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For years we and others have been trying to get the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to get involved with the Tarrant Regional Water District issues.  By getting involved we meant looking into water supply and flooding issues, not cheerleading for the Trinity River Vision and their hair brained schemes (ie - Floating with Feces, Wakeboarding, Drive-in's and restaurants for their buddies).

Now that the TRWD was slapped in the face in the Supreme Court the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wants to hear from YOU.  We don't know how bad they will mangle your letter, or how many won't get printed, but here's the info:

The Supreme Court’s decision that Oklahoma doesn’t have to sell water to the Tarrant Regional Water District means Fort Worth and Dallas may become very unpopular across North Texas. It puts more pressure on the thirsty big cities to increase supplies in ways like building the Marvin Nichols Reservoir near Mount Pleasant, where the project is very unpopular. Are we bad guys when it comes to water?

Send no more than 150 words with your name, home address and daytime phone to letters@star-telegram.com. Deadline is Wednesday for publication next Monday.

What he said

A letter to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram made us laugh.

Usually the columns do too.  Isn't that all they are good for?

Bud bias

With nearly every Bud Kennedy column clearly aimed at insulting Christians, Tea Partiers, Republicans, etc., I have to wonder if we’re getting a fair and unbiased review of his hamburger and chicken-fried steak columns.

With his strong distaste for anything even slightly conservative, does he vet his cafe owners before determining if their food is up to his liberal standards or even worthy of a plug?

What if the cafe owner is selling beef from a conservative rancher’s herd, maybe even a rancher who might own a gun? What if the bread delivery guy goes to church? Could these factors muddy the waters for a food critic like Bud Kennedy?

No doubt his annoying anti-everything sells newspapers. Otherwise, his column would be pro-liberal rather than anti-conservative.

Only in podunk towns and the Star-Telegram could you have a political column and a food column written by the same guy.

— David Houk, Fort Worth

Just.Stop.Talking.

The manager of the TRWD speaks on the 6 year, $6 million dollar lawsuit against Oklahoma.

WHERE do you think they got the $6 mil?  If you guessed YOU, you guessed correctly.

Notice how “continued growth and prosperity” remain one of their top priorities.  Funny, we thought their priorities were supposed to be water and flood control.

Did you Float with Feces at the Rocking the River event Thursday?  What did that cost?

Someone tell Oliver to put our money down and hush.

At least they “will look at other options to provide water” now.  Citizens have been asking them to for years.  They were too busy wakeboarding and restaurant building.

If they think the answer is the pipeline (the one their own staff doesn’t recommend and they are being sued over) or Marvin Nichols, maybe we need a new manager…

While we're at it, could we get some new attorney's too?  Cause any who thought this was a good idea need to go.  Stat.

Jim Oliver, general manager of the Tarrant Regional Water District, said that he is disappointed with the decision and that the district will look at other options to provide water for the region.

Securing additional water resources is essential to North Texas’ continued growth and prosperity and will remain one of our top priorities,” Oliver said, adding that the district spent about $6 million fighting the case in court.

Oliver said the district will continue to work with Oklahoma to see whether a deal can be struck for the purchase of water. “We’re still going to try to continue discussions with Oklahoma to see if some kind compromise can be reached, but I’m not going to bet the farm on it,” he said.

“The population in our service area is expected to double over the next 50 years, so we will act quickly to develop new sources,” Oliver said.

Read more here.

How much did that cost YOU?

The Tarrant Regional Water District just lost their lawsuit (again) to sue Oklahoma and take their water.

The Supreme Court voted against it, unanimously. The Fort Worth Way doesn't work everywhere. And it won't work here much longer.

Now how are they going to fund those Tubing on the Trinity/Rocking the River/Floating with Feces events if they keep spending millions on frivolous lawsuits?

And WHAT are they going to do about that pesky little water supply issue?

Read all about it here....

Durango rocks.

And makes us laugh.

Down in flames

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram just keeps proving our point.

We need a real paper.

Thanks to the Fort Worth Weekly for scoring yet another point.

Star-Telegram Editorial Board Doesn't Need Onion To Make It Cry.

Ding dong...

Julie Wilson, who has been referred to as a witch by some, has left the building.

(http://www.fwcando.org/node/346)

Seems Friday will be her last day at Chesapeake.  Now WHY would that be?

Says she's going back to consulting.  We can only guess for WHO.