a runoff

Enough results are in to call the school board races. District 1 candidate Edwin Flores has won another seat to the Dallas school board without the need of a runoff. But there's no clear winner in the District 3 and...


More results in: Flores maintains healthy lead; two races appear headed for a runoff

More results just came in with the majority of precincts reporting. In District 1, incumbent Edwin Flores probably has too healthy of a lead for Kyle Renard to catch. Flores has 52 percent of the vote with Renard coming in...


More results in: Flores and Nutall maintain healthy leads; Ellis catching Parrott

Precinct results are starting to come in. District 1 incumbent Edwin Flores still has a good lead of about 51 percent in his race with 19 of 47 precincts reporting. Kyle Renard has 40 percent of the votes. In the...


Will trustee Ron Price win a council seat? Check out the results.

Final results: Ron Price and Carolyn Davis will have a runoff election. Price received 24.8 percent of the vote, while Davis got 34 percent. Early voting results are in... Price is running behind Carolyn Davis with 24 percent of the...


Dallas ISD Daily Dish

Today's tray of hot district morsels ... ** McKenzie: Data alone isn't enough to improve schools. ** Wither PTAs? ** A state rep wants the board's canceled election decision put to a vote of the people. So says Carla Ranger....


Lew Blackburn will not be muzzled!

It was a sight watching DISD trustee Lew Blackburn leave his board seat and walk up to a microphone at Thursday night's meeting -- to address the board! (Watch Dr. Blackburn in action by clicking here and forwarding the video...


Politics as usual? Or unusual politics?

Last Spring word got out that trustee Jerome Garza tried to recruit a candidate to run against fellow board member Carla Ranger. He was, and continues to be, pilloried by commentors on this blog and elsewhere for that effort, which...


Advice for a new voter

Yesterday, I took an important step in becoming an adult. I filled out my voter registration application. While, unfortunately, I was unable to vote in the May elections, I will be able to vote in all future elections. This got...

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