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The Opacity of Hope
The 120 or so people gathered at J. Gilligan's Bar and Grill in Arlington recently were celebrating an early Christmas present. The party was...
Challenging the Big Dogs
To the editor: The Nov. 11 Static column, "What Will it Take?," continues the saga of Taser guns and the dangerous, sometimes lethal ramifications...
Cash-Trapped
Fort Worth City Council member Kathleen Hicks believes that her Eastside constituency is under assault from a powerful and virtually unregulated coalition of payday...
A Gem in Southeast
As board chairman of the Near Southeast Community Development Corporation, I appreciated Fort Worth Weekly's recent article about the city housing department ("Falling Down,...
Mama’s got a brand-new wig
Several men were starting their weekend early, relaxing in the dark confines of an upscale gentlemen's club. Greeting them as they came and went...
No Scrooges Here
So, Thanksgiving came and went and nobody at Static's house burned the rolls or even complained about the food. The Horned Frog football team...
School’s Out
A controversial program that forced more than 60 public works inspectors in the city's engineering department to add almost a full load of college...
Many Turkey Returns
To the editor: The Fort Worth Weekly gave a Turkey Award to the city council for ostensibly funding - in these trying times -...
Transfer from If to When
Five years ago, no one in Fort Worth was thinking much about public transportation, particularly an inner-city streetcar system. Real estate developers, assuming that...
Geeks Get Respect
"At Southern Methodist University, you can now major in video games. Finally, a degree more useless than political science." - Jay Leno
Ashley Eldred was...
