This week Ann Zadeh is out of town, so EJ & Wesley were joined by Chris Tackett.
BIG STORY: Chris Tackett of See It Name It Fight It talks about how Fort Worth votes blue, and spells out a playbook for how Fort Worth can become deeper blue to counteract gerrymandering on a couty & state level.
SHORT STORY 1: Nicole Collier held in Texas House Chamber & Texas Republicans pass gerrymandered redisticting maps.
SHORT STORY 2: Tarrant County dramatically reduces voting locations.
SHORT STORY 3: Eddie García tapped to be Fort Worth’s next police chief.
WINS:
‘Let’s ride!’: Fort Worth high school students to receive free transit rides from Trinity Metro
Trinity Railway Express to be upgraded for World Cup transportation
Fort Worth names new director for economic development, Jessica Rogers
New director at the Modern leans into museum’s future following national controversy
Fort Worth park memorializing Black lynching victim closer to being funded
LOSSES:
O’Hare: Anticipated TxDOT master plan ‘huge boon’ for Fort Worth-area economic development
Tarrant County Judge O’Hare calls on cities to run ‘business-minded’ governments
Fort Worth lands $761M AI supercomputer plants as Wistron selects Alliance
Tarrant faith leaders urge officials to condemn GOP chair’s anti-Muslim social media posts
ACTIONS:
What should Fort Worth spend $3B in taxpayer money on? Here’s how to weigh in
District 7: 6 pm Aug. 25 at Boswell High School
District 6: 6 pm Aug. 27 at Southwest High School Library
District 3: 6 pm Sept. 3 at LVTRise Community Center
District 4: 10 am Sept. 6 at Basswood Elementary School
District 11: 2 pm Sept. 6 at Eugene McCray Community Center
District 9: 6 pm Sept. 8 at University Christian Church
District 5: 6 pm Sept. 10 at the Fort Worth East Regional Library
District 2: 6 pm Sept. 11 at Northside Community Center
District 8: 6 pm Sept. 15 at the William M. McDonald YMCA
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