Posts Tagged ‘betsy price’
Ebbing Tide
Gas revenues to fund the arts? What gas revenues?ANTHONY MARIANI
Be afraid, Fort Worth. Be very afraid. Late last year, the Fort Worth City Council decided to decrease funding for the nearly 50-year-old Arts Council of Fort Worth, a nonprofit agency that distributes funds to 45 local groups,...
Trusting City Hall
Opponents of the new ethics ordinance say citizens dodged one bullet, got hurt by others.PETER GORMAN
When the Fort Worth City Council approved major changes in the city’s ethics ordinance recently, it put the city in a different camp than most other major American cities outside Texas on how to handle complaints — and in a...
Noisy East Siders Get Chance To Bend Mayor’s Ear
Jeff PrinceFolks on the east side of Fort Worth aren’t shy about speaking their minds. Necessity makes them noisy. Throughout the city’s history, the East Side has been considered the runt of the litter. Forth Worth establishe...
Price Line
The mayor backs drillers while working for sustainability and transparency.Photos and story by ANDREW MCLEMORE
Most of the Fort Worth residents who gathered outside the city council chambers felt so overwhelmed they asked for a moment to collect their thoughts before responding to questions. There was so much patting of backs and loud c...
Cathy Hirt Endorses Jim Lane For Mayor
Jeff PrinceCathy Hirt, who finished third in the Fort Worth mayoral race earlier this month, is endorsing Jim Lane, the candidate who came in second behind Betsy Price. Price and Lane will duke it out in a runoff election next month. Here...
Historic Mayoral Forum
Jimmy FowlerI can’t think of another Texas city that has used a horrible event like the summer 2009 Rainbow Lounge raid to accomplish so much good for its lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender citizens. And now comes a historic Fort Worth eve...
Cathy Hirt Not Ready To Endorse Mayor
Jeff PrinceFresh off her third-place finish in this weekend’s mayoral election, Cathy Hirt isn’t quick to endorse either Jim Lane or Betsy Price. The runoff election is June 18. “I’m not prepared to make a decision...
Fort Worth’s Next Mayor Is…Up To You
Jeff PrinceMayor Mike Moncrief, the oil-rich guy who wants a gas rig on every corner and a tax abatement for every corporation, will be one step closer to being gone tomorrow. Election Day is finally upon us. Now Moncrief won’t have...
The Price Is No Longer Right
Jeff PrinceTarrant County tax assessor-collector Betsy Price might have assessed and collected her last taxes – she appears on the verge of being replaced. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court will gather at a special-called meeting a...
Potential Mayors Admit Mistakes
Jeff PrinceKERA’s Bill Zeeble asked Fort Worth’s five mayoral candidates an interesting and rather personal question, and got five revealing answers. The candidates have been sticking to their talking points during this electi...
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