johnfwd

The Dallas City Council's decision to take the Wings away from Arlington has reminded me, once again, how Dallas has dominated professional sports in North Texas. 

I know it's an old topic in this forum, but it's worth noting again.  The fact is, Fort Worth has long ago conceded professional sports to Dallas (which includes Arlington in the scheme of things).  It seems a subliminal and subconscious choice on the part of Fort Worthians.  We consider the Cowboys, the Stars, and the Mavericks to be "our" teams.

So we have NASCAR, the PGA at Colonial, and the Panther City Lacrosse team.  We have rodeos.  Any others?  It's interesting to note that most, if not all, sports names in Big D are named after its city.  Does Fort Worth have a professional sport with the name "Fort Worth."  I don't really think anyone in our city cares that we don't have a bona fide "Fort Worth" sports franchise.

This, from Fort Worth, Inc.'s The Daily Dose.

https://fortworthinc...2026E7643790G2W

I guess a hotel occupancy tax on the ballot is the new thing to build new public buildings.  Used to be the bond issue.  Logically, such a tax would be a kind of user fee for a new hotel, not a convention center.  Article about this in Fort Worth Inc.'s newsletter.

https://fortworthinc...2026E7643790G2W

Could have posted this in the city issues thread, but it is an urban design thing.  Driving on West Seventh in the Crockett Row area (or whatever it's called these days), more than once I've had to gently swerve my car to avoid going over the concrete mounds that are partially in the main thoroughfare in order to separate the thoroughfare from new bike lanes.  The mounds have dirt and plants on them.  My concern is that some careless motorist will--eventually--run over a mound and cause an accident.  This might more likely happen at night when it's harder to see the roadway.  In the Crockett Row area, it might also happen on account of an intoxicated motorist.  It's not a major issue in the scheme of things.  But does anyone share my concern?

The City of Fort Worth has decided to pass on to trash collection customers a surcharge for over-spilling of the bin.  Large families are not going to be happy with this decision.  Link is from the Channel 5 website.

https://www.msn.com/...8c7098994&ei=69