The stats say you've been missing us, though we are pretty sure it was Mary Kelleher on the Water Board you were actually missing.
Look, we know you had high hopes-
Mary was reelected, there were some newbies on the board and Jim Oliver's 30 year reign was over. But alas...we've learned except for Mary's return, it's more of the same. The ousted President, Jack Stevens, (Kay Granger's candidate that came in dead last by the way) made his last act an embarrassing one by signing over $360,000 of your money to Jim Oliver and JD Granger. Supposedly, unbeknownst to the board (there is some question as to when Marty Leonard knew).
The board voted to stop the payments and Tarrant County residents breathed a sigh of relief, that they finally had a board representing THEM.
Then came Dan Buhman, the new GM, who was trained by WHO? You guessed it, Jim Oliver. The voters had questions on how the process worked when there were no mention of the other candidates and all the emails lead right back to the plan of Dan taking over the show.
And last but not least, when Oliver leaned he wasn't getting his payment, he threatened to sue the board for age discrimination - "one of the things threatened in lawsuit". Many thought the newbies would stick to their guns and not give the taxpayers money away on another frivolous lawsuit. Some of the old school knew better. The vote was once again 4-1. Welcome back, Mary Kelleher. We, the taxpayers, have missed you.
The TRWD has never been afraid to spend your money on a lawsuit. From employee harassment cases, eminent domain cases, suing Oklahoma to take their water, the IPL pipeline...the list goes on and it's long and very expensive. So if you run into TRWD board members out and about ask them what they were really afraid of. YOU deserve to know.
And if you're not reading the Fort Worth report, you're missing out. They've blown the doors of that Startlegram "news" rag.
