"...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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WHO is Jerry Jenkins?

Well, if the Fort Worth Star-Telegram was a real "news" paper, they would have told you. If they were a real "news" paper, they would have also told you about the Ethics complaint filed against the old board members and the General Manager, (FW Weekly's Candidate for Alien Abduction) Jim Oliver. This...

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What's wrong with this picture?

Durango reports on ethics while the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports on Ice. Durango has been on a roll lately, reporting on everything from a laughable ethics complaint to the memorial for the child who drowned in Haltom City.While the FWST reports the Trinity River Vision / Trinity Uptown / Central...

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No child left behind...

Unless you're poor.Groups are forming all over Tarrant County for and against the FWISD Bond election.What do YOU think?So far there are 3 known groups -It's Ok to Say No to the School BondFWISD Parents for KidsCitizens Supporting Classroom ExcellenceThe first one seems to be a group of concerned taxpayers...

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The politicians are coming...to Haltom City??

Thursday afternoon Wendy Davis is expected to announce her run for governor in Haltom City.  Many may be asking WHY Haltom City, the small town political hotbed of Tarrant County.  Well, back in the day, Haltom and Richland High schools both graduated at the Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum.  So,...

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