And so far, it’s not former councilman and mayoral candidate Ed Oakley, who has been heavily rumored to run for his old District 3 City Council seat.

Casey Thomas, outgoing president of the Dallas branch NAACP, will kick off his campaign for City Council District 3 on Friday at 11 a.m. at Tejano Restaurant on Davis, Shawn Williams reports on his Dallas South Blog. Thomas’s may not be the only name on the May 9 ballot opposing Dave Neumann, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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