Hail Mary!

Don Woodard has done it again. You don't want to miss it. It's too much fun.

And truthful. Guess we don't have to mention that it's in the Fort Worth Business Press.

An excerpt:

"The silence of the water board, city council, commissioners court and our congresswoman, aided and abetted by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, has been deafening.

The Star-Telegram has been the star abettor in the property-snatching, squatter-like scheme. I knew Amon Carter, Sr. and Jr. They would have side-tracked this runaway earmark 10 years ago. They published the truism far and wide that the confluence is where Fort Worth and the West began. Go down to the confluence and read the monument for yourself."

Click on "One giant leap" image above to enlarge to readable size.

Still no "news"

People keep showing up here wanting to know what's going on with the Tarrant Regional Water District recount.  We even received an email inquiring since there was "nothing in today's paper".  Our first thought was, when is there?  And our second was, WHY is a recount of this scale and magnitude not being reported on?  Oh yes, we live in Tarrant County, that's why.  Where there is no paper of record (aside from the FW Weekly).  Where the "news" source and its columnist spend their time kissing butt to whoever is already in office.  Ever wondered, WHAT'S in it for them?

We do know, after seeing the recount rules, that they too need an overhaul.  Anything that puts a water board member, that wrote NEGATIVE letters containing false information about candidates, as the head of the recount, needs to be reformed.  Immediately. 

And WHY would incumbents be watching the recount?  One that had many votes, and one that scraped by with 90.  Ever wondered, WHAT'S in it for them?

Stay tuned, maybe soon, we'll all know why.  And maybe a national news organization will tell us, since the locals won't.

Anyone 'round here want to buy a paper?

Shots fired

Last year it was a rescued shelter dog, wagging its tail.  This time, it was a grandfather protecting his property. 

The wife of the man killed by Fort Worth police is "disgusted" and wants answers.  Wouldn't YOU?

See it on NCBDFW.com.

We remember

Cobblestone Road Image by Mary Ellen Ecklund

Thank you to our brave men and women and thank you to one of our loyal readers for sharing this poem with us.

We salute you all.......

Cobblestone Road
by Ray Ecklund

The old men saluted, young girls smiled and they waved
As we marched out of town on that sunny Spring day
We held our chins up, just seventeen years old
As we took our first steps on that cobblestone road

We left to serve our nation, to fight our country’s wars
We went to fill our duty on those foreign shores
We left all that we knew, our family and our homes
That day we took our first steps on that cobblestone road

We met those young boys with the same fear in their eyes
We knew that some would live that day and some of us would die
We knew that somewhere a boy’s momma would cry
Along the cobblestone road

We buried our brothers in the fields right where they lay
We gathered together and bowed our heads to pray
We said a blessing for their eternal soul
Then we marched on down that cobblestone road

We marched over mountains and valleys far below
We marched through the summer heat and the winter snows
We continued ever onward, even though
We could see no end to that cobblestone road

We collected our medals and stripes upon our sleeve
Fighting for our country and the things that we believe
We brothers have traveled to every corner of this globe
Since we took those first steps on that cobblestone road

We have seen many a trouble and killed many a men
They say that you can never go home again
We carry that burden so our loved ones will never know
The pain of the march on that cobblestone road

We  long for our home valley and the chapel on the hill
We wonder if there is a candle burning there still
For those young men from so long ago
Who marched out of town on that cobblestone road

Remember them

Hubris Capitol of Texas - Tarrant County

Don't believe it?

You must not be reading Durango.

You should.  You can't afford not to.

One, two, a billion

Counting in Fort Worth is always an issue.

The Tarrant County Elections office will soon be recounting the votes for the Tarrant Regional Water District.

Good luck, John Basham!

The Watchdog Slaps the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in the Face

And gets a job at a real paper

Coming soon, to the Dallas Morning News. 

Stay tuned.

Too little too late

The editorial in the Bipolar paper today gives us enough material for the rest of the week.

The TRWD isn't the only group in need of a "slap in the face" as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram says.  They, themselves are in need of one.  The "news" paper spent all their time talking about the challengers donations while never once mentioning where the incumbents were getting their money (no-bid TRV contractors - YOUR money).

Their food critic spent all his time trashing the challengers on Facebook.  Some of the attacks against the challengers were down right false.  Any reporter worth their weight could have asked the tax assessor about the challenger Marty Leonard called a "tax deadbeat", they would have received the letter we did during the campaign that shows no taxes owed.

By the way, the incumbents long time political consultant should learn some new tricks. He said the same thing about a candidate in the last water board race, it was false too.

WHY did the paper label the challengers as Tea Party candidates, when they were supported by the Tea Party, and the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, and the Libertarian Party and many folks that are tired of downtown partying on their dime.

What was the vote difference between the incumbents and BNK?

4.  Four votes.  Remember that.

The "news" paper also failed to ask WHY the incumbents weren't attending forums or answering to the taxpayers WHO elected them.  Remember that too.  Ask them WHY they didn't report on the TEC complaint against the Water Board members.  And WHY they didn't investigate allegations that they have been aware of for years?

Now the paper is singing a different tune.  Nobody is buying it.  Or the paper.  Just look at their plummeting stock.

Be sure and read the FW Weekly tomorrow for their exclusive interview with Mary Kelleher.

If you want a laugh, you can read the FWST, it's all they are good for anyway.

If the campaign and vote totals in Saturday’s election for three seats on the Tarrant Regional Water District board of directors struck a bit of fear in the hearts of current board members, that would be a good thing.

But barely alive campaigning has been quite the norm in many water board elections, and that’s the problem. Maybe if board members see themselves more as vulnerable to defeat they’ll put a little more effort into sharing what they do with the people who elect them.

But openness is not the board’s strong suit. It may not quite fit the “secret meetings” label advanced by the challengers, but the TRWD is not a constituent-friendly organization. It has a spiffy website, but try going there to find out when the next board or committee meeting is or what’s on the agenda.

What does a hero look like?

Her.  Mary Kelleher. The new Tarrant Regional Water District Board member.

The record setting vote getter in the history of TRWD elections.

The taxpaying citizen that finally got fed up with the lack of response, transparency and ethics and did something about it.

Thank you to all who voted for Mary, and for BNK.

Watch for more good things to come from all of them.  People like them will change the face of Tarrant County.

Go Mary!

So an attorney walks into a 9-12 meeting...

On April Fool's Day, no less.

Does that make him a Tea Partier?

Maybe someone should focus on their own campaign and quit playing in the water.