Paxton Acquitted, CCPD Budget, New Housing Proposal, and Investing in Sprawl

817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show

English - September 18, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Ann and EJ are back in the studio, going through an array of topics. Enjoy!

Short Story #1: Ken Paxton Acquitted (Star-Telegram) https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article279366129.html

- Tim O'Hare blames the media for the Paxton trial (Star-Telegram) https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article279418829.html

Short Story #2: CCPD’s budget proposal for safer streets and stronger communities (City of Fort Worth) https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/9/ccpd-funds

Short Story #3: Fort Worth tackles housing crisis with a new plan proposal (City of Fort Worth) https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/9/neighborhood-conservation

- FW pauses approval of affordable housing strategy (Fort Worth Report) https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/13/fort-worth-pauses-approval-of-affordable-housing-strategy-amid-resident-pushback/

BIG STORY: Economic Development in Fort Worth's Sprawl: How should we invest?

- Part One: Industrial Growth in Alliance (Fort Worth Report) https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/09/industrial-growth-filling-warehouses-in-fort-worth/

Part Two: Veale Ranch Investment (Fort Worth Report) https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/13/west-fort-worth-ranch-could-become-center-for-economic-development/

Part Three: US 81/ 287 Interstate Tackle Northwest Population Boom (Fort Worth Report)
https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/11/u-s-81-287-reconstruction-to-tackle-northwest-tarrant-county-population-boom/

Wins and Losses:

Ann's Loss: Texas’ political environment driving faculty to leave (Texas Tribune) https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/07/texas-higher-education-faculty-dei-tenure/

EJ's Loss: Texas paid 31.7 million dollars to bitcoin mining company (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/texas-paid-bitcoin-miner-riot-31point7-million-to-shut-down-in-august.html

Ann's Win: Here’s how the city could recover its pools (Fort Worth Report)
https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/14/deep-dive-segregation-crippled-fort-worths-aquatics-heres-how-the-city-could-recover-its-pools/

EJ's Win: North America Block Chain Summit in Fort Worth
https://www.tixr.com/groups/texasblockchainsummit/events/2023-texas-blockchain-summit-61217