Dallas gives key to city to … Michael Vick?
posted at 10:55 am on February 8, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers met in the Super Bowl two days ago, and Packers QB Aaron Rodgers won the MVP Award for his great play. The game also featured the induction of a number of former NFL greats into the Hall of Fame, as well as celebrities and statesmen from all over the country. It was the perfect time to give out the key to the city to some deserving philanthropist, such as … Michael Vick?
Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway presented Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and convicted felon Michael Vick a key to the city of Dallas Saturday.
Caraway said he believes “a great majority” of the people of Dallas would have supported his decision, despite Vick’s conviction for running a vicious dog fighting ring.
“I gave it to him, sure I did. The wayward children that were there needed to have hope,” he said.
Caraway – who is poised to step in as Dallas mayor when Mayor Tom Leppert leaves office – did not say exactly where he was (“somewhere downtown” and “one of the clubs”) or exactly who was sponsoring the event where he handed Vick a key to the city. He said the event occurred around 5 p.m. with children in attendance.
Don’t count Leppert among the “great majority” of people clamoring to give Vick the civic honor usually reserved for meritorious citizenship:
“The action taken was not sanctioned by my office and was not an official ceremonial honor on behalf of the City of Dallas. Official Keys to the City are presented by the Mayor, or an elected official designated by the Mayor, and reserved, on a limited basis, for an elected official of international status. Clearly, this was not the case in this situation and done without my knowledge or approval.”
As it happens, one of the people attending this ceremony was not a wayward child but the caretaker of one of Vick’s dogs rescued from his kennels. Richard Hunter tried to get Vick to look at a picture of the dog and comment on camera, but instead of responding, Vick’s bodyguard cursed and restrained Hunter, which provided its own moment of irony:
But something else happens [in addition to Vick being given the key to the city] in video — which was shot by Richard Hunter, better known as radio’s own Big Dick. Hunter, as [Dallas Observer writer] Richie [Whitt] pointed out last June, adopted one of the so-called “bait dogs” Vick used in the dog-fighting ring that landed him in prison. The dog’s name is Mel — and as Richard told Richie, “While Vick is pure evil, this dog is so good despite having suffered through such hell that he’s truly changed my life.” Richard went to the event to show Vick Mel’s picture and confront him about the past — which, as you’ll see in the video, never happened.
Hunter’s video has already gone viral:
Vick served his time and should have the opportunity to earn a living. The NFL made the right decision in allowing teams to give him a chance at playing football after paying the price for his crimes (and a higher price than some others in his position). Giving him a key to the city, however, is absurd, as was Vick’s decision to accept it. Maybe Caraway couldn’t get Rodgers or any of the gathered greats for the Super Bowl to take his calls.
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That’s a Doggone Shame.
portlandon on February 8, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Great PR move, Dallas… Can’t blame Vick for accepting it…
/s
Khun Joe on February 8, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Rank this one up there with Obama accepting the Nobel. If anyone gives him a key to the city, it ought to be where he plays–like in Philly. Even there, this award would be absurd. If he deserves anything, it’s a pat on the back for weathering the Obama Kiss of Death for the Eagles. The same thing that the Chicago Bears received.
ted c on February 8, 2011 at 10:59 AM
What do Cowboys fans think?
thebrokenrattle on February 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I think it’s dumb to give Vick a key to the city, but this Hunter dude was trying for a confrontation. What did he want Vick to say or do, exactly?
changer1701 on February 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM
For what possible reason would Dallas give him a key to the city. This is unexplainable.
rjoco1 on February 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM
That Dallas is a canker.
Limerick on February 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Vick is a pile of dog feces…or should be.
SKYFOX on February 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Next up, Rothisberger gets the keys to Victoria Secret.
Lily on February 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM
I thought that if we moved to Texas, Austin would be the city I wouldn’t want to visit-”People’s Republic of Austin”-but but I was wrong…it’s Dallas.
annoyinglittletwerp on February 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Vick will be a media pariah because of his cruelty to animals.
Kermit Gosnell – crickets.
John Deaux on February 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Does Vick live in Dallas? Was he originally from there? Wikipedia says no. Only connection is having played against the Dallas Cowboys. So why give him the key to the city?
rbj on February 8, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Forgiveness is over rated.
Skandia Recluse on February 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Ugh, Dallas, you so stupid!!
(I can say that, lived there for most of my life.)
Polynath on February 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM
It’s one thing for someone to pay for their crimes (although it seems the time served by this creep was too short) and to live their lives. But the glorification of this overpaid jock and who I don’t trust because he’s probably just biding his time if not back at it already just covering his tracks better, is pathetic! This is disgusting and it’s too bad this guy couldn’t just disappear into oblivion as a footnote that crime doesn’t pay. But being a football cash cow it seems to in his case.
mozalf on February 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM
If Vick has the key, it’s time to change the locks in Dallas…
I love Dallas but Winning The Future is going on there?
Fallon on February 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM
For the same grafty/corrupt reasons Dallas does anything. Twenty miles west Ft Worth thrives with it’s pro business attitude. Dallas is more a marriage of Maxine Waters and John Kerry.
Limerick on February 8, 2011 at 11:09 AM
If it were up to me, the scum bag would still be in a cage.
MJBrutus on February 8, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Yes, the headline is misleading. It’s not an official key to the city with a proclamation and all that. It’s a little key that city council members can pretty much give out to whomever they please. Leppert was pissed about it (he’s a Republican who’s likely going to resign to run for Kay Bailey’s Senate seat), and Dwayne Caraway is an idiot.
As it stands, the City Council is going to look into tightening up the guidelines for handing out these key (for one thing, none for convicted felons).
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Heyyyy! Maybe you should have Tucker Carlson chime in while you are it.
conservador on February 8, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Powerful video. This is just sick and this constant glorification of athletes and Hollywood bimbo’s is destroying this country.
Knucklehead on February 8, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Vick will be a media pariah because of his cruelty to animals.
Kermit Gosnell – crickets.
John Deaux on February 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Gosnell deserves the death penalty.
‘Choice’ my a**!
annoyinglittletwerp on February 8, 2011 at 11:13 AM
I live in North TX, but not Dallas, and am a Cowboys fan. The Mayor Pro Tem must be an idiot and has really angered a great many people in the area, which is my opinion based on the local sports radio shows I’ve listened to, the past few days. I cannot blame Vick for accepting, nor can I blame him for refusing to speak to a reporter that appears to be setting him up. I think someone calls this “drive-by” media or journalism. Who cares if that media guy adopted one of the dogs? Vick went to jail, served his time and is now on probation. Probation does not require a change in personality or level of caring about an animal who was once (and possibly still is) viewed as an object used for sport, like a football. Caraway is the idiot and has even angered the Mayor of Dallas with this action; the reporter is just an angry reporter. So nice of him to adopt a dog. Give him one of those keys, if he’s such a hero for adopting a dog.
scottjenn on February 8, 2011 at 11:14 AM
could have been to the City of Cleveland .
wheels on February 8, 2011 at 11:14 AM
I still live in Dallas and agree whole heartedly with these statements.
If Leppert resigns to run for senate, Caraway could be the mayor of Dallas.
cozmo on February 8, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Has Texas been taken over by Mexico, or what? I would expect such things from a 3rd world nation, but Texas?
FloatingRock on February 8, 2011 at 11:15 AM
By the way–as a Cowboys fan, I must say, I really dislike the Eagles. :-)
scottjenn on February 8, 2011 at 11:16 AM
that key doesn’t unlock the dog pound does it?
forest on February 8, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Change the locks on the Humane Society shelters…
JetBoy on February 8, 2011 at 11:16 AM
It looks like the key he got doesn’t fit…
tinkerthinker on February 8, 2011 at 11:17 AM
No but the Dallas city council has been taken over by MSNBC.
Limerick on February 8, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Also, one stupid Mayor Pro Tem is not the mayor of Dallas and does not represent the entire State of Texas, nor the people of Texas. Just one small ignorant part of Texas.
scottjenn on February 8, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Can the public recall the mayor-elect and redo the vote? What kind of leader is that?
Cindy Munford on February 8, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Nope, he doesn’t care about you, or a majority of the citizens of Dallas. As a council member he only cares about his constituents (only because they vote for him) and most of them think it was a great idea to give him the key to the city. This way he gets their support without him actually giving them anything.
cozmo on February 8, 2011 at 11:18 AM
So no longer running a dog fighting ring is good enough for a key to the city these days?
lorien1973 on February 8, 2011 at 11:19 AM
The city of Dallas (and Dallas County) are becoming bluer by the minute (Dallas County government has been taken over by the Dems). City elections are non-partisan, but you can pretty much figure out who are Rs and who are Ds.
The DMN recently ran a story about the rescued dog Mel, and it was heartbreaking. The dog still cowers and runs from people, and it will probably never be happy or well-adjusted.
I think Vick is a great quarterback, but a lousy person. It’s going to take years for him to rehabilitate himself in my eyes. The proof is in the pudding.
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 11:19 AM
As a Dallasite, allow me to throw some light on this. First off, Dallas is a hellhole. It’s not a glamorous city of multimillionaire oilmen, it’s a rundown piece of crap sanctuary city where the public school system is nothing more than a daycare for the kids of illegals. The suburbs around Dallas are fine, but Dallas proper is the Detroit of the South. Anyway, this is actually mild compared to the horrible corruption we’ve seen here for the last twenty years and if you want to know what Dallas residents think of this, go here. Basically the only defense offered is that Vick is black so we should all just shut up.
clearbluesky on February 8, 2011 at 11:20 AM
And a convicted felon is named the NFL “comeback player of the Year” over a middle linebacker who had his femur broken last year and made a miraculous recovery and ended up being selected to the Pro Bowl.
Sven on February 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM
This is about as dumb as paying Charlie Sheen to do a nasal spray commercial—-(snort)
Rovin on February 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Odd. Sounds like this new mayor does things according to his own rules. How did he get elected mayor of Dallas anyway?
conservative pilgrim on February 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM
First, ahem…. E-A-G-L-E-S!
The Eagles have pretty much owned the keys to Dallas for the last decade anyway.
Hey-O!
mankai on February 8, 2011 at 11:22 AM
This. Especially regarding the reporter.
changer1701 on February 8, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Michael Vick did prison time for killing dogs… while Planned Parenthood receives millions in subsidies… I think we have our “outrages” a little mixed-up here.
mankai on February 8, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Vick should be shunned by society, and instead is celebrated by the POTUS and given a key to the city of Dallas. Awesome.
Just another example of the immorality and evil of the state.
Ducks run with ducks.
Rae on February 8, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Caraway pretty much speaks for himself. He struts around like a banty rooster, but accomplishes nothing of value on the council. With this latest stunt, I think he’s pretty much shot his chances of being elected mayor.
Retired DPD chief David Kunkle has thrown his hat into the ring, and has hired Steve Wolens (a Dem) to run his campaign. Wolens is the husband of former mayor Laura Miller. Seeing how crime went down while Kunkle was chief, I think he’s got a much better shot at getting votes citywide than Caraway.
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 11:25 AM
“Vick served his time and should have the opportunity to earn a living. The NFL made the right decision in allowing teams to give him a chance at playing football after paying the price for his crimes (and a higher price than some others in his position)”.
Absolutely. I could not agree more.
That being said, I will give that murderous POS NOTHING other than that. He is a disgrace, a detroyer and I relish that animal-rights whackos will give him hell for the rest of his life.
He has proven himself masterful in his NFL talent, but I hate how some peeps can’t separate that from what he did in his past. They are NOT mutually exclusive. His skills on the field do NOT erase what he did. Only a true change of character and remorse, regret and no REPEAT off horrid behaviour can.
Gob on February 8, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Why not? Obama got the keys to GM.
faraway on February 8, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Hunter’s video is an ambush meant to do nothing but sensationalize. He wasn’t REALLY interested in what Vick thought about the dog he adopted from the rescue. He wanted to hold Vick’s crime over his head and hopefully come away with a video clip to damage Vick’s reputation.
At some point you have to let a criminal’s crime be paid for, Mr. Hunter. The guy spent his time in prison, and now society gives him a second chance. You have no evidence or reason to suspect that he’s not living up to his obligation to treat animals humanely, so what is the point in badgering him with his past crime? It just makes you look petty and vindictive.
And I’ll say this too, at the risk of offending some. His crime was inexcusable, but they were only dogs. Get a grip.
IronDioPriest on February 8, 2011 at 11:26 AM
He’s not the mayor; Tom Leppert is. Caraway is a councilmember who was chosen mayor pro-tem by a vote of the council. He’s acting mayor when Leppert is out of town on business.
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 11:27 AM
unclesmrgol on February 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Forget the dog fighting, Dallas just gave the key to the city to the current quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles.
That is just keyraaazy!!
p.s.
Go Eagles!!
Go RBNY on February 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM
I could see Vick getting this honor maybe five or ten years down the road, but this was way too soon. How do we know that once the heat is off, he won’t regress into his old ways?
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM
We know you don’t care about the dogs.
unclesmrgol on February 8, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Here’s a perfect illustration of what the city of Dallas is. Completely incompetent. I live in Denton County and can see downtown Dallas from my front yard, and thank God that it is a good distance away. The people in Dallas have no clue how to run a city. Notice that the football teams stayed in Irving and Ft. Worth and ESPN and others set up in downtown Ft. Worth. There’s a city that appreciates it’s past, yet uses it to advance into the future. Dallas does nothing but tear down it’s past and has no vision for the future. That tells you what you need to know about this whole scenario.
jjverdi on February 8, 2011 at 11:33 AM
It doesn’t seem to me that he’s not interested in the dog as much as he’s not interested in some punk local radio guy trying to make a name for himself.
PS: bet this video gets more play than the Planned Parenthood video.
mankai on February 8, 2011 at 11:34 AM
I don’t know where you live in Dallas, but it is not a hellhole and nowhere near Detroit status (been there, experienced it). The folks who run Dallas pray for it to be picked up and moved to the east coast because that is what they think is utopia. A lot of the people of Dallas make the city work in spite of its city council.
As for the DISD, at one time it was the envy of the nation (early 80′s with its magnet schools) and it still has some jewels in its school system.
As bad as Dallas has gotten, it ranks far higher than many other cities, north or south.
cozmo on February 8, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Not when you realize that Vick’s contract is up in Philly, and Dallas has a lot of voters who root for the Cowgirls.
JohnGalt23 on February 8, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Oh, you misunderstand. I do care about the dogs. But chasing the man down playing “gotchya” games, trying to ruin him publicly after he’s paid a debt to society, well, that just seems like something you do when someone harms another human being that you love. I’m drawing a distinction.
People who place harm to animals on the same moral plane as harm to human beings have a wacky compass, IMHO.
IronDioPriest on February 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM
An affinity award?
Mason on February 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM
You’re an ass ….. grip that.
Jerome Horwitz on February 8, 2011 at 11:37 AM
But SSGT Giunta had 30 seconds on screen, (tape delayed of course, we couldn’t miss Kim Kardashian now could we?)
I wonder if Dallas gave him a key, too? I guess SSGT Ginuta can’t throw touchdowns, and doesn’t travel with a posse, though.
No longer running a dog fighting ring because you got caught and will lose out on millions of contract dollars if you did it again.
reaganaut on February 8, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Just keeping things in perspective.
;^)
IronDioPriest on February 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Michael Vick did prison time for killing dogs… while Planned Parenthood receives millions in subsidies… I think we have our “outrages” a little mixed-up here.
mankai on February 8, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Well, you can blame the Left for the masterful way (one has to admit) they can make it seem (to millions of females, no less) that innocent babies are NOT seen on par or ABOVE innocent animals.
Even avid animal lovers like me at one time did not think much about the babies. I just never did…because I did NOT think about it. All the emotion was misplaced on the selfish woman…not the total innocent.
That will be the toughest thing to do. Then one day I asked myself how come I fight for the animals and NOT for the innocent babies? Never looked back since that day, but it still hurts to think I was at one time pro-abortion.
Gob on February 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Nope, you’re mistaken! You can do it when someone’s just an all-around, unrepetenant degenerate. Or if you simply despise him, for whatever reason–particularly a really good one! Hope that clears things up for you.
Blacklake on February 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
FWIW, I get your point and agree.
mankai on February 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I love dogs. I just don’t love them like I love people. I don’t place the same value on their lives. Those who do have a screw loose, IMHO.
IronDioPriest on February 8, 2011 at 11:43 AM
IronDioPriest on February 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
No you’re not. You know your statement would tweak people.
I couldn’t care less other to know you’re someone to be avoided. That’s all.
Gob on February 8, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Ugh. Many of us in the Philly area wish Mike Vick would just go away.
rockmom on February 8, 2011 at 11:48 AM
I’d rather not see such convicted felons making a living off of public adulation.
Paul-Cincy on February 8, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Looks like Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, since the end of December (thuggish slum-lord County Board chair as acting county executive, followed by a kleptomaniac former acting mayor of Milwaukee as interim county exec, whose son is a convicted vote-suppressor).
The good news for me – the county chair primary is in a week, with the general election in early April. The bad – the aforementioned thuggish slum-lord County Board chair is the likely favorite.
steveegg on February 8, 2011 at 11:50 AM
I was born in Dallas and grew up there, but I live in Collin County (very red) now. Dallas is nothing like the place I grew up in. The city council is dysfunctional, and when it switched to single-member districts (instead of everyone being elected at-large), ward politics began to take hold. Dallas used to be a conservative city (even when things were run by conservative Dems), but it’s become very liberal.
Here’s Caraway’s district page. His district includes part of Pleasant Grove, and the northern part of Oak Cliff.
http://dallascityhall.org/government/CityCouncil/District4/index.html
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 11:52 AM
The temp mayor was just following Obama’s lead. Honor the dog-fighting football player.
Paul-Cincy on February 8, 2011 at 11:54 AM
In your opinion, and only your opinion, Mr. Morrissey.
Michal Vick is a thug hood-rat who got off light for what he did and he has no business being employed in so-called professional sports representing an institution that used to carry the torch of professionalism, fair play, good sportsmanship, and honor ostensibly to be emulated by America’s youth sports institutions and participants.
The video is proof enough of that. But hey, maybe it’s a Minnesota thang and I just don’t understand.
FlatFoot on February 8, 2011 at 11:57 AM
He’s a distinction for you: He has not completed his probation.
Blake on February 8, 2011 at 11:57 AM
So, can this be viewed as a black on black crime? I mean, the only reason he’s getting the award is because he’s black and the pro-tem is black, from a predominately black district that doesn’t give a crap about the dogs he brutalized.
Mark Davis said it pretty well this morning on WBAP. The ones that don’t really care about dogs are mostly rural whites and urban blacks. Urban blacks are his district, so he is appealing to his base, because they like Vick and give a rats butt about the dogs.
Sponge on February 8, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Thanks! That makes his actions even more absurd.
conservative pilgrim on February 8, 2011 at 11:59 AM
I always enjoy people who see Dallas through rose colored glasses. Try taking them off sometime and look around you, you’ll see a graffiti covered sh*thole with rampant crime and a democrat council that just ousted the election supervisor so they could put their crony in and rig elections for the foreseeable future. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg that will eventually sink Dallas, sooner rather than later, you’re deluding yourself if you think otherwise.
clearbluesky on February 8, 2011 at 12:01 PM
I am glad that Vick got a chance to play after paying his debt. I hope that he is a changed man (in spite of what a bodyguard or other staff member might say). But this is ridiculous! There’s something more to this story than meets the eye, or everyone involved is just looney!
Christian Conservative on February 8, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Sponge on February 8, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Interesting. When people are extremely self-focused and live bowing to “identity politics”, they don’t give a s**t about anything except their, selfish bottom line. It’s racism (and uncaring) at it’s most blind. I despise it!
And that is why those sort of peeps and Obamarxist have a sense off kismet.
Gob on February 8, 2011 at 12:08 PM
The thing is, any councilmember can give out those keys, not just Caraway. They just don’t get publicized as much, the way Caraway did with this one.
Ward Cleaver on February 8, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Michael Vick did prison time for killing dogs… while Planned Parenthood receives millions in subsidies… I think we have our “outrages” a little mixed-up here.
mankai on February 8, 2011 at 11:23 AM
I’m outraged about both things!
Btw: If anyone tried to hurt my ‘evil meowers of death’, though I’m only 5’2, they would either be dead or wish to h*ll that they were!
annoyinglittletwerp on February 8, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I have worked with Bruce Sherbet and agree with a lot of your statements. See the previous posts and you will realize that I am no fan of our city government. I worked with Toby Shook in his loosing bid as Dallas DA. I campaigned for Stephen Broden in his unsuccessful bid to unseat EBJ. I spend time to clean up my neighborhood and work with the local PTA
I read your complaining and wonder what you do about it other than whine?
I would bet that no city in Texas has the same flavor it did thirty years ago when I first noticed what was happening in Dallas.
You can accuse me of wearing rose colored glasses, but you are blind, and ignorant, if you only see the bad in Dallas.
There is a live and vibrant city outside your door, in spite of incompetence in the city government.
cozmo on February 8, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Really? The statement by the Dallas mayor says otherwise.
conservative pilgrim on February 8, 2011 at 12:19 PM
That’s one of the problems with our local government. They do as they please regardless of the rules. It may not have been official, or sanctioned, but a city council member did give a key to the city to Vick.
cozmo on February 8, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Caraway is unsmart. Dallas city council members are a joke around here. Half the time they are shake down artist and the other half is filled with crap like this.
Brian on February 8, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Yeah, i know, i’ve heard that schpeil time and time again. Keep telling yourself whatever you have to and i’ll spend this weekend once again cleaning up the graffiti that most people in this “vibrant city” won’t even admit exists.
clearbluesky on February 8, 2011 at 12:33 PM
I submit that those who would harm animals for pleasure would have no compunction about harming a fellow human — should they be placed into a position where they could do it without retribution. People who like inflicting pain on cats, dogs, or even chickens are not nice people.
We are stewards, and the good steward is not a cruel one.
I look at Vick through that lens. Being faced by the new owner of one of his abused pets is really a minor penance, and one which Vick could have turned to his benefit as a true penitent:
Q: Do you see this picture of a dog? I adopted one of your dogs.
A: Yes, I remember that dog. Looks very healthy and happy. I’m glad he has the loving home I didn’t provide him. I’ve prayed that all of my former victims get happy homes. What did you name him?
There, that wasn’t so hard was it, Mr. Vick?
unclesmrgol on February 8, 2011 at 12:47 PM
So, it’s all right for Mike Vick to play in the NFL and get a shout out from Obama, and the key to the city from another pol, but RUSH is not fit to own an NFL franchise. OK then. Ummhmm
sandspur on February 8, 2011 at 12:48 PM
Sickening.
I hope the dog-loving voters of Dallas will treat this Caraway character with the disdain he deserves at the ballot box.
Murf76 on February 8, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Vick paid his debt to society. Whether he got off “light” or not is a matter of the justice system, and no fault of his. And, since he’s paid that debt he certainly has every right to earn a living.
Oh, and since when does the NFL represent anything you claim? They’ve employed “thugs” for decades and continue to…hell, Ray Lewis was involved in the murder of PEOPLE, yet more seem to be bothered by Vick being able to play football after serving his time.
changer1701 on February 8, 2011 at 12:52 PM
There’s a difference between a dog, laying on a lawn, sniffing its butt in perfect serenity, and a defenseless dog being tortured and put to death by thugs.
There isn’t a parallel here between people and dogs unless you are comparing defensless dogs to defenseless people. Micheal Vick isn’t defenseless. What you love has nothing to do with it.
I agree that he’s paid what the people in charge of things claim is his debt to society. That doesn’t make him any less of a scum bag nor any more entitled to be free of questions regarding his crimes.
The human/canine comparison is a canard.
nico on February 8, 2011 at 12:52 PM
EXACTLY!
SouthernGent on February 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Another lapse in logic. It doesn’t make any difference what Ray Lewis did. That doesn’t ameliorate Vick’s crimes in the least. Unless, of course, a home invasion, say, excuses a simple mugging.
Again, Vick’s paid his “debt” and should be allowed to do anything that doesn’t violate his probation. He’s still a gutless, wanton, nasty, vile thug. Going to prison doesn’t change that.
nico on February 8, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Yeah, well tell that to the helpless, abused Vick dogs many of whom are so damaged physically and emotionally that their re-hab is extremely difficult to impossible…making them unadoptable or needing to be put down. As far as I’m concerned, Vick is a bas&&rd and always will be. Paid his debt? He can never pay that debt. A pox on him.
jeanie on February 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Ok now, this is not a ‘Dallas’ thing, this is a run-amok race-shyster Mayor Pro Tem thing. Local radio folks are lighting city hall up about this, demanding that Leppert abandon any attempts to run for office other than Mayor until Caraway is removed from office (if Leppert steps down to pursue a Senate race, then Caraway… becomes the Mayor?).
Astoundingly stupid. Some black Dallas city officials (certainly not all, but these drag everyone else down) have an unfortunate history of racial hysterics and unconscionable behavior.
Midas on February 8, 2011 at 1:35 PM
According to the article:
Sounds like just political opportunism, pandering to Oak Cliff and further South (don’t remember the district name). Naturally, with kids in attendance, I’m sure dwainecaraway.com had a teaching moment in mind – fighting da power. Where’s Pryce? Wonder if the rest of Dallas will reject this jerk.
AH_C on February 8, 2011 at 1:39 PM
Nope. Former Dallas Police Chief Kunkle has decide to run for Mayor. He will win without even trying.
parteagirl on February 8, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Leppert may leave office early to campaign for the senate. He cannot run for senate without resigning. The mayor Pro-Tem takes over when the mayor is not there.
cozmo on February 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM
It appears to this outside observer that Caraway has debunked for all time the old saw about any publicity being good publicity.
What a Dickford.
hillbillyjim on February 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM
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