Out With A Lout
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is the biggest backscratcher and apologist in town when it comes to the Tarrant Regional Water District, the governmental agency...
Political Theater
Newly minted political celebrity Wendy Davis made the rounds of several Sunday morning talk shows last weekend to discuss her now-legendary 11-hour filibuster of...
Lots of Small Talk
Fort Worth Weekly goes to print on Tuesday nights, so at press time Static didn’t know whether State Sen. Wendy Davis’ filibuster would be...
A Win with Asterisks
In state district court last week, an attorney for the Fort Worth school district called former assistant principal Joe Palazzolo a liar, a bully,...
Jeez, GEO
The latest entry in the ever-popular “worst private prison operation in the country” sweepstakes comes to us from Meridian, Miss. — a fur piece...
Act II
Static loves the smell of democracy in the morning. As the June 15 runoffs draw near, the drama of the three undecided races is...
Round up the Usual Suspects
Static is working hard on a new filing system. For example, the file marked “Not At All Surprising But Still Disappointing” is filled with...
Unfunny Keystone Capers
The southern leg of the Keystone Pipeline came this much closer to being a done deal when owner TransCanada brought in a trackhoe last...
Water Board Waves
Mary Kelleher’s first meeting as a Tarrant Regional Water District board member ought to be interesting.
The political newcomer blasted the agency and incumbent board...
A Lucchesi In Da House
The Fort Worth Cats have struggled recently with an ownership change, diminished attendance, vendors grumbling about not being paid, management types walking off the...
