Calling all counties...

Funny when we mention water, we get emails...THE PEOPLE are listening. So help them spread the word!

We've told you about the "COG" before. Another one of those "Nothing was ever done, it just got worse..." Would we really want this "organization" to be in charge of a project of this magnitude?

Read what we received from a Concerned Citizen...seems to be a lot of those lately.

To All Concerned,

My wife and I were made aware of, and attended a meeting in Granbury on February 24, 2010 that was presented by NCTCOG. The subject of the meeting centered on the protection of watersheds.

What disturbed us was the presentation of a new pilot program that involves a “coalition” of the three Federal agencies, EPA, HUD, and DOT in planning “sustainable” environments and the Federal regulations that will go with this activity. We were told that this watershed based program was being funded by stimulus money going through Federal grants to NCTCOG. The program involves “greenprinting” of watersheds in 16 North Texas counties. The nonprofit group Trust for Public Land is also a significant player in the program to acquire land “for conservation.”

NCTCOG held the “roundtable meetings” to obtain feedback from people in the watershed regions. My wife and I attended two meetings, the one in Granbury for the Lake Granbury watershed, and the one in Kaufman for the Cedar Creek Lake watershed. There were county government water employees present and a few government officials. The only citizen group representatives there were us and our 3 friends (at the Granbury meeting) who accidentally found out about the Granbury meeting and notified us.

A roundtable meeting was scheduled for every watershed during the month of February 2010. One meeting was postponed due to inclement weather. The rescheduled meeting covers watersheds for Lakes Arlington, Weatherford, Benbrook and Joe Pool. The new date is Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:00AM at Mansfield City Hall, 1200 East Broad St.

I would encourage citizens of Hood County and their representatives that missed the Lake Granbury meeting to attend the meeting in Mansfield, as the format and the pilot program presentation are the same.