Stalking Horse
Big bucks spent in political races don’t always win the day. Just ask Carlos Vasquez. The current school board member recently ran in the...
No … Again
Tarrant County commissioners gave another spanking to the county’s information technology (IT) program this week and then refused to award a $3.4 million contract...
Show Me the House Fax
A house in Parker County that’s been written about twice in Fort Worth Weekly — once (“Paradise Lost,” June 18, 2008) for having gas-drilling...
Paywalls …
Newspapers are sick, but maybe they’re not dying after all. Sure, layoffs continue at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where content is shrinking and the...
The Trouble with Tasers
An April 30 study, published in the American Heart Association’s online magazine Circulation, verified what Static and a lot of other people have known...
Cats on a Mild May Night
The Fort Worth Cats spent much of last year tiptoeing on a hot tin roof, mired in money woes and inundated with uncertainty. Fans...
Crucifixion, Indeed
Surprise and disappointment were tempered with hope this week from local environmentalists lamenting the recent resignation of Al Armendariz. The administrator for the Environmental...
Praising the Pokey
Getting thrown in the pokey isn’t on Static’s bucket list, but, if you’re pokey bound, it might as well happen right here in Tarrant...
Smart Career Move
Static peered into its crystal ball and saw a promotion and more money in Collin Gregory’s future. Arlington’s gas well coordinator spoke about the...
Where the Frack Are We?
The gas industry’s latest promotional campaign for Barnett Shale drilling reminds us that fracking — pumping the ground with toxic chemicals to get at...
