i suggest you go read the entire story before speculating on which group of politicos did anything. here's a link to a followup story.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/commu...las-police.ece
the original article i read in a paper copy of the newspaper said that after a 90 day period, the girl [who lives in plano] could get the money.
then dallas police [cos that's who she turned the money into; she found the money in a north dallas parking lot] said that there is a state law that says its a 120 day period. so the money was going into general treasury. a bit later in the article, the dallas police chief said he was starting a process to get the money back to her.
contributions started after the first news came out.