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Chopping from the Top
“Every time we are asked to make cuts, we start at the bottom, not the top,” said Fort Worth schools trustee Carlos Vasquez. “I...
Clouds of Suspicion
A small storm has broken out in the Fort Worth school district over nearly identical letters sent by two school board trustees to the...
Joe Barton: Not Too Bright
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t hear someone around here complaining about politicians who are ignoring the will of the people or...
Who Pays?
For three decades the United States has conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like this:...
Nine Lives for the Trans-Texas Corridor?
As predicted months ago by Static, the Trans-Texas Corridor has more lives than a cat and simply refuses to go away. Governor Slick Rick...
TRV’s Up a Creek
Layla Caraway wasn’t very political prior to the summer of 2007. The Haltom City resident and her husband had purchased a home in the...
Dangerous Dis-Connects
Pertussis, the deadly whooping cough that killed thousands of children in the early part of the 20th century, is making a comeback in Tarrant...
HonkyTonk Heroes
Two years before Billy Bob’s Texas became reality, its namesake, Billy Bob Barnett, invited Stockyards fixture Steve Murrin on a tour of the old...
Bravos to the Brave Ones
It’s always nice to see folks get the recognition due them, and Static gets to let loose a double-barreled rendition this week.
First there’s Adriana...
Open Season
Incumbents in Fort Worth political races rarely lose. That’s why Fort Worth City Council members largely go unopposed (three races this year fall into...
