Posts Tagged ‘property rights’
Home, Sweet Hostage
Residents are hot about homeowner-group power plays that lock them out of their own homes.Story and photos BY JEFF PRINCE
Bullets sliced into Tim and Becky Morton’s east Fort Worth home after a drive-by shooting in 2009. It was a terrifyingly close call — police dug bullets from the walls in the children’s room afterward. No arrest was ever ...
Other Side of the Gavel
Allegations about a property deal land a JP in court.JEFF PRINCE
A desire to spend their golden years in an affordable but comfortable home led Richard and Ginger Moore to tap into their small nest egg for an $18,000 down payment and ink their names on a lease-to-own contract. The Moores are...
Is a Parkway a Park?
Residents disagree over a city-owned wooded slope at Oakhurst’s border.JEFF PRINCE
The request seemed simple. A Fort Worth couple’s backyard pool had been partially built on city property years ago, long before the couple bought their house. In 2000, the couple asked the city to vacate 6,000 square feet of ...
Hypocricy Thy Name Is Rick Perry
Jeff PrinceThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram article on the 11 propositions passed by voters yesterday contained a quote that would be funny ha-ha if it weren’t so funny weird/tragic. The story describes how Texans stood tall in favor of pro...