Best Muckraker: Jim Schutze of Dallas Observer

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There are only two reasons to pick up the Dallas Observer each week. The first is the massage-parlor ads. The second is Schutze. His series in 2001 on vote harvesting in South Dallas should have won him a Pulitzer. His recent revelation that some members of the Dallas Police have essentially been running a protection racket should have the entire city outraged. But, perhaps because of those massage-parlor ads, Schutze's fine work sometimes doesn't have the impact it should. Shame.