Dallas Fort Worth Media

Please stop reporting on kids being transported at the Stock Show in strollers (duh) and if the Cowboys are still America's team.  Please report on things that affect those you should be serving and things that are going on right under your noses.  WHAT will the local "news" say...

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Occupy Wood Shed 6%

If you want to see what YOUR tax dollars paid for, you're invited to come out to the Woodshed Wednesday afternoon.  We hear there will be a big group taking a look before the boycott starts Thursday.  We're also told they'll be going to eat bar-b-que at Pappa's on the Trinity River after they...

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Name that Tune - Part 2

A column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a familiar ring to it.See if you can name the economic development boondoggle being discussed.  Don't they all start to sound the same? Add this to the list: the failure of ________.That was the proposal for a ____-billion dollar development between...

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Everybody's talkin' about

WATER.YOU might want to listen.The WFAA video that TXSharon posted shows some of what is coming from an injection well site to a creek in Johnson County.  It ain't pig blood, but it ain't good.  And where does this unnamed creek end up?  In Joe Pool Lake.  A source of drinking water...

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She's Back

Mary Kelleher has been through Hell and back.First, a gas drilling company installed a pipeline (without a permit) and her property flooded.  Of course they denied all wrongdoing.But in an unusual twist for Fort Worth, their flood plain administrator said the pipeline did change the drainage pattern...

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Behind the Woodshed

It's opening, again.  Or so they say, again.The taxpayer funded restaurant in a flood plain is set to open in February.  If you're one of those that think it's cool to go eat at a restaurant you paid to build for a "celebrity", you might want to go before the next storm comes.  You saw what happened to the other "flood control" attraction you paid to build.It's all just a matter of...

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Disposal Wells Needed

That's what the note from the Fort Worth Planning Department says.  Due to truck traffic.  What about all that truck traffic to frack a well?  Or do they only damage the roads when they are leaving?One of THE PEOPLE wrote a letter to the Mayor and Council, any takers betting on an actual...

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Too much to tell...

happening in Arlington.  Packed council chambers, the Rush Creek Drill site vote, the issue of high density apartments, the list goes on.We can't keep up, but Arlingtonvoice.com c...

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When it rains, Haltom City floods

The article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram says "Fossil Creek" six times.  It never specifies WHICH Fossil Creek, but you get the hint.About 6:30 a.m., Haltom City shut down one side of the crossing over Fossil Creek, where Fred Napp, deputy fire chief and fire marshal, said high-water problems...

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Wanna Wakeboard?

The Cowtown Wakeboard park, part of the Trinity River Vision "flood" control project in Fort Worth, failed to save anyone from flooding today.  Apparently, it couldn't even save itself.The Trinity River took back the wakeboard park.  And left a sign of just how clean the river is.  Remember...

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Fort Worth Flooding

And Haltom City, and Saginaw, Keller, Watauga, Dallas…the list goes on.The phones have been ringing off the hook around here.What happens when nothing is ever done?  It just gets worse.Ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away.  The rains always come back.Here’s hoping the Trinity River...

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Name that Tune

This is from the Associated Press, see if you can tell WHICH city and WHICH project they are referring to -An ___story skyscraper under construction at _________ will have to stop at seven stories unless the developer can line up more tenants, planners said Monday, adding to problems that have plagued...

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Salt Water Disposal Well Meetings

Fort Worth residents will have the opportunity to learn about saltwater disposal wells and give their opinion on the practice.Five public meetings are planned between Jan. 19 and Feb. 23. Each meeting will include a presentation by city staff on saltwater disposal, comments by a panel made up of industry...

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Coming Soon!

Wow.Greedy Lying Bastards.  The movie.  YOU can't afford to miss it.It was filmed in several countries by a US filmmaker.  Why are we reading about it in news from another country? Hats off to the Guardian, aga...

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Fort Worth Vision

Or lack thereof.  Which do you think would make the "news" in Fort Worth?Durango watched a mother struggle with a stroller and no sidewalks and reported on it, and then tells you about the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporting on people pushing strollers at the Stock Show.  THAT is news? Really?Fort...

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When you're about to lose an election....POSTPONE IT !!!

"A politician thinks of the next election.  A statesman, of the next generation".  James Freeman Clarke Seems we're not the only ones paying attention.  Check out the Whited Sepulchre concerning the Tarrant Regional Water District voting to extend their terms in office.  WHO does...

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"On the other hand, sometimes well-intentioned, government-initiated projects do not go as planned."

 The Fort Worth Star-Telegram got a tip from THE PEOPLE - one at City Hall, about the $50,000 the city is spending to add showers so workers can bike to work.  The tipster is bothered with the cutting of employees and  forced furlough days while adding showers for the few that ride. ...

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The Pirates are Coming

Oh wait, they're already here.  They are throwing the Party in Fort Worth this year. They even put a rig with their flag on the invitation.  The Fort Worth Promotion and Development Fund throws this party every year with a theme and a sponsor.  Radio Shack hosted the River of Dreams back...

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What's in the Trinity River?

Toxins, PCB's, amoebas, fecal matter, contaminated run off, and pig blood.How did the pig blood get into the Trinity River?  By way of a sewer pipe and a creek.  One of the many tributaries of the river. If you think the Columbia Pig people are the only corporation dumping in the river, think...

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OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF COMMON GROUND AMERICA

On Saturday, January 21, 2012, you are invited to be a part of the official launch of Common Ground America, a new nationwide political organization committed to preserving and restoring the American Republic.  Our current political system is broken.  Gridlock in Washington DC threatens the...

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Water Boarding continued

WHY did the Tarrant Regional Water District vote to extend their terms in office? Fort Worth Star-Telegram says -  Sparks, who intended to run again, said he expects to have an opponent because of the high-profile issues the district encompasses, including the Trinity River Vision project. Section...

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YOU are invited

NCTCA invites you to hear about the State of the Shale.  If you live here, YOU can't afford to miss it."WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?”Meeting Moderator: Mr. Gary Hogan, Vice PresidentHogangaryfwtx@aol.com**With special presentations from others who have had an enormous impact on our...

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Texas Vs. Oklahoma

Politex quoted an Associated Press article concerning the Tarrant Regional Water District and their lawsuit against Oklahoma to take their water. The same Tarrant Regional Water District that is committing you to a billion dollar economic development project and just voted to give themselves another...

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Water Boarding 3-2

Earlier we told you the Tarrant Regional Water District held a vote to give them themselves another year in office.Wouldn't it be a conflict of interest for someone to vote on extending their own term?  You know, even in Fort Worth? Kudos to Jim Lane and Hal Sparks for possibly making history on a TRWD vote.  Even the Fort Worth Star-Telegram noticed.But the water board, which historically...

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Water Boarding

Word on the street is, the Tarrant Regional Water District has decided to extend their terms on the board until 2013.What's that going to cost YOU?We're betting they'll say it's about saving money on the election, NOW their worried about saving money?Maybe they need it for future restaurant endeavo...

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Rumors

As they usually do in Fort Worth, the rumors concerning parking at Montgomery Plaza this weekend turned out to be true.  Yes, the same Plaza with foreclosed units and money problems.Customers were being towed left and right. If you visited an establishment and your car was towed, would you return?The...

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Different city, same story

A recent Letter to the Editor says it all.  Too bad YOUR city can't read.The citizens keep putting it together.  Good thing THE PEOPLE are paying attention.  That's about all they can afford to pay anymore.Arlington apartmentsAt the Jan. 3 Arlington City Council meeting, presenters for...

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Putting the Cat Back in the Bag

When you cannot depend on those who are paid to protect you, you must protect yourself and your family. A letter from former DISH Mayor, Calvin Tillman. Protector of THE PEOPLE. YOU can't afford to miss it. Unless of course you have no skin in the game....For those really smart people who think that...

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Muzzle the Dictators

Another letter writer takes issue with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial board and their "opinion" on the Arlington City Council debate.  Read the letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Dictating to the people The Star-Telegram Editorial Board could use a lesson in how dictatorships work....

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More Culture of Corruption

From the Tarrant County breeding ground.  Via Watchdog Nation.And in the Watchdog's column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth retirees double dipping is described as "common".  Well, these folks learn from the best.  UPDATE: In January 2012, federal prosecutors announced that...

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Tarrant County Crumbling

Texas bridges are falling apart.  But don't you worry your pretty little head, they "found" money for the Trinity River Vision bridges.  It was in your pocket all along. Read the Fort Worth Star Telegram article on the state of the bridges in our state.  How long will they last? WHY are...

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Oil and Gas Fraud?

Say it isn't so.The list keeps growing.WHO's next?Check it out on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Crime Time blog.Another Texas oil and gas executive pleads guilty to fr...

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To whom it may concern -

A letter and a video from a Fort Worth citizen.Mayor and City CouncilGas wells are being drilled on regular basis in the City of Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Gas Drilling Ordinance requires the gas drilling companies to provide an emergency response plan with each well permit request.  In reviewing...

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WHO owns YOUR town?

WHAT would you say if a foreign government did?If they owned the water and the roads and the right to eminent domain.What was Betsy Price doing in China?Catch up on TURF.  YOU need to protect yours.  No one else will.Seeking to defuse fears that it might use its massive USD 3.2 trillion in...

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Well?

That is the question.  Will the Fort Worth gas drilling disposal well moratorium expire?  WHY should you care?  WHEN is the next meeting?The Fort Worth Star-Telegram actually tells you some reasons YOU should care. Should the natural gas drillers who have blanketed the city with wells...

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The Wave of the Future

Or not.Durango has been on a Tarrant County Transportation boondoggle roll.  WHO pays for all of this?  YOU do.  All of YOU.  The better question is, WHY? Fort Worth spent $6.4 million on their fleet of eight 80 passenger futuristic buses. This $6.4 million came from people all...

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Another one bites the dust

What is Dublin without Dr. Pepper?Read about the Dublin Plant on the Dallas Observ...

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Water Defense

What's YOURS?If not the EPA, then WHO?Check out the story on the AP, where just 24 hours after the EPA said it would supply water to the town of Dimrock, PA due to "tainting by a natural gas drilling operation", changed their mind.WHY?YOU tell ...

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Fort Worth Rail

Gets Durango going in full-blown world-class rant mo...

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"Did not return call for comment"

That line was used several times in the Denton Record Chronicle article, Into Hostile territory.It's a good overview on gas drilling PR tactics on "insurgents" and how municipalities are dealing with it, or not.  All those that usually spin the BS, we mean PR, "did not return call for comment".We...

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WHO owns America?

The answer should be WE, THE PEOPLE.But reading through emails and articles today, it seems the correct answer is Rich Bullies.And it doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on.  It's happening to all of us.  Even those in the middle.  Pay attention to WHO is buying YOU.  Pay...

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Come on In

How many times do we have to tell you?  This is Texas.  YOU always shut the gate.Apparently, these boys don't get it.Since they didn't, Durango takes us on a to...

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Resolutions?

We were catching up on the incoming emails from the New Year and came across this little gem from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  As usual, a double edged sword.  The brightest gem and the dullest bulb all in the same box.This comes from a list of resolutions they listed for others.  One...

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Silence!

Is what Mayor Cluck would like in Arlington. It came to light in June during several packed council meetings when citizens were denied the right to speak.  The editorial in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram seems to have a lot of holes.  THE PEOPLE making comments noticed.  They point out...

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