Death or taxes?

Jeers in the Fort Worth Star Telegram:

To U.S. Reps. Joe Barton and Kay Granger, who are fighting the EPA on regulations that would curb mercury and other toxic pollutants being emitted from power plants and cement kilns. They profess that any increased regulation would kill jobs, apparently not caring that those same toxins can kill people.

-- Sharon Austry, Fort Worth

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Have you guessed

WHO will be bailing out the Fort Worth Cats yet?

YOU will.

Read Bud Kennedy's take about the Cats and the election...

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Under Pressure

Dear Neighbor,

At the risk of being repetitive, Cheaspeake Energy Corporation wants to bring unreliable noise control, uncertain air borne emissions systems, a track-record of inconsistent maintenance and event-response systems, and likely real estate value losses, to our backyard.  They want us to let them trade our former equestrian center for north Texas' (and maybe the nation's) largest, loudest, smelliest and ugliest "enclosed gas compressor station."  Imagine 15 of these massive engines sitting side by side and running 24/7/365 and you've got it!

Your neighborhood committee and many others are fighting this proposal with all of the resources at our disposal.

WITH SINCERE THANKS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE, A BIT MORE OF YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW! So, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE...

CALL 817-392-8028 Monday or Tuesday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm..  TELL the Zoning Department you DO NOT WANT Chesapeake's request for a continuance approved and you do not want case #ZC-11-098 approved.

E-MAIL zoninglanduse@fortworthtexas.org no later than noon this Tuesday. TELL the Zoning Department you DO NOT want Chesapeake's request for a continuance approved and you DO NOT want case #ZC-11-098 approved (mention a COUPLE of reasons including finding a more appropriate location).

ATTEND the Wednesday, November 9th, Zoning Commission meeting at 10am at City Hall. (Be there early as parking can be difficult.)

The more we put the pressure on the City, the less likely it is that Chesapeake will succeed in their unreasonable, inappropriate request.  But, just remember...

YOU Are The Pressure! 

No One else Can Be The Pressure FOR YOU! 

Call!   -  E-mail!   -  Attend!

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Earthquake in Fort Worth????

The massive number of earthquakes in Oklahoma have TX Sharon's email inbox overflowing with earthquake notice from Oklahoma.

Read all about it on TX Sharon Bluedaze Drilling Reform.

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Yeah, we felt it too

There was an earthquake in Fort Worth tonight.  Well, we don't know where it was centered but we have reports coming in from North Fort Worth of a lot of shaking going on. And Google has lit up like a Christmas tree.  And, we felt the earth shaking.

Last night there was an earthquake in Oklahoma City.  Tonight an earthquake in Fort Worth.  What does Fort Worth and Oklahoma City have in common? Aside from gas drillers? 

Just saying.  And shaking.  On Saturday night in Texas.

Incoming update - 
Word is it was a 5.6 earthquake in Sparks, Oklahoma.  Like they say, what happens in Oklahoma, doesn't stay in Oklahoma...

What happens to water mains and gas pipelines when the ground moves?

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Whats in the Trinity River, again?

Kudos to WFAA for finally testing the water in the Trinity River and calling attention to it.

Mind you the numbers they will be posting are from City of FW and TRWD.  The same who weren't  testing the water while promoting the summer tubing series.  Oh and their spokesman says 'you still would not be able to tell the public it's safe'

Feel better?

Thanks to Chris Hawes and Libby Willis for finally getting it done.  Citizens getting it done.  We like it.

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How much Love?

People just keep asking about the Woodshed.  In a recent Fort Worth, Texas Magazine article Tim Love says he's going to write an open letter to the state about the bureaucracy of opening restaurants.  He says it's more difficult now and "To open a restaurant now is a minimum half-million dollars, probably $1.5 million. In my opinion, that isn't fair."

Probably?  He's not sure?  Isn't he opening the Woodshed?  People keep asking about the price tag of it, since it sits on Tarrant Regional Water District property.

And if you were wondering, yes, he plugged the Trinity River Vision.

He notes Angelo's Bar-B-Que gets it right and isn't going anywhere.  Too bad all their neighbors are being acquired by eminent domain.  He also mentions Railhead, which happens to be Charlie Geren's restaurant.

In Texas, we keep it in the "family".

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Fuzzy math...and water

The Fort Worth Business Press recently did an article on the recent meeting concerning the Texas water shortage.  Yes, "leaders" finally admit there is one.  (Remember back when the Biz Press was concerned about water?)

The article says Texas business could lose hundreds of billions of dollars due to having no water.  Don't worry, the Trinity River Vision will save us.  Or not.

Notice what they say about Proposition 2 and general obligation bonds.  Remember, you don't get to vote on those either.

State representatives and city officials convened for the Oct. 20 gathering, where a DFW Hyatt Regency ballroom echoed with urgency.

Officials hammered home some startling facts. Unless more water infrastructure is built, Texas businesses and their employees could lose $115.7 billion in income, according to figures released by the Texas Water Development Board.

If approved by voters, the constitutional amendment would allow the Texas Water Development Board to issue general obligation bonds for water infrastructure upgrades.

“Water is really about economics"

You can say that again.

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Fires and Floods

Go hand and hand.  Who would have thought?

FEMA fills you in.  So if a wild fire can cause a flood downstream, what else could?

Flood mitigation methods will also be discussed because flooding risks can jump after a wildfire, even in areas far from the fire that were not previously considered as having moderate or high flood hazards.

Flooding may be the last disaster wildfire survivors think they should guard against. When fire burns away vegetation, however, there is nothing to soak up the water from the heavy rainstorms that can occur in Texas. Storm runoff can cause severe erosion, mudslides and flooding.  

While the highest risk of flooding is for properties directly impacted by fire, it also rises for homes downstream or below scorched areas.

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More Dallas and Fort Worth

This time, it's the Trinity River.  If the boondoggle in Fort Worth doesn't work as it should (we're basing that assumption on other things in Fort Worth that don't work like they should) what happens downstream in Dallas?

Check out some comparisons on Durango.

The Dallas project began before the Fort Worth project. The Dallas project has been voted on by the Dallas voters. The Fort Worth project has not been voted on by the Fort Worth voters.

We really liked one of the comments....

Another difference in the project, Dallas media admitted they were misled by the politicians concerning their boondoggle, what?! Misled by a politician, say it ain't so...can you imagine that article in the ST?? Though it won't be the ST that outs it all, it will be a national outlet...how long will the ST stay afloat then?

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Which city?

Yelling, name calling, whistleblowers being retaliated against...

Today Dallas, tomorrow Fort Worth. 

See the latest drama at the Dallas County Commissioners meeting on WFAA.

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Proposition Reminder

Incoming from Haltom City.

In your recent post regarding Amendments to be voted on there was much discussion of Economic Development and eminent domain.

Besides the TRV here it is in our small town. See the 5000 word article printed earlier this year in the FWW. This would be a good reminder of what happens. 

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