Posted on 11/12/2017 6:16:23 AM PST by Elderberry
A former Dallas attorney hopes to cash in on his hometown family roots, his legal experience and potential turmoil swirling around the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office in his bid to oust District Attorney Abel Reyna.
Barry Johnson, 61, who moved back to Waco in March after practicing personal injury law in Dallas since 1989, said he is glad to be back in Waco, where he was born and raised, and said he hopes to serve the residents of McLennan County as district attorney.
Johnson, who will challenge Reyna in the Republican primary, is the son of the late Judge Joe N. Johnson, who served as justice of the peace and state district judge for 40 years. He said he literally grew up in the courthouse, just blocks from where his grandfather, Roy B. Johnson Sr., operated the first service station in Waco at Fifth Street and Webster Avenue.
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Anything is better than what they have.
Looks like things are really hoping in Waco.
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