Kunkle: Free The Trinity Docs! And Other City Hall Ethics Proposals Unveiled This Morning.

• Kunkle spoke at the Animal Coalition Debate a few months ago about his dogs, like the other candidates. His two dogs are rescue siblings. Rawlings and Natinsky both admitted to having foo-foo dogs purchased from breeders. When Kunkle was a chief in Arlington, the pound was next door. He admitted he had a weak spot and knew he had problems when he had five dogs in the house. Your statement proves why Kunkle is best for the job - He was not a politician in training, looking to earn phony bonus points on issues prior to running. He was doing the right thing - ethics, transparency, pets - way before the other guys.

•  Who is the puppet master?

• Herein lies lots of sock puppetry.

• That's because it's not the job of a candidate running for a office to try and opinionate on what the person that is already in the office should do.  Kunkle knows nothing... He was once asked about Leppert and the Love Field Contracts.  Kunkle's response "I don't have enough information to answer how I would have handled the situation but I know Leppert went about it the wrong way."  That doesn't even make since.  How do you have enough information to talk about Leppert, but you don't have enough information to tell how you would have approach the situation.  I'll tell you why.  Because Kunkle even as a Police Chief and as a City Manager, knows absolutely nothing about how to run a city, and his campaign strategy is to stay in the middle on hot issues even as simple as is he a Democrat or Republican and then why it's time to throw egg in peoples face he wants to be the first to line up like he is some hero or something...

• actually, i do not believe any of these Kunkle fanatics are spewing forth anything close to "reasoning".  They are simply a bunch of brainwashed drones who are following in line behind Kunkle's campaign (a/k/a Sarah Dodd).  They would dutifully march through fire pits if that is where she told them to walk.  None of them are asking their candidate any of the hard questions. None of them are digging under the piles of make-believe and phony promises. They are so smitten with the fact that he was a Police Chief.   

• Annex the Park Cities!, who are probably funding the mayoral campaigns anyway.  That would be one heck of a smart way to fund our budget concerns and increase our tax base.

• 'Haven't heard anything from Rawlings on this, have you? At least, Kunkle is taking a stand on the unethical behavior going on at City Hall, and, furthermore, he is telling us what he will do about it if he becomes Mayor. 

•  If your husband drops $2,000 dollars on an election, I hope you get on his ass for not dropping that money on something worthwhile. There are many people that need money out there and none of them are politicians.

•  I feel like I've read this before somewhere...

•  Here are the profiles of the four people on the left side of the photo. You may not know them (since you just a kid) but they are very real people who don't know you. And, FWIW, all this came from Kunkle's website... Omar Harvey - Former Governor's Criminal Justice Division, Governor Bill Clement's Administration; Former IBM Executive Vicki Keene- Crime Watch Chair (Oak Cliff) Darrell Fant - Former Police Chief, Highland Park Police Department; Board Member, NTCC, Chair, LELC Committee Bob Bracken - Senior Finance Manager Raytheon Company; Treasurer, Swiss Avenue Historic District

•  Kunkle served very ethically and openly as Chief of Police.  There were plenty of people just waiting to pounce on anything he did that was at all questionable.  He has proven himself as an honest and sincere public servant.  Why are you and others so hung up on his wife?

•  I can think of several million, but they all have dollar signs in front of them.

• So by taking Kunkle at only his word to increase ethics, in turn we make up the $70 million budget shortfall??? Is that the reasoning I am hearing?

• So by taking Kunkle at only his word to increase ethics, in turn we make up the $70 million budget shortfall??? Is that the reasoning I am hearing?

•  Duh Snookie Pie During the Trinity Vote, Kunkle could NOT comment on the issue. He was a CITY EMPLOYEE and was prohibited from getting involved in any election discussion except to vote. The only city employees allowed to comment on political issues are the ELECTED OFFICIALS.

• Well, Gangy, tell me, is Kunkle willing to practice what he preaches? If he were to become Mayor, I suspect Laura Miller (who has been guiding and molding his every campaign promise) would have perpetual and never-ending lobbying access to him.  And, yes, I, too, would be wondering just how long his 5th marriage would last.  This guy is 60yrs old.  His wife is 36.  Pretty soon, he's going to have to drop the Vespa riding, sprayed on tan, pretend I'm 20yrs younger than I am game, and his wife may not like the wrinkled up, old geezer she's paired up with.  Maybe it'll be her who'll walk out this time.   

• I understand the money concerns........but he talks of "walking in the sunshine", "openness, and "moral correctness" at City Hall. Those are high values that no leader has brought to the table in Dallas in a very, very long time. I'll bet the city staff cockroaches over at City Hall were scurrying aound looking for a place to hide, just hearing his words. GO KUNKLE! SHOW 'EM HOW TO DO IT! 

• Jeeeeeezzzz..........tell us how you really feel.

•  Go Go Girl, I was referring to his remark, "Is it time to let the consultant Laura Miller go???  Is it time to finally stay married to your fifth wife??? "

•  Dallas City Hall is dirtier than a Kennedale school teacher. We will be hamstrung in our attempts to better our city until we clean up our act. Kunkle is the right man, at the right time for Dallas. 

• Personal nastiness?  Oak Cliff Res' response was well-thought out and excellent.  He is trying to peel back some of the fabricated make-believe that Sarah Dodd's media campaign keeps putting over all of Kunkle's shortcomings.  

• Buy the vote in south Dallas??? So, I suppose the Laura Miller/Kunkle connection had nothing to do with the way Black voters made their decisions? 

• David, glad to have you, er, I mean, Sarah, joining us in this little chat. 

• Such childish and irrelevant remarks, Payday.  Do you call yourself Payday because you also are a beneficiary of Ace Cash Express?

• Sir, I did not post above, so it is not I who you are calling "Mari".  But, I notice the Kunkle people do lambast posters who do not support Kunkle. When they cannot defend with substantive information, they always resort to childish name-calling.   

• Why all the personal nastiness, Oak Cliff Res?

• in her tight, short skirted, dresses, with the low-cut necklines, finished off with the high, high heels--creating the wiggle-walk.

• hey, hey, hey....hold a minute there Sam... You cannot deny me my rights.  What if my goofy husband drops $2 grand on some candidate one day....suddenly I am barred from supporting the candidate of MY choice?. Not while I have breath in me.  You are assuming that all marriages have joint accounts or joint financial decisions. ...and, we all know what happens when you  "ass-u-me".

•  He was busy running the police department?  I don't know.  Why don't you ask him?

• and, we will get them released Thanks to all the residents fighting, thanks to Angela Hunt thanks to Jim Schutze and we will do it without Kunkle.   Love how he wants to bask in the limelight of the cause. 

• Tell me where David Kunkle was when we were fighting for TrinityVote.  He lived right there smack dab in the middle of the whole action.  Just streets over from Angela Hunt.  A few streets in any direction were homes to almost all the strongest volunteers working day and night.  I'll tell you where he was.  No where.  He had no interest.  Never got involved in any way.  Did not participate and frankly, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see he did not even vote in the election.  And, Sarah Dodd was BFF with Laura Miller. Now, I'm supposed to believe he suddenly, 4yrs later, is passionate about problems associated with Trinity River project.   hmmmmmmmm.  Could his deep concern have anything to do with the fact that he is in run-off and was 9 points down in Saturday's election. Oh, and let's not forget his sudden passion for the plight of dogs/cats in need of homes.  I've spent 15 yrs with one or the other pet volunteer group in the area.  No one's ever seen him involved in any organization or any cause of any type...pet causes--or otherwise. But his media-specialist wife, is now promoting him as the end to beat all ends for fixing homeless pet situations.  Printing t-shirts claiming cats and dogs are for kunkle.  Well, I'm here to tell you my dog's pretty smart and he ain't buying it and neither am I.  

•  You feel Kunkle has demostrated he is willing and can be effective at .... Do you also feel Kunkle shows poor judgment by hiring Avi Adelman to run a lot of the pieces of his campaign? Or, that Kunkle has demonstrated some character flaws associated with 5 marriages--the 5th wife being half his age. Just wonder where you look and how hard you look when sizing up the candidates.

•  Hey Snookie, maybe you have a really cool camera that takes pictures of the people taking the picture (which would probably cost more than Rawlings paid to buy the vote in south dallas). But, and I am only guessing here, who do you think took the picture?

•  I like Kool-Aid.  Oh yeah. Seriously, what's he supposed to do, not address the issues of the day?  Isn't that what campaigning for office is about?  Transparency at City Hall is an important issue to a lot of people.  Politics should include more than a contest to see who can round up the most rich friends.

• Kunkle campaign is just being a Media whore.  They see a hot media item and run to it for free advertising. Funny, how Kunkle's number one god, Laura Miller, was the staunchest opponent to our TrinityVote cause.  Even to the point she held the press conference to kick-off the opposition's campaign.  Kunkle's pouring kool-aid. Be careful what you drink. 

• Where's Avi Adelman?  I can't find his mug in that picture.  And, we all know Kunkle doesn't take two steps without Avi in his shadow. Come to think of it, I don't see the 5th Mrs. Kunkle in that picture, either.  Now, I know for fact David can't move an inch without her standing there. So, what's up with this picture of people I don't recognize

• And that may very well be true although I don't think Calatrava bridge comes from general fund.  If the city has a $1 billion declining budget and 60% goes to police/fire, and our dollars are getting smaller and smaller what benefit do we get of getting our city back to the basics, how will our city be turned around by not "saving money", but using those dollars (we don't use anyway bc they are bonds) to keep parks libraries and recs open in the summer.  It just doesnt make since.  And Jim I know you are a proponent of Kunkle and I like Rawlings but all personal problems of them both aside our city cannot afford 4 years of saving bond money to keep librairies recs, etc open at the expense of a decreasing budget.  We have already lost $100 million in 3 years, probaly $175 by the end of this fiscal year.  Sitting by "getting back to the basics" will not turn that around... If it will, I seriously need Kunkle for my one sole vote to prove it...

• Not spend what money we do have on additional Calatrava bridges? Would that be an OK start? 

• Kunkle is at it again.  He seems to hop on every issue as the "Champion" of it, however, he never comes up with his own agenda or issues...  "Kunkle said it's time to put an end to campaign consultants going on to lobby their former clients at City Hall." Is it time to let the consultant Laura Miller go???  Is it time to finally stay married to your fifth wife???  Is it time to decided if you are a democrat or republican (even though you vote in more Dem primaries but you went to the Reps meeting day before yesterday asking for support?  Is it time to tell the truth about the crime statistics that you swept under the rug??? You claim you didn't know at the time but now do you remember now if you voted in favor or against the Gay Banned Constitution Ammendment???  It's great to see that you have a conceptual plan for city hall to "get back to the basics", but what does that really mean???  Is it time to tell us now, or are you still prepping that speech with Laura and Sarah??? I would like someone to honestly, without talking about the difference between Rawlings and Kunkle to actually tell me what do you all really expect from this guy to quote unquote get back to the basics when there isn't any money to fund our basic services?  What do you expect him to do then???

• Now whenever I read somebody getting high and mighty about somebody else's private life, my first thought is that the accuser must have concieved a child with a domestic worker and then run away with a prostitute of counter-intuitive gender and then killed a dog. These days those seem to be the minimum requirements for high andf mighty.   

•  With friends like this, who needs enemies?? Mari is just doing what the man (Rob Allyn) tells her. Never mind the fact that he, Matrice Kirk and a host of other notable people supporting Rawlings had big comfy chairs around the Ace Cash Express boardroom table too.

•  Rawlings's family donated $5000 x 4 people - two parents and two adults - in the regular election round. Expect that to happen again in the runoff fundraising. For those who don't know, the fundraising meter is re-set to $0 in a runoff.

•  Nice!  Draw that BIG, BRIGHT line in the sand and stay behind it.

• Mari, I thought you and Sarah were friends. Shame on you and your minions for flooding this blog in recent days and trying to divert Team Kunkle's attention. It'll work on your other local yokel campaigns. It won't work with us.

•  Does this mean wife number 5 won't be able to walk the halls of city hall if he's elected, soliciting business. I would love to hear that discussion when she's bringing  her PaPaw a hot cup for cocoa at bed time.

• The cap should also be applied per household. Several folks skirt the rules by having their spouses and kids donate the max, even if the kids aren't young enough to vote.

• He just got my vote - again.

• His suggestions for capping contribution amounts should be adopted immediately.  That a million dollars is now the "norm" for a mayoral race is obscene.  And the revolving door of consultants lobbying their clients stinks to no end.  As does the lack of sunshine at City Hall. All of those things, separate and combined, feed the beast of corruption, large and small, at city hall.  I think the wonky, plain-spoken, outside-the-political-machine Mr. Kunkle is a breath of fresh air.  Wes Wise should be smiling.

• "I can't think of a single reason why those documents should not be released." Neither can any of us...............it's shameful. 

• "...and he's going to have all sorts of powerful interests gunning for him now." That's usually how you know you're doing something right.

• I like Kunkle's odds of staying true to his promises better that Rawlings.  If nothing else, Kunkle has demonstrated he is willing and can be effective at taking on waste and corruption in government. 

• It looks like he's already done a pretty good job of drawing a bright line in the sand-- there's no turning back at this point. I give him tons of respect for this--- he is basically taking a stick to the hornets' nest-- and he's going to have all sorts of powerful interests gunning for him now.  It will be interesting to see how the Dallas Morning News reports this story (if they choose to report this, at all).

• He means $2000 per donor.    

• Capping campaign expenses sounds good -- but try to get a website developed for under $2,000.  That doesn't leave much cash for media buys, yard signs, t-shirts http://davidkunkle.com/images/robtelee.jpg

• I don't disagree with anything he said.  My only hope is that he actually has the strength of character to follow through should he get the gig.  Plenty of well-intentioned people have been suckered into corruption by lobbyists and their ilk... 

• Interesting. Had he done this previously, I would have voted for him. Paps I will do now. 

• Rawlings talks big game about ethics and cleaning up city hall, but David is the one who has the proven track record to do it. Go Kunkle!

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