Subject: Campaign Ethics

• Should Paul Fielding go to jail?

  December 26, 1996

• Something About Tennell Atkins's Campaign Finance Reports Doesn't Quite Add Up

  Brian Harkin/Sam MertenTennell Atkins says Tennell Atkins & Associates hasn't been operational since he took office as a council member in June 2007, but his campaign finance reports show nearly $9,000 in rent payments for an office bearing that name.With the city council campaign season heating up, we thought it would be worthwhile to take a look-see at some of the campaign finance reports of the incumbents to see how they've been spending their dough. Freshman council member Tennell Atkins eme

  February 10, 2009

• Smoke-filled room

  September 17, 1998

• Ignorance is bliss

  March 11, 1999

• Mayor Tom Leppert Needs to Walk the Ethics Reform Talk

  If the mayor wants to raise the ethical bar at City Hall, he won't have far to reach

  February 14, 2008

• Damaged goods

  What do you get for 50 bucks a meeting? Thomas Korosec sizes up the man and woman most likely to succeed Al Lipscomb.

  April 27, 2000

• Old School

  DISD trustee Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician. These days that's a problem.

  July 13, 2006

• The Race Race

  In the battle for the District 6 council seat, the dark horse has a white face

  April 19, 2001

• Bench press

  A pack of well-heeled lawyers calls for the head of mercurial Dallas Judge John Marshall

  March 9, 2000

• Ethics Complaint Alleges Council Member Dave Neumann Accepted Nearly $28,000 in Donations Violating City Code

  Brian HarkinDave Neumann's financial prowess has been questioned once again.A supporter of Casey Thomas filed an ethics complaint Monday against Dave Neumann, who's being challenged by Thomas for his District 3 city council seat, claiming he violated the Dallas City Code. Brian Wesley alleges Neumann accepted $27,925 in contributions that exceed the allowable $1,000 donation per individual in each election cycle. We called Neumann's office Monday for comment and were referred to his consultant,

  April 17, 2009