12-07-2011, 04:30 PM
The County Administration Building is reported to be closed, the 6th
Floor Museum is reported to be open.)
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Federal-a...Wiley-Pric
e--124595889.html
DALLAS - As the newly-elected Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings was being
inaugurated Monday at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, FBI agents
swarmed homes and offices of various county commissioners across North
Texas.
Federal agents are at the home and office of Commissioner John Wiley
Price. It has also been confirmed that agents are also at multiple
locations across the city that involve other people.
The FBI agents were limiting access to the Dallas County Commissioner's
Court offices, where FBI agents are searching the first two floors of
the Dallas County Administration Building at 411 Elm Street.
Commissioner Maurine Dickey said her office was not being searched, but
Commissioner Mike Cantrell's office was being searched by agents.
"It's a happy day for Dallas County," Dickey said.
Also, the office of Price's executive assistant Depheny Fain was also
being searched.
There has been no specific information released as to why the agents
were searching the offices or Price's home, located in the 500 block of
5th Street in Oak Cliff.
Back in 2009, the then head of the Dallas County Commissioners Court,
Judge Jim Foster, revealed under oath that Price had been under an FBI
investigation dating back to the previous fall.
It all centered around the huge inland port development in southern
Dallas County.
Foster, who lost his re-election in 2010 to Dallas lawyer Clay Jenkins,
answered questions revolving around an alleged "shakedown" by Price
during a deposition earlier this month.
"I am aware of an investigation being conducted and I did not request
the investigation," he told Mark Johnson, Price's attorney, during the
deposition.
Foster said he had talked to FBI agents concerning Price "on many
occasions."
Price has served as the Dallas County commissioner for District 3 since
January of 1985. He has been in several controversial situations,
including the latest in February when he told several citizens to "go to
hell" during a commissioner's court meeting.
Watch unedited video of the incident
The Sixth Floor Museum, which is in the same building as the
commissioner's offices, will open at noon.
WFAA's Rebecca Lopez, David Schechter and Craig Civale and WFAA.com's
Marjorie Owens contributed to this report
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Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225
http://DemocraticResearch.Org
Floor Museum is reported to be open.)
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Federal-a...Wiley-Pric
e--124595889.html
DALLAS - As the newly-elected Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings was being
inaugurated Monday at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, FBI agents
swarmed homes and offices of various county commissioners across North
Texas.
Federal agents are at the home and office of Commissioner John Wiley
Price. It has also been confirmed that agents are also at multiple
locations across the city that involve other people.
The FBI agents were limiting access to the Dallas County Commissioner's
Court offices, where FBI agents are searching the first two floors of
the Dallas County Administration Building at 411 Elm Street.
Commissioner Maurine Dickey said her office was not being searched, but
Commissioner Mike Cantrell's office was being searched by agents.
"It's a happy day for Dallas County," Dickey said.
Also, the office of Price's executive assistant Depheny Fain was also
being searched.
There has been no specific information released as to why the agents
were searching the offices or Price's home, located in the 500 block of
5th Street in Oak Cliff.
Back in 2009, the then head of the Dallas County Commissioners Court,
Judge Jim Foster, revealed under oath that Price had been under an FBI
investigation dating back to the previous fall.
It all centered around the huge inland port development in southern
Dallas County.
Foster, who lost his re-election in 2010 to Dallas lawyer Clay Jenkins,
answered questions revolving around an alleged "shakedown" by Price
during a deposition earlier this month.
"I am aware of an investigation being conducted and I did not request
the investigation," he told Mark Johnson, Price's attorney, during the
deposition.
Foster said he had talked to FBI agents concerning Price "on many
occasions."
Price has served as the Dallas County commissioner for District 3 since
January of 1985. He has been in several controversial situations,
including the latest in February when he told several citizens to "go to
hell" during a commissioner's court meeting.
Watch unedited video of the incident
The Sixth Floor Museum, which is in the same building as the
commissioner's offices, will open at noon.
WFAA's Rebecca Lopez, David Schechter and Craig Civale and WFAA.com's
Marjorie Owens contributed to this report
--
Regards, TOM BLACKWELL, PO Box 25403, Dallas, Texas 75225
http://DemocraticResearch.Org
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