Texas Lil: Back Again
The life of Lynda Farr Arnold — “Texas Lil” — plays like a Western soap opera set in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Weekly profiled...
Damming Up Public Records
The Tarrant Regional Water District’s newest board member is learning what Fort Worth Weekly and many others have learned over the years: Getting information...
Public Served
Tip of Static’s Stetson (OK, make that a gimme cap) to the Weekly’s Peter Gorman for taking top honors in the Association of Alternative...
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...
