Because they wanted a say in what takes place in their neighborhood. They, like several other neighborhood groups (Oakhurst, Mallard Cove - anyone see a pattern here?), had to find out about these proposed changes, then fight to get enough time to get meetings scheduled.
We wondered why Chesapeake was there, apparently they own land there too. We're sure they came just to be "good neighbors".
The whole system seems to be backwards. You ask those it will affect the most, after you do your studies? Shouldn't you start there? The meeting seemed like many others we've attended in the county over the past several years. Talk and show slides until the crowd gets restless, beg everyone not to attack each other, stall...but at some point the residents will take the floor. Be it in a church or city hall, they came for a reason.
Some left the meeting mad, "After listening to you tell us what YOU want for an hour, now we can't ask questions?" Some were outright angry and some were very well spoken.
Most answers involved the response, "You would need to talk to Councilman Jordan about that". That was followed up with, "WHERE is he?" He is in Austin. At a conference. While his constituents feel run over and ignored. More of the Fort Worth Way?
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