And the Winner is...

Ms. Hopkins.  Again.The Loser?  YOU.Read Ms. Hopkins latest letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  It's got everything from tragedy to comedy, from the Trinity River to Santa Claus. Bravo, ma'am.TRV lease"I'm shocked, shocked!" that anyone is shocked that J.D. Granger granted a no-bid...

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Tired of Turkey yet?

THE People are. Thanks to the Fort Worth Weekly for looking out for THE People. Last month, the Trinity River Improvement Partnership (TRIP) sponsored a forum at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden to discuss the merits of the Trinity River Vision project. (You know, that project that’s going to cost $900...

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How we roll in Texas...

Courtesy of TURF - More I-35 shenanigans...One of our supporters who manned a table outside the I-35 workshop the week before Thanksgiving, was present the entire time and saw all of 4 ordinary citizens enter the meeting. When he asked one of the consultants how many people had attended, they said close to 30. When he inquired how that could be when he only saw 4 people enter, they said some folks...

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Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods hears Star-Telegram Watchdog Thursday, December 1

Fort Worth League of NeighborhoodsUpdate -- November 29, 2011Please join us for our GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 20116:30 p.m.Fort Worth Firefighters Hall3855 Tulsa Way, Fort Worth 76107PLEASE RSVP to Melissa at 817.927-5732Important Neighborhood Updates on proposed City neighborhood...

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That's weird...

FW Weekly wonders why the Fort didn't make the weird list.  Yeah, us too.City leaders took such pride in Fort Worth being named one of the country’s most livable large cities of the 2000s, and then invited gas drillers to invade neighborhoods. That’s pretty weird.Or how about those Trinity River...

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WHO’s next

Durango tells you about American Airlines filing bankruptcy and the boondoggle/bankruptcy connection in Fort Worth.That ain’t the only connection in Fort Worth…stay tuned.It is interesting how Fort Worth's scandals and boondoggles intersect. Fort Worth abused eminent domain to take away a public housing...

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A Persistent Cadre of Letter to the Editor Writers

Today’s letters to the Editor in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram tell you what THE PEOPLE really think about local government, spending and “news”.You should read them all.  One below is from one of those “persistent cadre of Trinity River Vision detractors”.  The same one that served his country...

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Finally…Real “News”?

Not really, but about as close as you can get around here.  The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s latest Trinity River Vision editorial makes the point; they should be asking more questions.  And they should have started years ago.The paper talks about how disappointing the Tim Love Woodshed dealings...

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Redistricting in Texas

How Sausage Gets Made:  Congressman Marchant asks for Hockaday School to be added to his district because “my grand babies” go there. (Source: unsealed emails)We were sent this email to show how redistricting lines are drawn.  It's all about keeping it in the fami...

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Front page "news"?

By the time the Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about the Trinity River Tim Love Woodshed restaurant appeared on the front page, it already had 50+ comments online.So what are THE PEOPLE saying about YOUR elected officials allowing their unelected friends and family to gamble with YOUR money?We received...

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SLAPP Happy In Trophy Club

On June 17, 2011 Rick Perry signed into law the Texas Citizens Participation Act which went into effect immediately.  The law is meant to protect citizens from Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP). Unfortunately, this law comes to late for some Trophy Club citizens.Denton County...

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WHO runs this town?

On I-35, TXDOT doesn't want to move Chesapeake drilling operations, so due to their poor planning, a church, private property owners and the Oakhurst neighborhood will have to pay.On 820, due to Iron Horse Golf course, there are some frontage road concerns.  There doesn't seem to be many across...

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Rumor has it....

Since May, we've been posting about the long rumored Tim Love Woodshed restaurant on the banks of the Trinity River.  As we told you recently, nine times out of ten, rumors in Cowtown usually turn out to be true.  Lots of people have been asking questions about the Woodshed for awhile now,...

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Being Thankful

For our readers, our contributors, and Duran...

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TRV speakers needed

For WHAT?Disclaimer- by contacting this number you will receive the standard dog and pony show only. Also, please be advised the 'head' of this project has been known to cancel the day of, advertising and citizens be damned.Durango gives you the scoop on the TRVA and their Slow Motion Bridges to Nowhere....

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Where YOU from?

This is Texas----You always shut the ga...

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Pot or Kettle?

Read the latest Rick Perry rambling in the Fort Worth Weekly.In trying to pull his presidential campaign out of a nosedive, Gov. Rick Perry is escalating his attack on all things Washington. His latest proposals include making serving in Congress a part-time job, for half the current $174,000 salary,...

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More "so-called" Visions

For Downtown Fort Worth.  Does downtown know there is an entire city out there?  How does a non-profit "oversee" downtown? We can't wait to hear WHO will be donating their time to head the committee, receiving nothing in return.Read the article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, be sure and...

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What's the world coming to?

The top words of 2011:Occupy – ‘Occupy’ has risen to pre-eminence through Occupy Movement, the occupation of Iraq, and the so-called ‘Occupied Territories’.Deficit – Growing and possibly intractable problem for the economies of the developed world.Fracking – Hydraulic fracturing is a controversial...

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Good Question

 In the Fort Worth Star-Telegram letters.  Whose city?I was proud to present an overhead slide at the City Council meeting where Mayor Betsy Price said the city is "our Fort Worth" and requested that we "take ownership" of the city and make it better.During the discussion on whether to let...

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Latest Arlington Flood

But the game is still the same.  Everyone involved pointing fingers and blame at each other.  And the homeowners left holding the bag. It's nice of Arlington to offer them a place to stay for at least a week.  What happens when "the City" floods YOU?Read about it in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Two...

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What property rights?

Read the letter from Calvin Tillman concerning State Representative Bonnen and Texas property rights....You can own and peacefully enjoy your property, as long as someone with more money doesn't want it....

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Jack of all trades...

Master of None.That's what the Wall Street Journal blog said about Chesapeake while downgrading their status to sell.Let the spin begin.“In short, management’s approach reminds us of a children’s book entitled ‘But I Wannntt It!,’ aimed at getting kids to realize they can’t have everything they want,”...

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Abatements and Lawsuits

The latest Fort Worth company set to get an abatement just settled a lawsuit for $450,000.  How much was the abatement for again?Read the latest in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  A lawsuit against Fort Worth-based Frac Tech was dismissed in a Parker County district court Tuesday by the plaintiff...

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Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

Too bad they are buying your 5th graders too.  Read the letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Fracking mistrustReally? We're supposed to believe U.S. Rep. Joe Barton when he says gas drilling isn't dangerous after he's taken more than $500,000 from the gas and oil lobby? (See: "Fracking lobby...

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Texas Freeway Problems

WHY do the Texas Highway problems sound about the same as the Texas Water problems?No money to fix the freeways but money to build toll roads.No money to fix flooding, but millions to build bridges over air.We're quickly running out of water, but the gas industry doesn't seem to mind.We can't fund our...

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Texas Water Problems

This is just the tip of the iceberg... Last night WFAA did a story on another Texas town that is on the verge of running out of water. Grosebeck is one of seventeen towns the TCEQ says will be out of water by the end of the year.  Maybe even this month.  It's 90 miles outside of Dallas. ...

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Turkey's Ready

Fort Worth Weekly serves up another round of Turkey's.  While Chesapeake takes the cake, there were others we couldn't help but applaud.  Check out the list of WHO made the cut here.  Virtual Turkey Last month, the Trinity River Improvement Partnership (TRIP) sponsored a forum at the...

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Mo Money

For the Trinity River Vision.  Check out the Fort Worth City council Agenda for the November 15, 10:00 a.m council meeting, lots of interesting stuff.  Several maps and lots of talk of expediting and increasing costs...It is recommended that the City Council authorize the execution of Amendment...

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More Connections

Today the Fort Worth Star-Telegram tells you about a large land purchase.  Land that's being drilled on, lots of it.  Of course only the surface rights were for sale.WHO would buy that much land?  Michael Mallick.  110 drilling sites, thousands of acres, millions of dollars. ...

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"Breaking" News

Incoming from Trophy Club....WHO owns your "news"? As you are probably aware, the Star-Telegram Times Register is the official paper of the Town of Trophy Club via a Town Council resolution.  Unfortunately, this has resulted in an improper relationship between the current administration and the...

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Texas Women

Have been kicking butt and taking names this week, literally.The League of Women Voters in Tarrant County have been asking questions.Teri Hall's TURF helped defeat Proposition 4.  (Too bad THE PEOPLE didn't read the other Props).WHO issued a warning about Prop 2?  (Not just Texas Lone Star) ...

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Water is priceless

WHAT will it cost YOU?A letter from a Fort Worth resident to the City Council.We're on the edge of our seat, awaiting their response.For years the Gas Drilling Industry has  assured you and me that drilling is perfectly safe and the aquifers are 100% protected from the industry contaminating them.What...

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WHO controls the media????

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Most of the time

Rumors in Fort Worth turn out to be true. Read about Bud Kennedy and the Trinity River on Durango's blog, where el...

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Remember Colorado?

We were forwarded a link to an article on Oilprice.com today, U.S. Government Confirms link between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing.Mind you, they confirmed it in the 60s...So what happens when the government says it is and the industry says it ain't?  WHO wins?It ain't YOU.We'll keep the...

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Today

Thank a Veteran.That is all.Bless them all.Texas Lone S...

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THE Women want to know

Y'all better answer them.  Don't they publish a voter's guide every election?  You go, girls.Read the letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Ordinance revisions The League of Women Voters of Tarrant County applauds the Fort Worth City Council for commissioning a comprehensive, independent...

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Standing Ovation

For the residents of Mallard Cove.See what a community can do, if they do something.Bravo.Read about the Mallard Cove Compressor Stations being unanimously denied by the Fort Worth Zoning Commission in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  Bravo to the Fort Worth Planning and Zoning Commission. ...

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Now WHY would that be?

The Lone Star International Film Festival is currently taking place in downtown Fort Worth.We checked everywhere and couldn't find a listing for Up A Creek, the locally made, award winning film about downtown Fort Worth.Iron...

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Is YOUR aquifer next?

Fracking chemicals found in Wyoming aquifer.  Once you destroy an aquifer, how do you fix it?Once you're out of water, what's ne...

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In due time...

Betty Brink may be writing another story about buildings on the Trinity River in Fort Worth that will sound hauntingly familiar to the one in the Fort Worth Weekly this week.This one is about the Tarrant County College Trinity River campus and its cost overruns and backroom dealings.  Change the...

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What's the plan?

Oh that's right, there ain't one.Where's the water?  THEY don't know.WHO is they? YOUR water planners.  Read about the latest in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.An Austin judge's opinion is the latest wrinkle in the Metroplex's quest for a long-term water source.State District Judge Gisela D....

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He's back...

Read about Moncrief's new gig in the Fort Worth Business Press.  Be sure to note WHO else is in this group.  We use the word "group" loosely.It's business as usual with representation from Chesapeake, Tarrant Regional Water District, Devon Energy, Freese and Nichols, the Fort Worth Mayor,...

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WHAT did he say??

Thanks to Texas Sharon, YOU can hear for yourself.Seems local citizens with concerns about their towns, the air their kids breathe and the water that sustains them are actually "insurgents" and to deal with them, you need to download the Army and Marine Corp psy ops info.Don't believe it?  Listen...

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We don't need no water

YOU know the rest. Saltwater...really?Fire at Saltwater Disposal Well Near Bo...

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YOU pay

Over and over again.Teri Hall and TURF spell it out for you, the Dallas Observer lays it out for you.WHO's involved?  Oh yes, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Army Corp of Engineers, TXDOT and the Trinity River.  No, not Fort Worth, this time in Dallas.  YOU get the...

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