Till someone gets hurt, or goes broke.Read about the Party in Fort Worth, sponsored by Chesapeake, on Durango. Tickets were $200.00 for individuals and up to $25,000 for a table. WHO paid for YOUR elected leaders to attend?There were several...
Kudos to Chief Crowson in Arlington for standing up for the safety of THE PEOPLE, again.We need more like this.Read about the Arlington Fire Chief and his plan to keep his town, his team and his citizens safe in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Meet Don...
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 grumblingA "back to the future" drive-in movie...
Has everybody talking. Durango does it again. YOU don't want to miss it, or the comments.Yes. That sounds like a good plan, lease land to a startup business starting up a new business they've not started up before. Sounds like a recipe for...
Coming from Fort Worth. How fitting. The subject today? Injection wells. Seems we aren't the only ones who noticed the "citizen input" meetings are similiar to those supposed "citizen input" meetings for other Fort Worth projects. ...
The Tarrant Regional Water District voted to open a drive-in theatre as part of the Trinity River Vision, you know, that "flood control" project downtown.Don't worry, there is finally one aspect of this billion plus dollar boondoggle they say you aren't...
Downtown.And everywhere else.Way back in 2008, the Mayor and a council member stood on the side of the road and promised to fix streets in north Fort Worth if voters passed the combined bond. In 2010, residents were still asking...
SUBJECT: Authorize Execution of a Master Utility Agreement with Atmos Energy Outlining Cost-Sharing Responsibilities and Processes for Utility Relocations Required by Trinity River Vision – Central City Project (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)RECOMMENDATION:It...
A drive-in. On a river full of feces.So far the Trinity River Vision flood control pork project has produced a wakeboard park (which flooded), Rockin' on the River (where you float in said feces filled river), a risk free taxpayer funded restaurant...
by Josh Fox on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 This morning, the charge of "unlawful entry" brought against me was dismissed without condition. The US Attorney dropped the case, finding it baseless and without merit. Although this...
THE PEOPLE outside of Tarrant County are standing up. While the NCTCOG holds more private meetings.Kudos to those "leaders" in Denton County for looking out for your people and their money. Read about it in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.The last...
WHO's in charge?Read a letter to the City of Fort Worth from a concerned taxpayer. All taxpayers should be so concerned. Attend the Fort Worth City Council meeting February 14th, to find out what exactly what YOU are paying for. And remember that next election. I would like to bring to the attention all in Fort Worth another atrocity by...
Read Durango's Top 15 list. Sad, but true. Do something about it. We won't give you the whole list, because YOU should read the whole post, but here are a few of our favorites.I don't know if I can come up with 15 reasons Fort Worth...
Letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fool's goldLetter writers and columnists are lambasting the new Museum of Science and History and nostalgically longing for yesterday's old museum. What if after a billion earmark dollars are spent on new-fangled...
Truitt campaign spokesman Bryan Eppstein said critics of the Legislature's budget-balancing "fall into the camp of the people that want to support raising taxes or they fall into the group of people that don't know what they're talking about."So if you...
HOW many in Texas? WHY? ASK.TAXPAYER DISASTER:STOP tolls on FREEways! It's been 7 years since Congress passed the last federal highway bill. Now its racing through Congress at the speed of light -- why? Because they want to sell-off...
Mel LeBlanc is no longer an Arlington Council member and he's no longer in the running for the next election. Read about it on the ArlingtonVoice.com.In response to allegations surrounding his recently cleared drug investigation, Councilman Mel...
For the benefit of THE PEOPLE. Monday, across the state of Texas, many will come together to save Texans property rights.There are 80 properties in the way in Texas with the Canadian pipeline, up 90 in Tarrant County with the Trinity River Vision,...
They happen to be at the Washington Post.Check out what list YOUR Congresswoman made now. Next time you complain about government spending in Washington, check your own city. And is 'government spending' an oxymoron? WHO's money do you think they...
Durango shows you the mess left behind from the sanitary sewer line break at the Tandy Hills.But, as we all know, we have more important things to worry about spending money on in Fort Worth than the water/sewer infrastructure. Or sidewalks.The Trinity...
We've asked this question before, finally some answers. YOU don't want to hear them, but YOU can't afford not to.Read about the 119 year old water lines in Fort Worth. In the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Water pipelines- Age of pipe by decade...
Saturday there are two free events taking place, the Brush Bash on Tandy Hills and the Candidate Fair in Hurst.Do both!At the candidate fair you can talk to the candidates one on one and get your questions answered. No speeches here.We're betting...
And then I saw the source of the flood. Water shooting out of a Fort Worth Sanitary Sewer manhole.That explained the malodorousness.Apparently this manhole has been spewing sewer water for over a week, flowing into Tandy Creek, and then the Trinity...
The Fort Worth City Council is considering lifting its 10 year long moratorium on wastewater disposal wells (known also as saltwater disposal wells) which are used by the natural gas drilling industry to dispose of wastewater from the drilling and fracking...
It doesn't matter which side of the aisle you sit on or which side of this particular fight you are on - If this doesn't outrage you, you might be more like "them" then you think. From the Huffington Post: In a stunning break with First...
What would you say if you're elected leaders said they were going to spend a million of your dollars to build a restaurant?That's why they dont tell you. Come see us today! Free shirts! Not purchased with your taxes! And check out what the...