MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Dallas mayor Eric Johnson will speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, according to sources familiar with the event.

Johnson, who announced he switched parties from a Democrat to a Republican in September of last year, is the only Republican mayor of the country’s 10 largest cities.

The party widely embraced him after making the switch and is now the head of the newly-formed Republican Mayors Association.

Johnson will speak as part of the second night of the RNC, which comes with the theme Make America Safe Again.

Overall violent crime in the City of Dallas dropped for the third straight year in 2023, according to the Dallas Police Department, but murders in the city rose.

Johnson has served as the mayor of Dallas since 2019.

Prior to being elected as mayor, Johnson represented Dallas in the Texas Legislature for nine years as a Democrat.

You can watch the second night Republican National Convention above.

The Charlotte Hornets love themselves some former Dallas Mavericks. At last season’s trade deadline, the Hornets sent P.J. Washington to his hometown Mavericks in exchange for two Charlotte natives, Grant Williams and Seth Curry. Curry was waived in the offseason, but there was optimism he would return to Charlotte later in the offseason.

That optimism has become a reality, as the Hornets announced they have re-signed Seth Curry on a one-year deal. While the terms of the deal weren’t announced, he was waived from a $4 million contract, so it would be reasonable to assume he’s on a minimum contract now.

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Charlotte is a young team and Curry can provide a veteran presence in that locker room. They went just 21-61 last season, missing the playoffs for the 8th straight season. With young players like LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, Charlotte is hopeful the team can live up to their potential soon.

Curry joins Grant Williams and Josh Green as former Mavericks now in Charlotte. They had Davis Bertans after a trade with Oklahoma City last season but waived his partially guaranteed deal this offseason. Green was acquired as part of the sign-and-trade that allowed the Dallas Mavericks to sign Klay Thompson from the Golden State Warriors.

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In previous years, we have published a Dallas Cowboys survey around this time to gauge how fans feel about the current state of the franchise. Considering the disastrous end to the 2023 season, we published a 12-question survey in January. With training camp about to begin next week in California, we’re circling back with 12 more questions.

This installment includes two write-in questions where we are just looking for one player’s name for each response. We also have one longer response question where we’d like fans to share several sentences about what currently tops their list of frustrations with the franchise that hasn’t reached the conference championship game in 28 years.

Thank you in advance for your participation. We will publish the results next Monday morning.

If you can’t access the questions below, try this link. On the Android app, users will need to use two fingers to scroll through the embedded form.

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