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Old 02-16-2011, 04:41 PM
Pooka Pooka is offline
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I met Price in the late 1960's when he and I were both taking a class at El Centro College which at that time was the only campus of the Dallas County Community College system.

He is smart and very political astute. He made most if not all of his money flipping houses in the 70's and early 80's. He would buy old homes, fix them up and either sell or rent them and it has worked out well for him.

He is often over the top in his statements, but the roads and bridges in his district are in top notch shape. And he always comes in under budget.

He has NO tolerance for ANYONE making racial slurs to him or in his presence. This is very well known. It would seem that the person who was calling him names, which is a violation of the County Comm meeting, knew this and was trying to get a reaction out of him. Of course I was not there so I don't really know for sure.

I have seen him, with my own eyes, be much rougher on a person for referring to him with a racial slur. The fact that he just walked out on the speaker shows that he is becoming a little more laid back than he was 40 years ago.
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