UPDATED July 12, 2019. Previews of a report on downtown Fort Worth’s Panther Island Project reveal “insufficient oversight and transparency” among many problems within the beleaguered billion-dollar development. The report,…
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Dallas and Tarrant Water District Agree to Massive Money Burn
…(City of Dallas Financial Documents state the amount will be $670,000 a year). “Go back and ask for more money [from TRWD],” Atkins concluded. Interestingly, the TRWD unanimously approved their…
Update: More Waste Found from Water District
…the TRWD map shows that four of these schools—Snow Heights, Bedford Heights, Della Icenhower, and Benbrook Elementary itself—are outside of the district, meaning that TRWD voters paid for water goodies…
Water District Wastes Your Money
…Benbrook Elementary School received “WaterWise” conservation boxes. These boxes, with the logo of the TRWD emblazoned on them, contained items such as showerheads, faucets, rain/drip gauges, and digital thermometers. Texas…
Establishment Wins Tarrant Water Board Race
…former TRWD board member Mary Kelleher, and Charles “C.B.” Team in a five-way dog fight for two seats with the two top vote-getters winning. Kelleher, a fighter for transparency and…
Local Election Results: Tarrant County
Voters across Tarrant County went to the polls Saturday to select city and school board officials. Mayor Betsy Price and the Fort Worth establishment managed to stave off the efforts…
Taxpayers May Finally Get Answers on Billion-Dollar Bungle
…involving the TRWD, as Texas Scorecard is now investigating if taxpayers were the ones paying for the TRWD to give away boxes of goodies to fifth-graders at an elementary school….
Did Taxpayers Pay for Free Showerheads?
…boxes, emblazoned with the title “Water Wise,” the phrase “Save Water,” and TRWD’s logo, contained a number of items ostensibly to help conserve water. Among the items within the box…
Tarrant County Election: Money Flows to Anti-Taxpayer Slate
…extremely little to show for it. Because this project is operated by the Trinity River Valley Authority, a branch that reports to the TRWD, this year’s local election is critical…
North Texas Water Wars
…on the TRWD board in 2013 and won. Yet in her efforts to make the TRWD more transparent, Kelleher was censured by the board. However, she chalked up some significant…