Christmas Week Off to a Rumbling Start in North Texas

Two more earthquakes struck near the town of Azle outside of Fort Worth over the weekend, both measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale. One struck late Sunday morning, the other Monday morning. The area, in Parker and Tarrant counties, has seen a swarm of over twenty quakes since the beginning of November,...

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Welcome to Texas

Government land heist for private developer. Surprisingly, they aren't talking about Tarrant County. This one is in the Hill Country.Starting to smell like Tarrant County though.What about when government steals private property for its own gain, outside any perceptible public use? Apparently, there...

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And the largest water boondoggle in the U.S. is...

What else? The Trinity River Vision.We didn't read the article (you can here on the FW Biz Press) we read Clyde's take on it and the title. That's all we needed to know.Jack Z Smith got it part right. The IPL project is BIG, EXPENSIVE, and pumps a lot of water to Dallas and Tarrant counties in the distant...

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WHO is taking the water? And WHAT are they doing with it?

Despite the devastating drought, the river authority is pursuing an application to allow it to take even more water out of the Brazos –– in fact two-thirds again as much as it currently takes. The application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality doesn’t explain to whom the water would be...

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Tired of paying for Hike and Bike Trails where streets used to be?

YOU aren't alone. Ask YOUR Congressman WHY YOU are being double taxed.Hike & bike trailsBlumenauer chairs the Congressional Bicycle Caucus and is a huge advocate of Agenda 21-style ‘complete streets’ policies designed to restrict auto mobility and elevate other more politically correct modes of...

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Need legal help to get your Chesapeake royalities?

To All,In  case you missed it The McDonald Law Firm might just be the first to come out seeking clients who feel that Chesapeake Energy has underpaid  them on their gas royalty interests. An Ad on page 5B of Sundays Fort Worth  Section advertise  a Free Analysis and Consultation...

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How many earthquakes does it take to wake North Texas up?

20 and counting...Since November 1....Area earthquakes Earthquakes (and aftershocks) that have recently been felt in North Texas: Dec. 10 — 2.7 magnitude, east of Azle Dec. 9 — 3.7 magnitude, north-northeast of Mineral Wells Dec. 8 — 3.6 magnitude, north of Azle Dec. 3 — 2.7 magnitude, north of Azle Nov. 29 — 3.1 magnitude, near Reno Nov. 28 — 3.6 magnitude, north of Mineral Wells...

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Living in Well Hell?

Check with this guy on Facebook.Tex WellsTex Wells updated his status: "I will be out sampling this Thursday-Sunday in Weatherford, Aledo, and Granbury if anyone would like to get their well tested for free. In addition to basic water quality analyses, we also collect samples for measurements of chemical...

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How many times do we have to tell you?

Don't mess with Texas Women.Read more here...

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"Oh well"

That's literally what he says as crap is sprayed into the air.Be sure and read the comments about the meeting on the well blowout in Denton.  Sounds like a Fort Worth meeting...New video surfaces of EagleRidge blowout in Denton, Tex...

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Imagine that...

A pipeline safety expert says he wouldn't live near one---"Just the Reality:" Pipeline Safety Official Admits He’d Avoid Buying A Home Near Pipelines Like Keystone...

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Was there a bid for that?

Tim Love made the news for not having to bid on The Woodshed restaurant.  Now that he has secured the TCU stadium gig AND the Colonial Golf Tournament, one has to ask - were those jobs posted for others to bid on?And does Fort Worth not have a Restaurant Association?  Or a conscien...

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Welcome to Texas

Where Azle schools have earthquake drills...After the 20th earthqua...

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Got Ethics?

The Fort Worth Weekly and Mary Kelleher do a good job at putting the new Water District employee in perspective.“If what the TRWD is hiring him to do is to help it be more transparent and accountable to the taxpayers, I think that would be great,” she said. “I’m hopeful he will be helpful in convincing...

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WHO? WHAT? WHY?

So we've been hearing about this voluntary(?) traffic stop/ DNA swab deal that took place on the border of Fort Worth and Haltom City.  Watch the video from NBC5, then ask these questions.If this was all voluntary and on the up and up, WHY would Haltom City nor Fort Worth know about it?  WHY...

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Earthquake!!!

So there were several more earthquakes in North Texas today.One of our readers left a comment -Anonymous said... Felt a strong one in my apt. building, tonite at ~6:40pm, Nov. 19, 2013. Shook whole building several times, after the initial one, which nearly knocked my laptop off my lap. Strongest one...

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No ethics?

Buy some.The new water district hire may be the best money spent yet.Ethics and openness have been the subject of great debate at the water district since the spring, when three political newcomers challenged long-time board members. The campaign was laced with allegations that water district board...

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There's something happening here...

Lots of going's on lately in Haltom City. They just elected (finally!) their first Vietnamese councilman and now a nice, quiet meeting about compensation.If you live there, be there.  YOU can't afford not to. Here's to Haltom City moving forward------NO, it's waaaay past "high time" sumpin' is...

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Thank You

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Sinkholes and Earthquakes...

Welcome to Texas.Springtown continued to have earthquakes this weekend, making lots of folks there extremely nervous.They can't help wonder, what's coming next after almost a tremor a day for a week.One resident can tell you...sinkholes.The most telling sentence from the NBCnews.com article - The family...

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Get in line!

Remember just a few short years ago when the cities and thier "leaders" were lining up to support Chesapeake? Now they are lining up to sue them.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram gives you the bare bones on the latest group to join the fight.If they are jacking with city, school and billionaires royalties,...

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WHAT is going on in Haltom City?

First Wendy Davis, now Erik Estrada?"Ponch" will be at the Birdville Baptist Church Saturday night. The Birdville Baptist Church has also recently made news with their 160th anniversary celebration.This time they are helping Mr. Estrada promote a new film to help keep kids safe. Read about it in the...

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Beware of "Outsiders" at YOUR paper

If you move a portion of the paper to Dallas, even though it was founded in and named after, Fort Worth, does that make YOU an outsider?Sounds like it.  Wonder what's going to show up in the actual print when FW starts making fun of Dallas again?Maybe this will help with all the terrible typo's...

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A quake a day...

Won't keep the drillers away.Five earthquakes have been reported in Tarrant and Wise counties this week.Makes you wonder what's next?Read about the earthquakes here.Earthquakes were detected near the Mid-Cities, Reno, and Springtown from Nov. 1 - 7, 2013.Dispatchers in Richland Hills, North Richland...

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If early voting tells us anything...

It tells us they bought YOU.  Hook, line and sinker.  Did you go anywhere that you didn't see a politician or Nolan Ryan (!) spouting off about Prop 6?If it was truly about water, would they really need to go that far?  Spend that much?  Wouldn't EVERYONE vote for a water bill about water?We hope the politicians who just profited from buying you are good stewards of the funds and...

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WHO is meddling?

That's what a local columnist is asking.In case you didn't know, though we don't know anyone here who doesn't, it's OK to ignore food criti...

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What's the world coming to?

Apparently the former Speaker of the House can't vote around here.  If it's this difficult for him, what's it like for normal folks?Read about Jim Wright and the voter ID mess in the Fort Worth Star-Telegr...

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"...too important to be influenced by an editorial with such glaring mischaracterizations."

It must be eye opening to be part of the downtown crowd and have the local "news"paper twist the message.  The masses in FW are used to it, that's why they beg for a new "news"paper to come to town. Apparently the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board wrote another one of their annoying editorials...

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What's the difference?

In a private, for-profit water vendor and a public agency?Don't answer that, it was rhetorical.Though the Fort Worth Star-Telegram makes it sound like we all have a choice WHO we buy water from. Under Texas law, the city has no choice but to buy water from Monarch at almost any price the company convinces...

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Are you scared?

You need to be.  Not only about what's happening at your local city hall's but that this little girl with a big heart won't get what she's after.Seems this sweet little Keller girl is trying to raise funds for a wheelchair swing for the local school.  Did we mention, she doesn't use a wheelchair?Her...

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Lee Wrights Announces Bid For Governor In Grapevine on November 2

(Grapevine, Texas) Lee Wrights For Texas Governor has scheduled an official announcement dinner in Grapevine, Texas on Saturday, November 2, starting at 7:00 PM at Love & War in Texas in the Governor's Suite Room. “We're very excited to kick off our campaign in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where we...

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Voting on Propositions in Texas

You'll notice Proposition 6 got a No vote from all the Grassroots groups polled.That should tell you something.  It should tell you a lot.YOU can't afford it.THE GRASSROOTS TEXANS NETWORK2013 CONSTITUTIONAL ELECTION VOTERS' GUIDEAs you may know, there's election going on in Texas RIGHT NOW.  You...

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Tell the Texas Watercrat's - Hell No

Prop 6 is a joke.  Almost as funny as the Tarrant Regional Water District. Seems TURF and Empower Texans aren't the only ones using TRWD as an example.Prop 6 isn't about water, it's about money, and you don't have to look any farther than Tarrant County to see it.Vote no.  Vote Hell ...

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Texas Toll roads = Junk

Just because you build it, doesn't mean they'll come.  If you charge people to drive on a road their taxes already paid for, they'll find another way around. Looks like the boycott worked.Texas’ first foreign-owned toll road financed through a controversial public private partnership just got downgraded...

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Just Say No.

Early voting is getting underway and if you're still trying to decide, vote NO on Prop 6.  If you need another reason why, just read this article, where they use the Tarrant Regional Water District as an example...(by the way, TRWD, that's not a good thing!)Look no further than the Tarrant Regional...

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Well, well, well

Seems like all those wells weren't what they were cracked up to be.  And when the industry rolled in town and promised the moon, they were just kidding.  Remember when the industry owned the Forth of July?  And Christmas? And the libraries?  And the politicians?Yeah, well, that's...

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WHY is it....

That citizens and newscasters have to call out government employees on their spending?This story reminds us of the Becky Oliver/TRWD spending fiasco newstory a few years ago.This one if from CBS, Empower Texans and the city of Fort Worth.  Wait till you see what they spend on liqu...

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Arlington hasn't learned their lesson

Trying to silence citizens only comes back to bite you.Read it in the Arlington Voice.  You know, that place giving taxpayers a voice...

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The water ain't blue...

The latest Fort Worth Weekly goes on about the bridges over the forks of the Trinity River.The line that made us LOL is below.  Now if they could figure out a way to light up the whole river, it might actually be the color of clean water...After dark, LED lights illuminate the underside of the...

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Even TURF calls out TRWD

Remember, it's YOUR money. Speak up.Nix Prop 6: Public drain for private gainRural water raid to benefit developers, not average Texan (San Antonio, TX - Monday, October 14, 2013) Have you ever had a kid ask for seconds during a meal before he's even finished what's on his plate? Well, that's what...

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No ethics?

Skimming this article, we thought it was written about the Tarrant Regional Water District.  Looking closer, it just sounds like them.  This is coming out of Houston. Wake up, Texas.  After all, YOU are picking up the tab.“Now we have the Commission spending taxpayer dollars to hide an...

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FW Weekly and the Dallas Observer

Both wrote articles this week concerning Fort Worth's portion of the Trinity River.  The Dallas Observer made us laugh, Hey Fort Worth, your bridge sucks.The Fort Worth Weekly made us sick.  Well, they didn't, it was really the TRVA that did.  The Weekly just tells you about it. ...

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Texans - Second Highest debt in the nation...

Stop voting for these people already.  YOU CAN'T afford it.  Just look at the numbers below.....Thanks to Empower Texans for calling out those spending YOUR cash without much oversight.  Vote in some oversight, would ya? And be careful what you vote for when voting for "WATER".Texas...

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