Newly elected board member Mary Kelleher is an outsider in the castle, whose first request for public records as a board member drew what she described as a chest-pounding, red-faced response by Oliver and hostility from at least some of her fellow board members.The continued combativeness of Oliver and a veritable battle against releasing public documents has turned a new –– and clearly unwelcome –– light on the water board and its most massive project.The situation leaves the 25-year-old in limbo as he prepares to enter the final 12 months of his contract.The agency has no nepotism policy, and an attorney said it doesn’t keep track of the hiring of relatives.Wonderful article!
Michelle is an attorney and dedicated public servant to the people of Minnesota.
Norvell Kay Granger (née Mullendore; born January 18, 1943) is an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, representing its 12th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.A former teacher and businesswoman, she is the first Republican woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House.
Residents who access the property to use the trail will be cited for tresspassing.Hal Ray, of Pope, Hardwicke, Christie, Schell, Kelly & Ray, which is helping represent the district on a major lawsuit, referred questions back to water district spokesman Chad Lorance, who also did not respond to requests for information.Thanks again for shining the light. For the first time, opposition to the river project is well funded.The other hallmark of the project has been a distinct unwillingness by TRWD General Manager Jim Oliver and others to operate the district and the TRV project in a transparent manner. In more recent years, records requests by reporters and members of the general public have gone unanswered or were answered long after the legal time limit set by state open-records law. J.D.
And Sandy’s husband Brian Newby, an attorney with Cantey Hanger and former chief of staff to Gov. Subscribe on your platform of choice!Riveron recommended the City of Fort Worth implement a direct line of reporting within the TRVA and a direct line of accountability to the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) for the project.A free bi-weekly commentary on current events by Konni Burton.© 2020 The Texan. Running for Re-Election, TX-12.
SERVICE: A celebration of John's life will be held alone. Neither Kay nor JD Granger, TRWD Board President Vic Henderson, director Jack Stevens, Jim Oliver, nor district CFO Sandy Newby responded to requests for interviews.Those e-mails, obtained under the state’s open-records act, reveal just the beginning of what seems to be a pattern of familial coziness at the water district.
The Trinity River Vision Authority (TRVA) project, known as Panther Island, led by J.D. Donate
Pamela loved her grandchildrenand doing crafts especially epoxy cup making. Granger, son of longtime Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX-12), began in 2006 as a flood-control and revitalization project in the central part of Fort Worth along the Trinity River. Most recently, she served as the state’s 49th Lieutenant Governor.
Let’s hope Mary Kelleher won’t be the lone voice of dissent on the board for long!How about board members campaigning and advertising the completion of a trail around Marine Creek Lake?
Rick Perry, is a former member of the water district board.
In November 2010, U.S. Rep. Kay Granger finalized a deal to sell a downtown condominium to Newby Management in Fort Worth.
After all, sunlight is the best disinfectant.What’s more, a millionaire Dallas hotelier, whose land is in the path of a TRWD pipeline, is suing the agency and underwriting opponents to the reigning board majority. The attitude goes back at least a decade.
She made history as the first woman in Minnesota to serve as President of the Senate. In her free time, Kim home schools her daughter and coaches high school extemporaneous speaking and apologetics. You keep up the good work Ms. Kelleher and perhaps we can send a few more people with this sham of a Water Board….Packing!After the holidays, Granger e-mailed Sandy Newby, a partner at Newby Management, to let Newby know Granger would be back in town and needed to remove some remaining items in the dwelling.If there’s one thing the TRWD is good at (and it’s certainly not increasing/improving our water supply) – it’s galvanizing support against it.
She was a retired dispatcher for APAC. He was 68. She and her husband have three sons. She has a Juris Doctor from Baylor University Law School and a Bachelor's in government from Angelo State University. I’m so glad we have the FW Weekly to actually practice journalism – rather than be the typesetting service for the City of FW, TRWD and TRVA.