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chmartin79

Member Since 06 Apr 2017
Offline Last Active Nov 23 2021 08:33 PM
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In Topic: Hotel Dryce

23 November 2021 - 08:32 PM

FWW article was taken down as quickly as it was put up but they still have a secondary link to the twitter content.  Without taking sides, from what I gather, this appears to be centered around a disagreement about business policies and preferential treatment.  I wouldn't be suprised if there isn't some swift legal action happening behind the scenes knowing that privacy is something that some people pay a lot of money to protect.  

 

Maybe someone with a legal background can chime in....Can a business owner use someone's name with the intent to defame the person over a disagreement about a business policy and not expect to be faced with some sort of defamation lawsuit?  Is there any expectation of privacy between a paying customer and a business operator in this case?  What if they rang up a $1000 bill, paid but left no tip.  Would the bar manager be in the wrong for taking a picture of that their bar tab showing a $0 tip and sharing their name on twitter?

 No, there is absolutely no chance of a defamation lawsuit happening, much less succeeding, in this case. On another note, the idea that you can pay for privacy in this country kind of adds to the idea that this group of people are out of touch. . 


In Topic: Dallas-Fort Worth no longer a top-25 place to live (Culturemap)

22 July 2021 - 09:19 AM

Im sorry, I can't take any ranking seriously that has Seattle and Portland above Fort Worth.  I have been to both of those cities in the last year and I literally watched 3 people receive emergency treatment on a sidewalk because of drug overdoses. All downtown in the middle of the day. In Seattle I saw more homeless camps that I have ever seen in any city. While I understand Fort Worth has its problems, the core of our city is in much better shape safety wise than either of those two. Don't get me wrong, both of them are beautiful and have great transit structures, but I would never live downtown there or walk around by myself after dark.  Just my two cents as someone who has been to both recently and lived in downtown Fort Worth. 


In Topic: Hotel Dryce

27 June 2021 - 09:25 AM

I suspect that the area outlined in red is too deep into a residential zone and commercial development is probably out of the question. I predict that AHHA would strongly oppose anything but housing. 

Lot 2050 and the lot directly behind it are the old Dairy Queen lots so I don't think putting something commercial on those would be an issue. Buildings on lots 3620 and 3612 are not there anymore either I don't think, and they were commercial too.. The lots next to 3627 were old apartments, so that would be the one place I think commercial would struggle to gain traction. 


In Topic: University Avenue rebuild through Trinity Park

10 June 2021 - 10:19 AM

Until something is done about the University exit off I-30 going west bound, these changes are moot in my opinion.  That exit is probably the worst exit off an interstate that has ever been devised.  


In Topic: Hotel Dryce

07 December 2020 - 11:15 AM

This project is going up nicely and it looks like they are tearing down the buildings directly across the street on Byers from it. Any ideas on what could be coming. I know they tore down the DQ and a small apartment complex about a year ago too in that area.