Hail Mary!

Don Woodard has done it again. You don't want to miss it. It's too much fun.

And truthful. Guess we don't have to mention that it's in the Fort Worth Business Press.

An excerpt:

"The silence of the water board, city council, commissioners court and our congresswoman, aided and abetted by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, has been deafening.

The Star-Telegram has been the star abettor in the property-snatching, squatter-like scheme. I knew Amon Carter, Sr. and Jr. They would have side-tracked this runaway earmark 10 years ago. They published the truism far and wide that the confluence is where Fort Worth and the West began. Go down to the confluence and read the monument for yourself."

Click on "One giant leap" image above to enlarge to readable size.

Still no "news"

People keep showing up here wanting to know what's going on with the Tarrant Regional Water District recount.  We even received an email inquiring since there was "nothing in today's paper".  Our first thought was, when is there?  And our second was, WHY is a recount of this scale and magnitude not being reported on?  Oh yes, we live in Tarrant County, that's why.  Where there is no paper of record (aside from the FW Weekly).  Where the "news" source and its columnist spend their time kissing butt to whoever is already in office.  Ever wondered, WHAT'S in it for them?

We do know, after seeing the recount rules, that they too need an overhaul.  Anything that puts a water board member, that wrote NEGATIVE letters containing false information about candidates, as the head of the recount, needs to be reformed.  Immediately. 

And WHY would incumbents be watching the recount?  One that had many votes, and one that scraped by with 90.  Ever wondered, WHAT'S in it for them?

Stay tuned, maybe soon, we'll all know why.  And maybe a national news organization will tell us, since the locals won't.

Anyone 'round here want to buy a paper?

Shots fired

Last year it was a rescued shelter dog, wagging its tail.  This time, it was a grandfather protecting his property. 

The wife of the man killed by Fort Worth police is "disgusted" and wants answers.  Wouldn't YOU?

See it on NCBDFW.com.

We remember

Cobblestone Road Image by Mary Ellen Ecklund

Thank you to our brave men and women and thank you to one of our loyal readers for sharing this poem with us.

We salute you all.......

Cobblestone Road
by Ray Ecklund

The old men saluted, young girls smiled and they waved
As we marched out of town on that sunny Spring day
We held our chins up, just seventeen years old
As we took our first steps on that cobblestone road

We left to serve our nation, to fight our country’s wars
We went to fill our duty on those foreign shores
We left all that we knew, our family and our homes
That day we took our first steps on that cobblestone road

We met those young boys with the same fear in their eyes
We knew that some would live that day and some of us would die
We knew that somewhere a boy’s momma would cry
Along the cobblestone road

We buried our brothers in the fields right where they lay
We gathered together and bowed our heads to pray
We said a blessing for their eternal soul
Then we marched on down that cobblestone road

We marched over mountains and valleys far below
We marched through the summer heat and the winter snows
We continued ever onward, even though
We could see no end to that cobblestone road

We collected our medals and stripes upon our sleeve
Fighting for our country and the things that we believe
We brothers have traveled to every corner of this globe
Since we took those first steps on that cobblestone road

We have seen many a trouble and killed many a men
They say that you can never go home again
We carry that burden so our loved ones will never know
The pain of the march on that cobblestone road

We  long for our home valley and the chapel on the hill
We wonder if there is a candle burning there still
For those young men from so long ago
Who marched out of town on that cobblestone road

Remember them

Hubris Capitol of Texas - Tarrant County

Don't believe it?

You must not be reading Durango.

You should.  You can't afford not to.

One, two, a billion

Counting in Fort Worth is always an issue.

The Tarrant County Elections office will soon be recounting the votes for the Tarrant Regional Water District.

Good luck, John Basham!

The Watchdog Slaps the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in the Face

And gets a job at a real paper

Coming soon, to the Dallas Morning News. 

Stay tuned.