…was spent with no single aspect of construction completed. The project was dysfunctionally and deceptively managed by two key players—Jim Oliver, general manager of the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD),…
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Granger Keeps Job Despite Agency Hiring Costly Replacement
…Engineers (USACE), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Tarrant County, the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), City of Fort Worth, and the Trinity River Vision Authority (TRVA). The TRVA is tasked…
Texas Attorney General Allows Water District Cover-Up
…the NTMWD pay the TRWD, and the TRWD pays the businesses contracted for the marketing campaign. That means all money for the marketing campaign flows through TRWD. Texas Scorecard wanted…
Was the Review of Granger’s Panther Island Accurate?
…oversee the project—including more than $220,000 in public relations propaganda. It also found that J.D. Granger, son of U.S. Rep. Kay Granger and head of the TRVA, colluded with TRWD…
Commentary: Panther Island and the Tarrant Regional Water Discombobulation (TRWD)
…organizationally structured so nobody could be held accountable. First, to help TRWD work on a problem they couldn’t solve, State Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) shepherded House Bill 2639 through…
City Endorses Panther Island Reforms Despite Defiant Bureaucrats
…a wall of separation between the TRVA Executive Director—Granger—and the TRWD General Manager—Oliver. Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously last Tuesday to endorse the recommendations made by Riveron. However, weeks…
Bridges to Nowhere: Visiting Panther Island
…said. “I’m still going to be under Jim, no matter what.” The review recommended that a wall of separation be created between the TRVA executive director (Granger) and the TRWD…
Trump Administration Allegedly Wants Granger’s Son Fired
…be under Jim, no matter what.” The review also recommended that a wall of separation be created between the TRVA executive director (Granger) and the TRWD general manager (Oliver) and…
Unqualified Son of a Congresswoman Will Continue Running Troubled Agency
…she served as mayor of Fort Worth. “The TRVA, as it exists today, will be absorbed into TRWD,” Oliver said in an email. “JD will remain as executive director or…
Staff Blog: My Second Call Investigating Water District Cover-Up
…a water conservation marketing campaign that the scandal-ridden TRWD is operating with the City of Dallas and the North Texas Municipal Water District. When TRWD appealed to Attorney General Ken…