WHO's Paying?

All of us.

We are all paying a board of elected officials (that some of YOU can't vote for) to NOT do their job.

Why are the citizens the ones that have to keep pointing this out? Why is nothing ever done, and it just gets worse? Where are our "leaders"? Where is the media?
Oh right, they are all at the bank. Laughing.

You can't afford to miss Clyde's take on the Water Board. None of us can afford to.

Tarrant Regional Water District is raising wholesale water rates for its customers. Its number one customer is Fort Worth and Fort Worth, in turn, sells water to other communities. So other cities that might not even be in the taxing jurisdiction of TRWD must pay higher rates and don't have the where-with-all to vote for district board members and approve or disapprove of water board policies.

True, the district is not raising taxes for the 13th consecutive year, but they can make more by raising rates than by increasing taxes in that the water users far outnumber the tax payers.

They have a responsibility for maintaining the cleanliness and flood control of the Trinity River and for providing raw water for Fort Worth and other communities within their district.

Except - TRWD is helping finance the Trinity Uptown project, that 17 acre town lake with other amenities that altogether have escalated from $360 million in 2004 to $920 million today, and has a 100% likelihood of increasing by much more.