The story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, of the TRE leaving folks stranded in downtown Fort Worth wasn't enough, the comment left by meganr1975, took the cake. Bravo.Well, if the T apologized, that's all Gordon needs to be satisfied. ...
As if
Thứ Ba, 31 tháng 7, 2012
Thứ Hai, 30 tháng 7, 2012
Chủ Nhật, 29 tháng 7, 2012
That boat won't float
People have asked us before why the Stockyards would be so interested in supporting the Trinity River Vision when it's very existence is supposed to bring people from all over the country to a small, polluted lake in Fort Worth? The only answer...
Thứ Sáu, 27 tháng 7, 2012
Same Players...same game
We'll give you one guess WHO is being played?In our most recent posts, the names TXDot and the U.S. Department of Transportation keep coming up. In our posts over the years so does the Corp of Engineers, North Central Texas Council of Governments...
They don't read
Apparently the only thing those in Washington, D.C. read is this blog. Therefore, we thought we'd share what some are saying about the latest Trinity River Vision Boondoogle funding scheme.Read the comments in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Some...
Thứ Năm, 26 tháng 7, 2012
What do ya know?
You are next.Blue Mound is having to boil their water.Wasn't Blue Mound the same town that feared losing businesses due to the water rate increases last year? Pay attention. YOU can't afford not to, and YOU could be ne...
Corrupt Money and politics...
In Tarrant County? You don't say.The letter in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram says it all.Reading Linda Campbell's column on Bill Bradley took me back to my 2000 race for Congress against Kay Granger. (See: "Can't Obama and Romney talk solutions?"...
Made us laugh
A Jeer in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Bait and switch is right on the money, ma'am.Jeers: To the city of Fort Worth and the Trinity River "Vision" Project for taking what is normally an extraordinary fireworks show and turning it into whatever...
Are YOU next?
What happens when it's YOUR water?WHO owns YOUR water? In a-round-about way (some of you will get that) the Tarrant Regional Water District owns your water. What have they been up to lately?All things TRV. Read about those in Fort Worth...
Thứ Hai, 23 tháng 7, 2012
Pay attention
They are all playing the same game. Guess WHO pays?TTC eminent domain abuse continuesAnd the eminent domain abuse doesn't stop with pipeline companies. TxDOT just released a Request for Information, June 22, seeking assistance from developers to...
What's wrong with Tarrant County?
This.When a young man who happens to be a Wedgewood Church shooting survivor, an Afghan veteran, a current police officer, a TCU graduate, a devoted husband and father, that wants to serve his county as constable can be sued by a sore loser. Read...
Tubing in Tarrant County
Is that the Love Shack flooding? What's next, the Woodshed?Maybe next year instead of Tubing the Trinity, you can Tube the Stockyards. Hopefully someone will test that water. This tubing location is courtesy of a broken water main in...
Fort Worth gets "modern" transportation
That's what the Fort Worth Star-Telegram calls the $787 million in grants Fort Worth is getting from the U.S. Transportation Department. WHERE do you think they get that money? WHO's do you think it is?Maybe they could give that money to TXDot, we hear they need more land. In the meantime, could we get a freeway that works around...
Thứ Năm, 19 tháng 7, 2012
Feces, Alligators and Zebra Mussels
Oh my!The dreaded Zebra mussels have made their way to the Trinity River basin. It's quoted as being a very bad thing for the environment and the economy.What will they find in the river system next?Hopefully they find it before the next Trinity River...
Thứ Hai, 16 tháng 7, 2012
Daughter of Texas Fights For Her Land Against TransCanada
A daughter of Texas is standing up to a foreign corporation that has come to take her land by force.Julia Trigg Crawford manages the farm her grandfather bought in 1948 near Direct, TX south of the Red River. Last year a Canadian pipeline company called...
Chủ Nhật, 15 tháng 7, 2012
Another Tarrant County Example
Or more Montgomery Plaza drama...Not only could they not sell all the condos (as they stated they could), some were foreclosed on. Now, the tenants have found out how much the developers are making off the tax assessment alone. They're pretty...
Trust us...
We "protect" YOUR water.We don't know which is worse, that Fort Worth said it, the paper quoted it, or that some people buy it.Fort Worth says water might be stinky, but it's safe"Customers should notice some improvement by Saturday, but taste and...
Thứ Sáu, 6 tháng 7, 2012
Faux Flood Control in Fort Worth
It appears the latest Trinity River Vision Update has shown Durango a few new things, like the Trinity River Vision's Interior Water Feature.Below is part of a long Durango post about the Trinity River Vision Update:When the Trinity River Vision Boondoggle...
Thứ Ba, 3 tháng 7, 2012
Speaking of roads...
People come here every day looking for information on Texas Toll Roads. If you want information and want to know WHO is behind the Texas Toll Road fiasco, look no further.Texas Turf has it all.Educate yourself. Your children will thank y...
Ain't all it's cracked up to be...
Not only does the drilling industry no longer own the 4th of July, they rolled through here and tore up the roads.We think we heard that at a meeting (or a hundred), citizens asking WHO was going to pay for it, all the while knowing the answer.Guess...
