Posts Tagged ‘hicks’
Domingo Garcia Gets A Host of Local Endorsements
betty.brinkIn a call to unify behind one candidate in the runoff between Domingo Garcia of Dallas and Marc Veasey of Fort Worth to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the newly formed Congressional District 33, more than 30 ...
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 ...
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...
Here’s Your Hat, Don’t Hurry
Sports fans in two countries bid a not-so-fond farewell to Hicks ownership.DAN MCGRAW
What the Texas Rangers have done this year is nothing short of amazing. They won a playoff series for the first time ever and are now playing the New York Yankees for the American League pennant and a chance to go to the World ...
Near Southeast to Get New Housing — Finally
betty.brinkLast week, the Texas Department of Community Affairs Board approved a low income tax credit request from a developer from San Antonio, the NRP Group, to build 54 two- and three-bedroom, two-story houses in the Near Southeast ...
Council Rejects Citizens in Favor of Pawnshops
betty.brink A contentious Fort Worth city council meeting ended late Tuesday night with the council voting 7-2 to overturn a 2006 ordinance designed to keep pawnshops, most of which have payday lending operations wit...
Hicks’ Reign Has Been a Loser for Texas Rangers.
There’s a sucker born every minute; Tom calls ’em “fans.”DAN MCGRAW
This was supposed to be a decent year for the Texas Rangers. Team president Nolan Ryan said during spring training that they would win 92 games and probably get into the playoffs. Pitching seemed to be fairly good — a big cha...
Where’s the Racism?
John Q. PublicTo the editor: Eddie Griffin’s intellectually dishonest piece of propaganda (On Second Thought, March 31, 2010) attempts to portray all Republicans, Tea Partiers, and anyone else who disagrees with Obama’s policies for that...
The Price of Payday
Hicks is taking her fight on pawnshop restrictions to the neighborhoods.BETTY BRINK
Having garnered not a single vote on the Fort Worth City Council for her position, District 8 council member Kathleen Hicks is taking her fight against pawn shops and payday lenders to the zoning commission and looking for gras...
Heart-Stopping Humor
StaticIt had to be the best quote of the last week, perhaps of the year thus far. The occasion was the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, where former prez Bill Clinton had agreed to stand in for Pre...
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