Posts Tagged ‘million’
Geeks Get Respect
KRISTIAN LIN AND COLE WILLIAMS“At Southern Methodist University, you can now major in video games. Finally, a degree more useless than political science.” – Jay Leno
Thank God and Greyhound, is she gone yet?
StaticFourteen minutes and one second … 14 minutes and two seconds … 14 minutes and three seconds … . Sarah Palin‘s 15 minutes of fame are just about up, but she’s going to sprint to the finish line. Her...
Hear No Evil
BETTY BRINKThis summer, when members of the Fort Worth City Council were briefed on the grim results of a federal investigation of the city’s housing department, they could justifiably have asked the city manager and mayor, “W...
Flight Plan
SARAH PERRYWhen the Fort Worth City Council in July approved setting aside $20 million for a new aviation museum, the decision represented a major step toward fulfillment of a long-held dream for some people.
Cut Out
DAN MCGRAWFor those outside the ‘hood, the perception of late night youth programs at city community centers is that of older teenagers shooting hoops — you know, would-be gangbangers who are staying off the streets and away ...
Creative Math
StaticRemember I CAN Learn? The computerized math program that didn’t work was peddled by New Orleans entrepreneur and friend of former Fort Worth ISD superintendent Tom Tocco, who convinced trustees to sign contracts worth nea...
Stop or We’ll Pay You
E. R. BILLSEvery day, John McCain chastises Barack Obama for his original stance on the troop surge in Iraq. McCain says Obama said the surge wouldn’t work and was bald-faced wrong. Obama says the surge has been effective, but there...
TCC’s Money Machine
Betty BrinkPerhaps leaders of the Tarrant County College District thought that their latest grand move would quell the controversy that has been swirling deep and fast around their ambitious and hugely expensive – and, it appears, h...
Out of the Depot
The push for an inner-city rail system builds up a little steam.MATT GOODMAN
When local real estate developers started testing the waters for a light-rail system in Fort Worth a few years ago, Mayor Mike Moncrief wasn’t interested.
Foot Off the Gas
City hall budgeters ignore the boom.DAN MCGRAW
For the past year or so, economists have been saying that North Texas seems immune to many of the money problems facing the rest of the country.