Politics
Crooner Collects Key To City
Jeff PrinceOK, settle down, the photo caption above is just a joke, people. It’s inspired by the antagonism directed toward JT Hodges by local musicians. In some folks’ opinion, Fort Worth native and Nashville songwriter Hodge...
Dansby’s It
betty.brinkTo no one’s surprise, the Fort Worth school board tonight gave interim school superintendent Walter Dansby the job permenantly and wrote him into the history books. He is the first African American to hold the job. ...
Dansby?
betty.brinkYesterday the Fort Worth school board narrowed its search for a new superintendent to one candidate. While the board is playing it close to the vest by not releasing the name of the lucky pick, those close to the process believ...
Tatum Makes It Official
betty.brinkRev. Kyev Tatum, minister, head of the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and co-founder of the Black, Brown and Tan Coalition, will officially kick off his campaign to be the Democratic nominee for ...
Rick Perry vs. The Gays
Kristian LinThis is pretty sad. Our governor is trying to resurrect his gaffe-prone presidential campaign by appealing to Iowa’s evangelical voters, and he has chosen gay-baiting as a way to do that. Yesterday Perry assailed the Obam...
FW Board President Resigns
betty.brinkThe Fort Worth school district announced today that board president Ray Dickerson resigned his position effective tomorrow, December 8. Dickerson reported his decision by letter today to board Secretary T. A. Sims, citing hea...
Reyna Removes Her Name from FW Super Contest
betty.brinkSylvia Reyna, chief of administration for the Fort Worth school district who has been promoted by a group of LULAC members to be considered for the next superintendent of the district, officially took her name out of considerat...
Tatum Throws Hat in Crowded Ring
betty.brinkExhorting the image of Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon who on December 1, 1955, refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Birmingham Alabama and changed the course of history in this country, the Reverend Kyev Tatum announ...
If Rick Perry Becomes President Can He Secede?
Jeff PrinceGov. Rick Perry figured he’d make a fierce run at the presidency, win the Republican nomination, and then even if he somehow lost to Barack Obama a year from now, he’d return to Texas with a higher national profile,...
Rick Perry: “Oops”
Kristian LinYou know you want it. Here it is. First reaction: Wah wah wah! Second reaction: Did anyone think Rick Perry’s presidential campaign would end in quite this way? Third reaction: Love the assist in Perry’s destruction...