Posts Tagged ‘texas’
People & Politics 2010
Fort Worth Weekly StaffThing Tarrant County Needs Critic’s choice: A regional park system Whenever city governments hit budget problems, as so many around the country have this year, park development and maintenance are often the first programs tha...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ? 22 The name of the game is beer at Central Market. For the next 12 days CM’s Brewtopia event features cooking with beer, beer tastings, and pairing food with beer, starting with today’s presentation about beer and bac...
Clean as … Coal?
StaticOne of the major arguments of those who push for wide-open gas drilling rules in this state is that natural gas is the “clean” fuel of the future. As stricter emission rules reduce the role (we can only hope) of coal in gen...
Coming to Terms
A lot of politicians are for term limits — until their own future would be affected.DAVE McNEELY
So now Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White is calling for Texas governors to serve no more than two full four-year terms.
Adios to an Art Collector …
StaticStockyards businessman and art collector A.C. “Ace” Cook died Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 74. And, as was his fashion, the old horse trader got the final word. “Horse trader” applies to mos...
Scare Season is Here
Big TicketFall can drag here sometimes, either with school starting back up or the weather just not getting as cool as we want. But fall also means the build-up to Halloween, and Fort Worth becomes host to a plethora of spectacular haunts.
Consider the Source
StaticThe Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is attempting to align its air permit program with federal requirements to better protect our air quality. If that makes you feel comfortable, well … stop. A growing number of ang...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ? 18 Having suffered from anorexia nervosa for more than 20 years, Jena Morrow now makes it her mission to educate people about the condition through her experiences. She’ll be at TCU this evening to discuss her memoir, H...
Trans-Texas Corridor: One Head Gone, Others …
Static Well, the U.S. Department of Transportation, through the Federal Highway Administration’s Texas Division Office, has officially shut down plans for the Trans Texas Corridor-35, the huge roadway that Gov. Rick Perry drea...
Downwinders on the Rise
This grassroots group scrimped and struggled for the victories that let us all breathe easier.ERIC GRIFFEY
You could say that bake sales brought down the four cement kilns that closed in Midlothian last month. Or that garage sales, green cement, and a mythical peanut butter and jelly sandwich are responsible for helping clean up Nor...