FORT WORTH ROAD FOLLIES

"The bottom line is not how we got here, it's how we go forward," Price said. "If nothing else, it's a start in the right direction. We have a much stronger will on the council to make this happen."

SORRY MAYOR, but that is exactly the "bottom line!"  As the old saying goes (to paraphrase), those who will not learn from the past are doomed to relive it.  That is apparently ALL we do in Fort Worth.  We constantly rehash old problems because we have a city council (mostly staff) that cannot seem to get their heads on straight.  All too often their "start in the right direction" is just that....a start with no ending in sight.

The city council of the past has said how important public transportation is to the economic growth of our city, and now don't seem to understand that our city streets and major arterial streets ARE "public transportation" first and foremost.  Year after year (actually election after election) the people of Fort Worth proclaim that our streets are the most important issue in their lives...and yet we still have a city council that has not only ignored the problem, they blatantly allowed money that YOU authorized to sit there unused.   Is it any wonder that people think our city staff and many on the council are like silly geese that seem to wake up to a new world everyday?

A very quick look at what Danny (I'll fix your roads) Scarth promised the people of Fort Worth in 2006....repeat 2006! Which is so obviously more than 2 elections! (http://www.youtube.com/user/dannyscarth?blend=7&ob=5).  Although Danny isn't by himself in these promises, he is most accountable because of this very public video....that everyone should be required to memorize.

I would only ask that people who read this remember that while this money "sat in the bank" unused, the city council voted to increase our WATER BILLS for storm water improvements and at least 3 increases in our garbage collection costs.  We no longer have a water bill, it is now a separate tax bill!