Thứ Tư, 30 tháng 11, 2011

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 lease on the might-as-well-be-a-million-dollar Woodshed Smokehouse restaurant that his "fiefdom," the Trinity River Vision, has built. (See: "Eatery deal is debated," Sunday) Remember that's how "Mama's Boy" Granger got his own "no-bid" job? Granger, the Trinity River Vision's executive director, is nepotism's biggest beneficiary since the Borgias.

What does the Tarrant Regional Water District get in this $970,000 sweetheart deal? A mention of the proposed restaurant on a television cooking demonstration. Plus -- in lieu of paying rent -- the Woodshed will "ensure ... a specified number of beers ... on tap" and a promise that cyclists and joggers can use the restroom. Plus, if the Woodshed closes before the end of its lease, "the district would get some $400,000 of restaurant equipment."

Used restaurant equipment should come in handy; water board members can become short-order cooks when our 50-year drought dries up the river. Meanwhile, who's minding the store? It took a Star-Telegram Texas Public Information Act request to find out anything about this boondoggle. There's more going around in the dark than Santa Claus.
-- Guelma B. Hopkins, Fort Worth

Related Posts:

  • Front page "news"?By the time the Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about the Trinity River Tim Love Woodshed restaurant appeared on the fr… Read More
  • Fort Worth has a new owner"Time to get to Fort Worth. Tim Love owns this town. It’s a great honky-tonk town."So. In the world of celebrity chefs, … Read More
  • Rumor has it....Since May, we've been posting about the long rumored Tim Love Woodshed restaurant on the banks of the Trinity River.&nbs… Read More
  • WHO's your daddy?As previously mentioned, we keep it in the family in Fort Worth.  Literally. Read about the court connections on Po… Read More
  • And the Winner is...Ms. Hopkins.  Again.The Loser?  YOU.Read Ms. Hopkins latest letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  It's… Read More

0 nhận xét:

Đăng nhận xét