To the point

Leave it to Mr. Woodard to again point out the obvious. His Letter to the Editor in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is another example of the questions citizens should be asking.

Unanswered question

According to Sandra Baker's Friday story, XTO Energy wants to demolish a 1950s-era industrial building that previously was part of the Armour & Co. meatpacking site in Fort Worth's historical Stockyards district. XTO has asked for permission from the city's Historical Commission to tear down the one-story structure.

Most historic properties in Fort Worth have demolition delay zoning, which is a way to protect structures and make sure owners make every effort to preserve a structure before demolishing it.

Let me be sure that I have this straight. Permission has to be received by XTO to tear down an unneeded, privately owned, off-the-beaten-path building but not for Town Lake earmarkers to demolish Fort Worth's signature landmark, the Clear Fork-West Fork confluence of the Trinity River.

XTO's obscure building is perhaps 50 years old. How old is the confluence, the observed of all observers? Ask God.

-- Don Woodard Sr., Fort Worth

AMEN!