…grab as much taxpayer cash as possible. TRWD is also one of the local taxing entities mired in the Panther Island development boondoggle whose costs have skyrocketed, progress has been…
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Officials Refuse to Release Full Panther Island Review to Public
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,…
Local Governments Favor Big Business over Taxpayers
…from the Panther Island region, with specific dates for new hires to be employed and on location. There are also additional requirements for how much the company must spend within…
Establishment Wins Tarrant Water Board Race
…taxpayer boondoggle known as Panther Island, a real estate development program marketed as flood control that has cost local taxpayers over $300 million and federal taxpayers $60 million. Taxpayers will…
Taxpayers May Finally Get Answers on Billion-Dollar Bungle
…city. Panther Island, which Texas Scorecard has previously reported on, is a project run by the Trinity River Valley Authority (TRVA)—a subsidiary of the Tarrant Regional Water District, Tarrant County,…
Tarrant County Election: Money Flows to Anti-Taxpayer Slate
Elections for two board seats on the Trinity River Water District are heating up in a pitched battle as the pro-Panther Island boondoggle establishment grow their war chests against the…
Fort Worth Candidate Allies With Progressives
…he suggested a transparent audit of the taxpayer-funded real estate boondoggle known as Panther Island, while on the other he supported raising school taxes. However, Matos has recently forged alliances…
North Texas Water Wars
…The TRWD has long been associated with secrecy and burning taxpayer money on the Panther Island boondoggle, a tax-funded real estate development project in Fort Worth that has cost taxpayers…
Democrat Issues Call To Combat Voter Fraud
…for Liberty, and Liberty Life DFW, the event brought together several speakers to talk with citizens about the taxpayer-funded boondoggle known as Panther Island. Burnam’s focus was the threat of…
Democrat Enters Race For Fort Worth Mayor
…Worth politics today. Regarding tax abatements to businesses, Peoples said that she understands some of that is necessary, but “you don’t give away the farm.” On the Panther Island boondoggle,…