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

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...

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

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. ...

Same old…

We’re talking about the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial on the local elections.They haven’t told you who to vote for yet, but you know the drill, they say incumbents…Isn’t that how we got in this mess? It’s the purest definition of insanity.  Doing...

Washington Bullies

So as we were reading on Facebook and blogs tonight, we noticed something.  People are especially disgusted with the Republican party today.  What surprised us was how surprised they were.  Now don't go getting all Left and Right...

Thứ Năm, 7 tháng 3, 2013

Come on Down

To Austin.To Citizen Lobby Day 2013March 12, 2013, from 9am to 4pm at the Texas State Capitol at 1100 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas.Meet us on the South Capitol steps.More info here...

Thứ Tư, 6 tháng 3, 2013

Call out

We told you that you knew WHO Mary Kelleher was.  Last night she was speaking at City Council trying once again to protect her neighborhood.  YOU want her protecting YOURS.Read about it in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then vote for her in the Tarrant Regional Water District election.  She calls them as she sees them.  We need more...

Hey Mister, can you spare $50 million?

That's the estimated amount Fort Worth is short this go around.Makes you wonder WHAT they spend YOUR money on.Oh, yes, bicycles and wakeboard parks.  Read the basics in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  Then remember that next time they start spouting their support for the "leaders" of Fort Worth to enslave you to the debt."Our current budget...

Say it isn’t so…

Well, the rumors are true.  Don Young is saddling up to leave Dirty Ol’ Town.Read about WHY in the FW Weekly.The citizens of this town just lost another Watchdog. Happy trails, s...

Thứ Bảy, 2 tháng 3, 2013

WHO?

Since the Fort Worth Star-Telegram left out the candidates for the Tarrant Regional Water Board, we thought we'd fill you in.From the info we've received it looks like there are seven candidates.The three incumbents (who have voted your money away for...

Durango wants to know

He ain't the only one.Read it all here.  Then ask the "news" WHY they aren't telling.So, really, why have we here in Fort Worth not read any investigative journalism in the Star-Telegram asking critical questions about the Trinity River Vision Boondoggle?I...