"Voters beware" is what a campaign mailer from the water board incumbents read. Mayor Price was concerned that outside interests were trying to take over your water supply! First of all, WHAT water supply?Second of all, has Mayor Price seen the incumbents campaign donations? The incumbents are getting money from Dallas (GASP!)...
Thứ Bảy, 4 tháng 5, 2013
Thứ Sáu, 3 tháng 5, 2013
Say it again.
Below are some fun facts about the Mayor Price mailer you received. You can see a photo of the documents at Woodard says. They were just so good we have to post them again.Concerning the Water Board incumbents campaign mailer...
Adrian says...
Need another reason to vote out the current board of the TRWD? How about 1,800,073? That's the combined salaries of the top ten highest paid staff members, as approved by the board. Vote Basham, Nold and Kelleher and send the message that you're not an ATM.There's a lot of folks talking about the water board race.YOU should be.www.BNK2013....
Durango Says...
It ain't YOUR board.It belongs to THE PEOPLE. I think Marty Leonard's morally bankrupt low blow directed at John Basham is a fairly good indicator of the quality of character Marty Leonard possesses. She being a self-entitled dowager heiress who...
Woodard says...
PUT JOHN BASHAM ON THE WATER BOARD.WHAT’S WRONG WITH A 4-1 VOTE ON THE BOARD?WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER VOICE AND ANOTHER SET OF EYES.click to read what Woodard says about the upcoming TRWD election in its full PDF form...
Thứ Năm, 2 tháng 5, 2013
The Water Board Stinks...
That's what one "associate" of the TRWD says about them, he also says "Just hold your nose and do it".WHAT?Is that an endorsement?? Smells almost as bad as the Trinity River in summer. (The same one the water board encourages you to...
Truth, Justice and the Fort Worth Way
We've been playing catch up with all the election emails we've received. Seems folks are very interested in the Tarrant Regional Water Board election.And it looks like we're not the only ones playing catch up. In the past two days the TRWD incumbents...
"Who's keeping Watch?"
FW Worth Weekly, thank goodness.Great title (Numb and Dumber) and look at what really happens when something bad happens. He called various state agencies, beginning with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and discovered that...
Thứ Tư, 1 tháng 5, 2013
Once a Watchdog,
Always a Watchdog.Dave Lieber, the 20 year Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter, who was laid off, is still watching out for you. On his Facebook this week he posted the following:Pet peeve: When officials running for reelection use public money to...
Thứ Ba, 30 tháng 4, 2013
Election in Big D
Check out item number 23, and VOTE for TXSharon!http://surveys.dmagazine.com/bestofbigd2013-cult...
Chủ Nhật, 28 tháng 4, 2013
Define Insanity
Doing the same thing and expecting different results.The Tarrant Regional Water District incumbents have sat on the board for a combined total of almost 60 years. In that 60 years, WHAT benefit have they provided you?A good plan for water supply? ...
Thứ Bảy, 27 tháng 4, 2013
This is it! Prairie to the people!
Prairie Fest starts Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Come on in to the greenest festival in Texas. More than 40 green Exhibitors, prairie tours, live music, from 10 bands, tasty food and beverage, kids stuff and much more at the most valuable 160 acres...
Thứ Năm, 25 tháng 4, 2013
Same old dog, same old tricks
The Tarrant Regional Water District just spent lots of YOUR money to put out their board report. Now, knowing many citizens in the district, we have a feeling they'd be happy with that info being free online, or at the very least, being printed...
Thứ Hai, 22 tháng 4, 2013
YOU only get one.
Don't screw it ...
URGENT: Texans' Property Taxes to Build Toll Roads???
THE GRASSROOTS TEXANS NETWORKFellow Grassroots Texans:Please find below an URGENT message from Terri Hall of T.U.R.F.PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.PROPERTY TAX TO BUILD TOLL ROADS?This week, the full Texas House will vote on whether or not to use property taxes...
Chủ Nhật, 21 tháng 4, 2013
The man was right.
Remember back when then Councilman Clyde Picht said the Trinity River Vision would cost taxpayers at least a billion dollars?And when he said Fort Worth should invest in tornado sirens?That's what people should be concerned with, their safety and their...
Thứ Sáu, 19 tháng 4, 2013
Double Talk
The incumbent endorsing Fort Worth Star-Telegram has been endorsing incumbents today. We know, no surprise.Thing is, do they read their own opinion pieces? There's one that says we need a "fresh start" and one that says "Change is inevitable",...
Thứ Năm, 18 tháng 4, 2013
WHO is looking out for YOU?
The New York Times is looking at Texas again. Of course for Oil & Gas. We can't wait till the start looking at the water. Get a rope!Friendliness toward the drilling industry is typical for Texas, where many lawmakers receive campaign...
Fort Worth, Dallas on Line 1
Finally.The Dallas Morning News writes about the Tarrant Regional Water District. Read what the Water District spokesperson had to say. YOU can't afford not to.Kudos to Dallas for having a real "news" paper. Y'all come back real...
Thứ Tư, 17 tháng 4, 2013
Down in flames
That's how one water board incumbent seemed to go last night at group meeting last night.There was some confusion on his part to whether or not the Tarrant Regional Water District owned a hunting lease or not. Apparently that depends on if you...
Thứ Hai, 15 tháng 4, 2013
Did he say swimming pool?
This weekend the candidates from District 2 debated over breakfast. You can read about it here. One of the interesting items we noticed was Espino discussing the new pool being built on the North side. Did we miss something? Didn't we close all...
Thứ Sáu, 12 tháng 4, 2013
Texas House Bill 2828 Removes Local Authority
Message from Calvin Tillman.........I wanted to make everyone aware of Texas House Bill 2828, which would essentially remove a municipality's ability to regulate ANY aspect of the natural gas pipeline industry. This would include above ground appurtenances...
Welcome to Texas
In a state that claims to be fiscally conservative, its actions continue to show its anything but.Toll agency seeks sweeping new powers, lawmakers detect misrepresentati...
Thứ Năm, 11 tháng 4, 2013
Cowtown Connections
So Mayor Price wants to hold a fundraiser for the Tarrant Regional Water District incumbents. Yes, the same Mayor Price who when asked WHY she was giving up her high paying job to run for low paying Mayor, responded, "because Kay Granger asked...
Thứ Tư, 10 tháng 4, 2013
More Toxic Trinity
From the Fort Worth Weekly. Morris’ job involved crawling around in dangerous chemicals, often dumping the hazardous material into underground pits and sometimes down the storm drains when the pits were full and his supervisors wanted to cut corners.The...
Thứ Hai, 8 tháng 4, 2013
WHO are they?
BNKCheck them out at FlushTRWD.com YOU can't afford not ...
Chủ Nhật, 7 tháng 4, 2013
Location, location, location...
Is it any wonder that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram would have large color ads for the Tarrant Regional Water District, right here at election season?This is the first time we've seen the board members listed by name.What about YOU? ...
Thứ Bảy, 6 tháng 4, 2013
Help is not on the way...
Help is stuck in traffic on 820.We continually read on the DFW Scanner that "emergency crews are having difficulty accessing the scene" when something happens on 820 or 183 in the "construction zone". Today we witnessed it firsthand. ...
Thứ Sáu, 5 tháng 4, 2013
Wedgewood Square and Overton South
Tonight two hundred people packed into a church and listened to Fort Worth City officials drone on about zoning. WHY?Because they wanted a say in what takes place in their neighborhood. They, like several other neighborhood groups (Oakhurst,...
Thứ Năm, 4 tháng 4, 2013
What's in the water in Tarrant county?
Durango knows.He's got the latest on the Betsy Price and Robert Cluck blog to Congress about a Tarrant County "water war" and the latest on the Tarrant Regional Water District candidates. Now might be a good time to start paying attention. ...
Thứ Ba, 2 tháng 4, 2013
Not if she can help it...
We've told you about Eleanor Fairchild. She is the one who was arrested with Daryl Hannah, ON HER OWN PROPERTY.Read the latest in the FW Weekly. Don't think it can't happen to YOU or your great grandmother. This is Texas, sadly, it...
Chủ Nhật, 31 tháng 3, 2013
Coming Soon, Near YOU
Remember this next time those WHO will profit off the Keystone XL tell you it's safe.Read more about the spill here. The burst pipe is part of the Pegasus pipeline network, which connects tar sands along the Gulf coast to refineries in Houston....
Thứ Sáu, 29 tháng 3, 2013
Pay attention, it's YOUR TURF.
If the following isn't enough to spur you into action, go down to the capitol and help the pregnant lady, would ya? She can't do it alone!UPDATE Texas for Sale:Now Senate seeks to hand TX roads to foreign entitiesYour calls and emails are making a difference!Rep. Larry Phillips' bill, HB 3391, didn't get a hearing last week so it's up for a hearing...
Thứ Hai, 25 tháng 3, 2013
WOAH Toll...
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, SHOW UP or ALL OF THE ABOVE!A MESSAGE FROM TERRI HALL, Texas United for Reform and Freedom (TURF):__________________________GRASSROOTS ACTION ALERTRep. Larry Phillips' bill, HB 3391, is up for a hearing Tuesday in the House Transportation Committee (Rm. E2.012 @ 8 AM) that would give TxDOT and toll authorities a BLANK CHECK to enter...
Thứ Năm, 21 tháng 3, 2013
Congratulations to one of our Watchdogs!
A perfect example of people making a difference in their community!Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area celebrated the Spring Equinox a day early after being awarded the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Award for Grass Roots Non-profit Organization.We...
Thứ Ba, 19 tháng 3, 2013
WHO'S suing WHO?
Ed Bass and other "land owners" sue Cheseapeake. Now someone is suing the Tarrant Regional Water District. Is justice coming to Fort Worth? To Tarrant County??Maybe there's something in the water.Wonder WHO's next? WHO broke the...
Thứ Hai, 18 tháng 3, 2013
WHAT was that?
Tarrant County just lit up.Loud boom and houses shaking from North Richland Hills to Fort Worth.Lots of things blowing up in Tarrant County lately...Rumor has it that one was the Weatherford Street bridge. WHAT'S ne...
Prairie Fest 2013: Prairie to the People
What: Tandy Hills Natural Area celebrates the 8th Prairie Fest. Enjoy free live music and outdoor fun from 11 am until sundown with wildflower hikes and science-based activities for all ages. Relax on the hillside, taking in solar-powered tunes. Good...
YOU are invited
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!Calling all grassroots conservatives in Texas! Sound the alarm! There's trouble brewing in Austin. The "Kings of Texas" are coming for your liberty and your wallets!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViz0HlZ_0UStatewide...
Thứ Bảy, 16 tháng 3, 2013
WHY all the cops?
WHY would the Mayor need 5 policemen and cars (one not pictured) to meet with residents in a park?A couple of weeks ago Mallard Cove residents stood up to city council again. That was on Tuesday. On Wednesday the paper wrote an article...
Thứ Sáu, 15 tháng 3, 2013
Well, what do we have here?
Seems normal folks aren’t the only ones getting screwed.Read in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about Ed Bass and others suing Chesapeake over royalties, or lack thereof. And Julie Wilson had no comment?? What’s the world coming to?They may...
Thứ Năm, 14 tháng 3, 2013
Boom goes Bust
“We’ve done a lot of work looking at tax revenues versus the costs to the community,” he said. “And the real issue is: How does a community cope with what happens after the boom goes bust? You want the drilling for the tax revenue and royalties and jobs...
Chủ Nhật, 10 tháng 3, 2013
Texas Bullies
Continuing our series of calling bullies out, this time in Texas. We told you about freshman Representative Giovonni Capriglione making a splash by introducing legislation that would require politicians to disclose things they should be disclosing. ...
Thứ Sáu, 8 tháng 3, 2013
Mallard Cove
Well, what do you know?After the council meeting and an editorial in the paper this week, it appears Mayor Price and Councilman Danny Scarth figured out where Mallard Cove is. Seems they will be holding a walking town hall there tomorrow, Saturday at 9:00 a.m. in the park, that the industry built. ...
