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Abuse of Plain English
A Nov. 14 "pre-council" meeting at Fort Worth city hall would make an interesting case study for a semantics class.
Assistant City Manager Joe...
Drilling Through Peace and Property
Carl Fors wanted out. The noise and vibration from the gas well behind his house were enough to make the plates in his cupboard...
Bluing from the Bench
If you want to get into a nasty fight in these parts, mention that Dallas and Fort Worth don't seem that different. Some old-timers...
Labor Dispute
Everyone checks out everyone else very intently at Fort Worth’s Day Labor Center.
Walk into the waiting room and sign in looking for work, and...
The Gasfather
A one-page memo went out from Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief to neighborhood groups last month seeking nominations for the city’s ethics review committee....
Rethinking Paper Feathers
My daughter's kindergarten class is learning about Indians. This means she made a paper-feather headdress and vest in arts and crafts.
She made an Indian...
The Butts Stop Here
In the latest public policy battle going on in Fort Worth, it’s butts, so to speak, that are on the line. A much stricter...
Leave Their Names Out
Our Nov. 8 cover story, "Leaving Johnson County," caused a flurry of responses. To mix a metaphor, it seems as though writer Peter Gorman...
TAKSing Our Patience
Used to be there were only two things sure in this life: death and taxes. Now there are three sure things: death, taxes, and...
Snarled and Snarling
You’re on I-35, headed north out of Fort Worth. You’re trying to get home but it’s 5:30 p.m., so you’re not going anywhere. Again....
