Give it up

Instead of saying, “we can’t add”, the Star-Telegram chooses to call the call out on them “grumbling”. 

And don't miss the comments on Durango's boondoggle post.  They keep getting better.

Drive-in grumbling

A "back to the future" drive-in movie theater promises to reap a profit of $1.7 million over a 10-year contract with the Tarrant Regional Water District. The enlightened Star-Telegram Editorial Board says this "sounds like a way to jump-start activity along the Trinity River -- and at no risk to the taxpayer."

A 1.8 percent return on $909 million may sound like a good deal to the dim bulbs at the water district, Trinity River Vision Authority and Star-Telegram, but it sounds to me like yet another departure from a flawed Trinity Uptown plan that includes a flooded wakeboard park (what is the profit from that?), and a no-bid, one-time good-deal restaurant lease. And at no risk to the taxpayer, you say?

A couple hundred million to remediate flood potential caused by a half-billion-dollar rechanneling of the river, all to return far less than it costs. That's visionary?

-- Clyde Picht, Fort Worth

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Well said -

A letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram tells you how to fix this mess our politicians have made.

Voting strength

It seems to be the common belief among most citizens that this country is gradually sinking into nothingness. It also seems to be common knowledge that the main reason behind our decline is the arguing and bickering among elected members of our do-nothing Congress.

It seems that the only way to get this country moving again is for all voters to, for once, forget party loyalty and vote out the slackers, regardless of party affiliation, who do nothing but draw their pay check and sign ridiculous pledges.

The way I see it, for us to thrive again and rebuild our recognition as the number-one economy in the world is try our best to rid Washington of all the greed and self-preservation of our selfish representatives. Yes, it can be accomplished at polling places!

-- Ed Huddleston, Fort Worth

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More Cheers

Seems some are paying attention, read the Cheer in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Cheers: 

To Layla Caraway, Bob Lukeman and TRIP for winning the Conservation Award at the Glen Rose Film Festival! If you are concerned about out-of-control spending by your government or what's happening with your water, watch Up a Creek. Together, we can make a difference.

-- Debbie L. Sheffield,

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Not all sheep

The letters to the editor in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram prove that while the majority may be blind as a bat, not all citizens are sheep.

Letters about fuzzy math, one sided reporting, education, skewed priorities, groups that claim to represent all are just a few topics today.  Read them all.  Be sheep free.

Energy savings?

Arlington is spending $2.3 million to replace windows in a 30-year-old building. (See: "Arlington replacing single-pane window panels on City Tower," Monday)

The $78,000 a year potential savings in energy costs sounds great until you do the math. It will take more than 29 years just to break even on this investment. Is this really a wise use of funds in a time when government is supposedly looking for expenditures that can be cut?

-- Suzanne Hencken, Chico

I noticed the reporter only reported one side of the story and did not talk to Montgomery. Is this the current way to report? Is an article only the information that fits the story the reporter wants to write? What is the rest of the story?

-- Dan Moore, Fort Worth

Skewed priorities

How can Fort Worth be designated an All-American City when its priorities are so skewed? There is no money to open even one swimming pool for Fort Worth residents, and libraries are short of funds. However, $68,695 can be spent to put lights on a radio tower near Interstate 20 and Campus Drive. How much will the electric bill be for that tower and the ones in the Lancaster Avenue median?

Almost $25,000 is expected to be spent to help landscape and irrigate the median on a back road at the Fort Worth boundary with Saginaw. I know city funds are budgeted for specific purposes but it's time to reallocate funds to do what will accomplish the most good for the most people. I don't even live in Fort Worth, but I find this situation hard to ignore. Fort Worth residents need to speak up!

-- Pat Friar, Saginaw

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