Read For Yourself Defenbaugh's Report Concerning Constables and Kwanzaa Fest

Sam's just returned from Dallas County Commissioners Court, where John Wiley Price called a press conference to refute the allegations made in the latest Danny Defenbaugh report, which alleges that "at least 22 Dallas County Precinct 1 and 5 Deputy Constables were intimidated and coerced to provide security services for...

By Robert Wilonsky

February 24, 2010

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Sam's just returned from Dallas County Commissioners Court, where John Wiley Price called a press conference to refute the allegations made in the latest Danny Defenbaugh report, which alleges that "at least 22 Dallas County Precinct 1 and 5 Deputy Constables were intimidated and coerced to provide security services for Kwanzaa Fest 2007 and/0r 2008, and were not compensated." This week's report follows Defenbaugh's 92-page report, released February 15, concerning his investigation of Precinct 5 Constable Jaime Cortes.

While Sam's writing up his recap, take a moment to read the report, which Price dismissed as a political ploy by Dallas County Judge Foster -- or, as Price calls him, "the accidental judge." It follows after the jump.

Defenbaugh Report Concerning Kwanzaa Fest

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