The City of Fort Worth is broke! The mayor has mismanaged the budget! The city sits on top of a gas rich geological formation known as the Barnett Shale. Barnett Shale has been and still is a source of revenue for the city's coffer ten of millions have been given. Under the Micheal J. Moncrief's regime he has give away the store with his tax deferred schemes to his rich friends and the city now has a 35 million dollars deficits and the highest property tax rate of any major city in North Texas. No more tax increase for Fort Worth. Mr. Moncrief has maxed out the city.

The city is seeking stimulus dollars, 1.9 million, to spend for a street car feasible study that could have a price tag of 200 million if it come to past. A Street Car To No Where that loops downtown. Great if you live, work, or have investments in the downtown area nothing for you if you live elsewhere other than the aesthetics. This regime has laid off city workers one day a week. The City of Fort Worth can not afford to pay them and honor the sweetheart labor deals it has with the police and fire departments. The fire department's new deal is on the table now for over 12 million. Good luck with that.

Lest we not be fair we must acknowledge this administration has presided during a time of extreme economics difficulty when tax cuts were given to the rich while the country was fighting two wars on credit with China as the underwriter. The greed and the selfish nature of corporations drove this economy to the brink of disaster. Thus, the stimulus. Obama to the rescue.

You have to contribute the failure to a lack of leadership by the mayor when the 'team' did not bring home the bacon when the Department of Transportation said no to their 'packaging'. The truth of the matter is it looks as if the administration attempted a 'slight of hand' to get money for the city's pet project, Trinity Vision. Trying to be 'slick' may have sunken their chances to get funding for Tower 55. There is competition for these stimulus dollars that the GOP say will break the bank.

You would think a man with his experience in business and government would have read the tea leaves better, if not, what is the benefit of such pedigree. I voted for Mike Moncrief for mayor on May 3, 2003 because I believed he could get the trash picked up and to bring to my community a economics empowerment that would connects the community to the city's overall vision.

Micheal Schnurman a Fort Worth Star-Telegram writer set forth in his Sunday's column two projects the city is attempting to bring on board, the Street Car To No Where and Tower 55. The way Obama has structured the grant (density and connectivity) Tower 55 in a better bet and fit for my neighborhood. The railroad tracks are there put in some train stops and you open up the neighborhoods for our youth to find employment in Grapevine and the Airport. Young people in my neighborhood have the highest employment in the nation, Mr. Mayor.

Cowtown's politics is Texas' politics and you can not have Texas' politics without a little BS.

"Elect Republicans and we will repeal the Health Care Reform bill", cried the Party of No. The unlearn and well to do will put dollars in the pocket of these politicians who runs on the slogan 'repeal health care' because it sound like a doable deal. To repeal health care reform in America, the GOP will need to have 67 senators out of 100 to pass such a bill over the president's signature. No way. No how.

"Re-elect Rick Perry Governor of Texas and he will excise our state rights and secede us from the union. We the People of Texas are tried of the federal government imposing unfunded mandates on the individuals and small businesses of the state", is the rant and ravings of the Tea Party. Oh there is a way to secede but not as 1 state but 5. What part do you want to be a part of? what say you Rick?

Not to be out done the Attorney Generals of Texas, Greg Abbott, along with 13 other Attorney Generals of other states are filing frivolous lawsuits that will waste the courts time and the taxpayer dollars. If it has to do with commerce across state lines and the general health and welfare of the citizenry, the Supreme Court has ruled. Case closed.

The BS is going to get deep in this fall election when Texas elect its next governor. See Rick run away from his record. The longest sitting governor in its history. Education is underfunded. Highways improvement have not kept up with development of bedroom communities and the state will have a 12 billion dollar deficit. Rick Perry has been in office for 10 years guess who he is going to blame for Texas shortcomings. That is right: the federal government.