Here’s how to fix Fort Worth. (It’s not about Dallas, or pilots, or the cow.)

Fort Worth Star-Telegram ^ | Bud Kennedy

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FORT WORTH The day of reckoning has come for Fort Worth, blurring from a distinct metropolitan city into the western sprawl of the DFW metroglob.

A new business plan for the city included wakeup alarms for city leaders:

▪ Our residents are less likely to have a college degree than Houston’s or Dallas’, and nowhere near as well-educated as Denver’s or Austin’s.

Even our high school graduation rate trails San Antonio’s or Oklahoma City’s, both working-class cities with a rough-and-tumble cowboy past.

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Another hateful article from Fort Worth's resident leftist opinion-spewer. So, we're not enough like our leftist neighbors. How sad.

[Red Badger]

Ping!..................

[Slyfox]

Fort Worth has a Republican mayor, so they must have something going for them.

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Here’s the crux of Kennedy’s hate motivation: “The Cowtown image isn’t worn out. What’s tired is the image of a stubborn, bigoted old cowboy.”

Has to work the “bigot” card in, don’t you know.

[dfwgator]

Don’t tell me, bring in more gays and lesbians.

[Spktyr]

They also sent Abortion Barbie, Wendy Davis, to the Texas Legislature. So maybe not.

[Spktyr]

Your attention to this thread, I think.

[txrefugee]

How about asking the residents about what they like about living there? That would balance this negative screed.

[bgill]

No joking at all. What decent Texan wants Ft. Worth to become another Austin, Dallas or Houston?

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Republican in name only. Betsy Price is a dismal disappointment, marching in our “gay pride” parade as Grand Marshall.

Her replacement as County Tax Assessor is far better than she was.

[Redbob]

"Don’t tell me, bring in more gays and lesbians."

You forgot wetbacks...

[DallasGal]

Oh Spktyr, I’m having a HORRIBLE, HORRID, AWFUL, HEARTBREAKING day. This didn’t make it any better.

[Slyfox]

I was comparing FW to Dallas, which is a freaking mess.

Plus, FW comes up blue on the grand election map.

[Rummyfan]

What’s the matter with Ft Worth?! It’s still the home of TCU isn’t it?

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Don’t tell me, bring in more gays and lesbians.

That's implied in the being a more "welcoming" city.

I don't sense any lack of welcome from businesses. How would they know that someone is from out of town anyway?

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Yep. TCU has “Christian” in it though, which I’m sure triggers Kennedy.

[Spktyr]

Texas Consumption (of alcoholic beverages and recreational pharmaceuticals) University? Yes!

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Bud Kennedy is just mad that Fort Worth votes reliably red (Republican.) That’s what needs “fixing” in his little mind.

[DesertRhino]

Well, i would first decide who the hell broke it, and not do that anymore.

[Pining_4_TX]

Uh-oh, beware of the planners. They always screw things up. Why do we have so many people who think they can plan a city or other people’s lives? So-called economic development and city planning are Soviet 5-year plans gussied up with new names. Let the market work.