Posts Tagged ‘meeting’
Less Than Nine Lives
StaticA series of public meetings to discuss Fort Worth’s feral cat ordinance might have had an unintended consequence — kitty genocide. Now a group of cat lovers is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest ...
Ducking Out
Is Kay Granger hiding from tough questions?JENNIFER BRIGGS
I was two years old when, one morning before the rest of the family was awake, I stacked a couple of stools on top of one another so I could reach the Dippity-Do my sister kept on the top shelf of the dressing room — the extr...
Tomorrow and Tomorrow …
StaticA long time ago, cities used to send trucks rolling down neighborhood streets, spraying mosquito repellent into the air. Kids couldn’t resist the urge to run behind the trucks in the dense fog. It made them feel like they wer...
Ethics for Me and You
StaticIt seemed insignificant on the surface, just 11 little words on a piece of paper. But the sheesh hit the fan after Fort Worth city secretary Marty Hendrix posted the agenda for the Ethics Review Committee’s June 9 meeting. Li...
Still Ripped
StaticThe battle between a business and a neighborhood continues in Bluebonnet Place near Texas Christian University.
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ? 2 At noon, 8.0 Restaurant & Bar is hosting its annual Indianapolis 500 Champion’s Luncheon, presented by Texas Motor Speedway. The Indy champion, who will be making just his or her second public appearance after bei...
Cart Before the Vote
StaticBackroom deals at City Hall? Couldn’t be, right? But Fort Worth City Council member Kathleen Hicks pointed out the evidence — in a document that perhaps wasn’t properly proofread before it was put out for public consumption.
More Hell to Pay
John Q. PublicTo the editor: Thank you for reporting on the payroll audit mess at the Fort Worth school district (“Payroll Hell,” Jan. 20, 2010). It’s not over, unfortunately.
Putting the Spurs to Cowtown
JIMMY FOWLERMost Fort Worth citizens were introduced to Queer LiberAction, a lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender activist group, on the evening news last summer. Footage of the packed July 14 city council meeting was broadcast on TV stations ...
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