Subject: John Wiley Price

• That Wiley Commish

  October 27, 2006

• The Price is Right -- Very Right!

  September 5, 2007

• John Wiley Who?

  October 4, 2007

• John Wiley Price, You've Been Schooled

  March 21, 2008

• John Wiley Price and Ken Mayfield and the Bullshit Over Overtime Pay

  April 29, 2008

• Coming to the Defense of the Dallas County Public Defender

  June 13, 2008

• Space, the Final Frontier Between John Wiley Price's Ears?

  July 7, 2008

• Unfair Park's Hero of the Week

  July 9, 2008

• See, John Wiley Price Is a Bobble Head. And Relatively Inexpensive Too!

  October 20, 2008

• A Really Long Post About Last Week’s Council Meeting. Worth Reading, Though. Swear.

  October 28, 2008

• Wednesday Morning Wake and Bake

  October 29, 2008

• For Now, At Least, Mayor Leppert Won't Try to Sink the Inland Port

  It's over.Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert just cried "Uncle!" in the battle over the Southern Dallas "inland port," an expandable map of which is available at right. Chris Heinbaugh, the mayor's spokesman, confirmed for me by e-mail mere minutes ago reports I heard yesterday afternoon that Leppert was pulling his support from a so-called "master plan" for the Southern Dallas inland port. This is a very big deal.

  December 11, 2008

• Foster's Brook, or: The Dallas County Judge is Smarter Than He Lets On

  This should be said: One of the heroes in the otherwise ugly stupid saga of the inland port development in Southern Dallas has been Dallas County Judge Jim Foster.First of all: He figured it out. A very good source close to the county commissioners told me, "He's like a little detective. He's quiet, and he doesn't say much, but he sleuths things out."Foster figured out sooner than most people that a so-called "master plan" for the inland port dreamed up by Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley P

  December 19, 2008

• Top 10 Schutze Columns of '08

  For those looking for some year-end reading during the slow news cycle, consider my personal favorites of the year from Observer columnist Jim Schutze. I refuse to play favorites, so the list is chronological. And since any commentary from me can't compare to the work itself, a memorable excerpt from each one has been included to help motivate you to follow the links. --Sam Merten 10. "DART Made a Billion-Dollar Goof," January 24 Lynn Flint Shaw's big new plan? Promise the moon, schmooze the

  December 31, 2008

• The Truth About Townview (Part II)

  March 14, 1996

• Letters

  March 28, 1996

• Betty's In Charge

  March 27, 1997

• What price victory?

  May 1, 1997

• Buzz

  October 9, 1997

• Buzz

  March 19, 1998

• Mr. Mellow

  June 18, 1998

• Dead air

  October 29, 1998

• Bad blood

  January 28, 1999

• Skunked! C'mon, John Wiley Price, Jim Schutze Does Not Smell That Bad.

  Last night, after that town hall meeting, I spotted Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price standing alone outside the Harold Wendell Lang Middle School. I approached him, because the commissioner had been ducking my calls and e-mails for a couple months, and I had some business to transact with him.As soon as I got up in his face, the commissioner started shouting, "Skunk! Skunk!" and holding his nose.My good buddy, school board member Ron Price, standing a few feet away, called to a Dalla

  February 27, 2009

• Letters

  April 26, 2001

• Letters

  May 10, 2001

• Buzz

  May 17, 2001

• Shaken and Half-Baked, or: John Wiley Price, There's a Reason God Invented Tape Recorders

  Brandon ThibodeauxJohn Wiley Price is threatening legal action over Schutze's inland port stories.It was strange to pick up The Dallas Morning News today and learn that Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price has impugned the integrity of Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze. The commish accuses Schutze of reporting comments made by two public officials -- U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson and Dallas County Judge Jim Foster -- who, Price maintains, accused him of allegedly trying to

  March 3, 2009

• It's Not Like John Wiley Price Has Hidden His Intentions Concerning the Inland Port

  The real tragedy of the Inland Port situation is illustrated by the sound file you can listen to at the bottom of this item -- an excerpt from Cheryl Smith's long-running program Reporter's Round Table on KKDA-FM (104.5). If you listen to this carefully, you will discover some important things about the way some officials in southern Dallas view economic development.In the clip, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price states categorically that he is not interested in the jobs that will be pr

  March 4, 2009

• New Shoes: $40. New Pants: $73. Commissioners Court Meetings: Priceless.

  Dallas County Judge Jim Foster isn't the only guy at 411 Elm Street on Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price's shit list; there's always Commissioner Ken Mayfield, last seen arguing with Price over the meaning of a "black hole." Now, this chapter in their ongoing love affair: WFAA-Channel 8 has the video of Price and Mayfield's nose-to-nose showdown concerning the power-washing of sidewalks covered in bird excrement and the accidental moistening of Mayfield, who asked Price to reschedule t

  March 4, 2009

• Judge Rules That John Wiley Price Can Take County Judge Jim Foster's Deposition

  Dallas County Judge Jim FosterToday Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price made some progress in his legal battle against Dallas County Judge Jim Foster, who has been ordered to submit to a deposition so that Price might investigate whether he wishes to pursue a defamation claim against Foster for statements he made to the Dallas Observer about Price's role and vote regarding the Inland Port, a mega-development in southern Dallas. Price petitioned the court earlier this month to take the pr

  March 24, 2009

• John Wiley Price, Still Fit at 59!

  Hard to believe it's been nine whole years since John Wiley Price's "JWP Fit at 50" calendar.Month or so ago, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price called me up and reamed me out for suggesting he may be carrying water for Ross Perot Jr. and the Perot-dominated Alliance freight airport in Fort Worth. The commissioner told me he barely knows Mr. Perot and said he couldn't remember ever having spoken to him.Of course, this all has to do with Dallas's Inland Port rail center project in South

  April 1, 2009

• Letters

  August 14, 2003

• Buzz Reviews the News of 2008: Yes. It Was All Bad.

  Sex clubs in the 'burbs, teacher layoffs in the district, black holes in the commissioners court—Buzz makes perfect sense of 2008

  January 1, 2009

• Port Whine: Delays on Inland Port Part of Familiar Pattern

  On a clear day, you can see why development in southern Dallas has been screwed forever

  December 25, 2008

• Congresswoman Calls Out John Wiley Price for Shaking Down Development Deal

  Local pols back off a master plan that would have put the squeeze on a major southern Dallas development

  December 18, 2008

• What's Commish John Wiley Price's Real Beef With the Inland Port?

  December 11, 2008

• Dallas' Inland Port of Gall

  December 4, 2008

• Broken Cogs

  The wheels of justice in the public defender's office grind up a few lawyers

  September 11, 2008

• Something Happening Here

  We're doing the hokey pokey on race and ethnicity. What's that all about?

  July 24, 2008

• What, Price justice?

  July 10, 2008

• Not Your Average Joe

  The new county treasurer isn't too sure how he got here, but he's happy to help

  March 22, 2007

• JWP: "We Need to Vote No to Jim Crow."

  Sam MertenA crowd of approximately 75 Vote No'ers gathered in front of City Hall this afternoon in support of Mayor Tom Leppert and the convention center hotel; among them were Dr. Frederick Haynes of Friendship-West Baptist Church, former council member Ed Oakley, county commissioner John Wiley Price and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, to name a few. Haynes led off the shindig by stressing: "This is not a paid political advertisement." Price, who Haynes referred to as "our warrior," said

  April 16, 2009

• Dim and Dimmer

  How many county commissioners does it take to screw in a light bulb?

  July 19, 2007

• Dunce Cap

  So? Maybe I left something out. Nobody's perfect. Wanna fight?

  October 19, 2006

• Unfit to Print

  A vicious fight between John Wiley Price and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas

  March 30, 2006

• Weirdness All Around

  Letters to the Editor

  September 30, 2004

• Dump Bolton

  The protesters at Laura Miller's house were Dallas-style terrorists, working for the chief of police

  April 12, 2001

• Be Careful What You Ask: Judge Foster Spills the Beans About an Alleged FBI Investigation of John Wiley Price and the Inland Port

  In a sworn deposition filed in Dallas today, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster is quoted saying he has spoken with the FBI "on many occasions" concerning an ongoing FBI investigation of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and the southern Dallas "inland port" project. Reached for comment this afternoon, Foster would only say, "I was under oath to tell the truth." Price did not return phone multiple messages and e-mails asking for comment. The deposition was filed and made public record b

  May 27, 2009

• Still a Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

  Brandon Thibodeaux​Lots of speculation going on around town about whether the next shoe to fall in Dallas's ongoing City Hall corruption woes may be a Gucci to the head of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. Today, matter of fact, Kevin Krause has posted a tidbit on The News's City hall blog dealing with Price, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster and our coverage in the paper version of Unfair Park dealing with the Inland Port project.The Inland Port is a gigantic shipping center under de

  October 6, 2009