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Leaving the Mob
In Los Angeles, on April 29, 1992, the four police officers who had been charged with the attempted murder of Rodney King were acquitted,...
Scary Type?
When a fired ex-employee started sitting in his car outside the University of Texas at Arlington print shop, driving by former colleagues’ homes, and...
Showing Skin
If you're driving around on Wednesday afternoon and happen to see naked women holding signs that say, "When Plaid Goes Bad," then you'll know...
Bass-Relief
When I moved here in 1990 from the land where rivers catch on fire, I knew only one thing about Fort Worth: Cowtown was...
Coalition of the Unlikely
On July 10, TXU adopted the name "Luminant" for its power-generating and construction operations.
Officially, the company said the name change was "a milestone as...
Jean-Luc
(For Static's usual snark and humor, check our next item. This one is straight public service.) On any fair-weather weekend in Fort Worth, it's...
A Clear-Cut to the Heart
"Save the trees so that the birds and animals will have a nice place to live." "It is our job to protect the trees...
Trimming the News
What happens to a newspaper after it dumps a third of its staff? The saga of The Dallas Morning News provides some answers.
Over the...
House Divided
Angela Smith thought she was doing a pretty good job as the executive director of the Tarrant County Housing Partnership (TCHP), a nonprofit housing...
Fort Not Worthy
By golly, they actually did it. The League of United Latin American Citizens' local chapter had threatened to slap Fort Worth city leaders awake,...
