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Lupe Valdez

Sheriff
Dallas, TX
Lupe Valdez
News
Dallas County sheriff vows to crack down on warrants

Dallas County constables have started helping the Sheriff's Department serve felony and other high-level criminal warrants, giving the county a total of 100 full-time warrant deputies – a force unrivaled by any other county in Texas.

  "If you have a warrant out in Dallas County, someone is going to be knocking on your door," Sheriff Valdez said.

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Runoff could make Dallas largest U.S. city with openly gay mayor

While once considered a hotbed of conservativism, Dallas is slowly moving to the middle of the political isle as more progressive voices are heard and a more diverse field of candidates become elected officials. » read article   

Dallas more progressive than outsiders perceive

Jacquielynn Floyd of the Dallas Morning News explains that Dallas is not the closed-minded, ultra-conservative city that many outsiders believe it to be.  » read article   

Sexual orientation decreasing as issue in Dallas politics

The Dallas Morning News reports that as more and more openly LGBT candidates and elected officials pepper the Dallas political landscape, sexual orientation becomes more of a non-issue.

 

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Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund to Honor Local Heros at 2nd Annual Houston Brunch

U.S Representative Barney Frank to be Featured Speaker » read article   

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  • St. Louis Candidate and Campaign Training
    June 5, 2008
    Sheraton Clayton Hotel
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  • 2008 International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference
    December 4, 2008
    The Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Avenue Washington, DC 20036
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