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Denver Williams With a new video out now and an 11-track album on the way, the “hip-hop-to-Americana-to-WTF?” is Blooming.

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FEATURE Is there a good reason why the DA is prosecuting its first open meetings violation in 40-plus years?

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STUFF Squid Game sends up late-stage capitalism with a dour flourish.

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STUFF After a lava-hot start, could this year’s Cowboys be different?

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MUSIC Dead Vinyl’s and Big Heaven’s doggie costume contest Saturday at the Boiled Owl leads the hit parade.

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INSIDE As the Cowboys surge, don’t get your hopes up. Then again …

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By Edward Brown

A letter from a county jail inmate reveals a serious issue.

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The Blooming Eye

Politics and the Law

Is the DA’s office open for business?

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With his debut album on the way, multi-genre singer-songwriter Denver Williams has a lot to say.

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All Aboard the Hype Train!

Riding a four-game winning streak, the Cowboys surprisingly find themselves residing among the NFL’s elite, and their recent performance is proving they belong there.

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This past Sunday, in their third consecutive home game, the Dallas Cowboys completely demolished the visiting team.

With Dallas seemingly starting to grow a historically elusive homefield advantage, the injury-plagued New York Giants were forced to limp out of AT&T Stadium after a pitifully one-sided 44-20 rout. The tune-up of Big Blue continued the steelmelting offensive hot streak Dallas has been on over the last month. Through the homestand, against the Eagles, Panthers, and Giants, respectively, Dallas has gone 3-0, outscored their opponent 121-69, and topped the turnover differential by

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Is Cowboy fans’ enthusiasm just setting them up for the fall?

6-3. After falling to the defending champs (just barely) in Week 1, the Cowboys have ripped off four straight wins, amounting to their best start since QB Dak Prescott’s rookie year in 2016.

It’s early still, but as Dallas will face only three teams currently holding winning records throughout the season’s remaining 12 games — don’t look now — a home playoff game is all but assured, and there’s a legit shot at a first round bye just hanging out there.

All the parts seem to be humming along in unison. (Or is it “harmony”?) There’s the offense, which seems unstoppable, whether by leaning on the resurgent running game or jumping on Dak’s back as he slings 40-yard TD bombs. The defense is also showing up, hovering around the middle of the pack (the offseason’s highest hope) while also demonstrating an otherworldly ability to take the ball away — with six in five games, cornerback Trevon Diggs alone has more interceptions than 27 NFL teams. Heading into Week 6, Dallas suddenly finds itself deservingly considered among the Top 5 best teams in the league.

I know what you’re thinking. A colloquialism about being fooled garbled by former president George W. Bush comes to mind. Believe me, I am not conditioned to these sorts of sanguine sports thoughts. The trauma of being a Cowboys fan over the last quarter-century is real. I’ve developed an almost Pavlovian reaction to even a small modicum of positivity, which is to shove it down deep into my subconscious where it belongs with all my other hopes and dreams of a successful career and a healthy, happy lifestyle. It’s likely most Cowboy fans are no different. Because we’re all locked into a form of sportsborn Stockholm Syndrome, every year we play out the same sad cycle: unbridled excitement followed by predictable defeat and then, eventually, hopeless disillusionment. Every offseason we allow the NFL’s resident Willy Wonka, owner Jerry Jones, to enchant us with promises of wondrous confections dripping with the sweetness of success.

And every year we willfully dip our fingers into the gleaming chocolate river only to

find out after sampling its taste that the flowing brown stream is not actually made of chocolate.

Yet, every once in a while, a season comes along that doesn’t follow the usual bait-and-switch. Because the Cowboys aren’t the Cleveland Browns, there has been the odd season or two that restores all the exhausted faith from the surrounding years. After all, there must be a rug provided on occasion to have pulled out from under you. Mired among the seemingly endless 8-8s or soul-crushing 5-11s, there have been a handful of “special” Cowboys teams that have served to keep our expectations unrealistically high. Recall 2007 and 2016, when Dallas rolled to 13-3 records. Or 2014, when they managed 12-4. This 2021 version of the silver and blue just might be another such season.

None of the previously mentioned winning campaigns ultimately ended the way fans wanted or expected. ’07 was famously marred by Tony Romo’s Cabo trip during the playoff bye with Dallas falling to the ultimate Super Bowl champion New York Giants in the divisional round. 2014 ended with the still-enraging Dez-caughtit game, and 2016 was a repeat in the form of a last-possession Aaron Rodgers-led comeback for Green Bay. What happens to this year’s team come playoff time is anyone’s guess. It’s likely that with all the offensive success, the surprising defense, and the flat staggering ability this team has shown so far to absorb several losses to key players, something no previous iteration has managed to do, we’re just setting ourselves up for a higher fall when it inevitably comes. And chances are that’s the safe money bet. But let’s traverse those gangplanks when they present themselves.

For now, let’s just appreciate and enjoy the ride. The hype train is full of fuel and rolling down the track. Jump on board, and let’s have fun while we find out just where the tracks are headed. l

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An Unnatural Death A recently discovered letter gives a firsthand account of an alleged murder in Tarrant County Jail.

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News reports about the 2020 death of Andrew “Andre” Wilson provided little information

Static The big news locally is still the coronavirus.

The Texas health department says that we averaged about 260 COVID-19 deaths per day over the last month. That’s well over 7,500 poor souls gone too soon. And at the same time businesses are going out of their ways to force their employees to get the damn jab already, Gov. Greg Abbott, he of always useful ideas and no political biases whatsoever, thought the time was right to ban any and all COVID vaccine mandates, including for private employers, like the major airlines that could be forgiven for not wanting to turn their otherwise thrilling modes of transportation into flying coffins.

The airlines are ignoring him, rightfully so, and so is Waco ISD, which maintains a vaccine mandate for all teachers after several of them and other staffers were killed by the virus. Playing politics would be excusable if so much grisly death wasn’t involved, and it’s not like vaccines are something new. For decades, Texas public schools have required K-12 students to be vaccinated for an array of ills: tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, chickenpox, meningitis, and hepatitis A, and health care and veterinary students have seemingly always been required to be vaccinated against rabies, tetanus-diphtheria, and hepatitis B. The COVID vaccine has been four decades in the making. It’s FDA-approved. The pushback now comes from a glaringly obvious place.

There’s a large, evil-spirited segment of this country that thinks the vaccine is a means of controlling our minds and bodies in ways that our AI-enhanced phones just can’t or it’s some kind of ploy to discredit Dear Leader, who hilariously tried to take credit for the vaccine at a “rally”/cesspool recently only to get shouted down by his cultists in attendance. Greg Abbott, who is vaccinated and who says the vaccine is “safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus,” believes personal choice should

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METROPOLIS about the 34-year-old Black man other than his supposed cause of death — an unknown medical emergency. His was the ninth death at the county jail that year. Were it not for the high number of population deaths in 2020, which eventually tallied 16, and public concern over COVID-19 spreading throughout the facility, most media outlets probably would not have covered his sudden death.

The official cause of death, according to Wilson’s custodial report, was cardiomegaly, which means he had an enlarged heart. I requested a copy of the official autopsy report. The toxicology report found traces of Trazadone, an antidepressant, in his urine but no traces of illegal drugs. The neck did not show signs of trauma, the report read,

and small particles of food were found in his lungs, suggesting violent gasping had occurred. Wilson’s heart weighed 523 grams while the average male heart weighs 280 to 340 grams.

“The inmate was checked and given a dinner tray,” one report summary reads.

“After all inmates were fed, the officers were picking up their trays and discovered him laying [sic] on the floor of his cell.”

Wilson was booked in Tarrant County Jail on June 18 for criminal trespassing and burglary. A recently discovered seven-page letter by Joe (not his real name), a friend of Wilson’s and current Tarrant Jail detainee, humanizes those criminal charges.

Wilson’s “mother died when he was a

kid,” Joe wrote. “His father was never there.

He moved to Texas a few years ago. He was homeless and living in a tent. [He was] waiting on government-assisted housing and had a [My Health My Resources (MHMR)] caseworker coming to his cell and talking to him weekly. She told him his housing voucher had been approved and to go get the keys to his apartment in 30 days when he completes his six-month sentence for trespassing and breaking into a Goodwill.”

Joe describes Andre’s first name as Andrew and his age as 25, not 34. In Tarrant County and across the country, criminal trespassing charges disproportionately target the homeless and poor (“White Customer, Black Trespasser,” Aug. 2020). Advocates for crimi-

play a role in whether or not we survive this seemingly never-ending shit-show of a pandemic. As the old saying goes, your right to swing your fist ends at my nose, and for the tinfoil-hatted rowdies who claim “my body, my choice!” applies to the vaccine and abortion equally, let me just say that the only person ever harmed or potentially harmed by an abortion was the pregnant woman who had the procedure, while choosing not to be vaccinated puts all of us in danger. There’s a huuuge difference.

You just gotta love how Republicans, and conservatives in general, can talk out of both sides of their mouths at the same time.

The Abbott talking point, and I quote, that “private businesses don’t need government running their business” is funny considering that by disallowing private businesses to mandate vaccines, Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas government are … telling private businesses how to run their businesses.

Common sense. It’s the cost of being pulled so hard to the right, you can’t differentiate between good and bad, right and left, dogs and cats, real pizza and bread with ketchup on it!

The right’s pull for Abbott has come from his chief primary challenger, Don Huffines, who, of course, was in no hurry to take credit for Abbott’s decision. None at all.

“I am very pleased to see that our campaign has forced Greg Abbott to reverse his position on this important issue,” bragged the former Dallas state senator a minute after Abbott made his announcement.

All of this pressure from the right, on Abbott and Huffines particularly, is coming from one source and one source only. And he’s orange and rape-y.

There’s no doubt that The Former Guy is in control of the Republican party, even though a majority of Republican senators recently said — off the record, naturally — that they’re dreading his 2024 presidential campaign and just want him gone.

How can you wash yourself of the stink of the pigsty when you lived in it since 2016 and continue to live in it now?! This is your mess! And while I wish I could say, “You

clean it up!,” I know that’s not possible, because even the biggest Lincoln Party-loving pol knows that to turn their back on the orange guy’s base base means certain political death. Now that the country is firmly divided into democracy lovers and the lovers of authoritarianism, even getting whooped at the polls to the tune of 7 million more voters/patriots won’t stop what has been released: a gross repudiation of all the gender, racial, and cultural (not economic) progress we’ve made over the past 50 years or more.

It’s sad to say, but I’m kind of happy Donald Trump was the one to unleash the hatred. Could you imagine if someone capable had done it? Someone not completely pillfucked and asinine? Someone who didn’t fumble out his asshole to form a coherent sentence, who didn’t see the White House merely as a branding opportunity, someone who actually had some business or political sense? We’d be in Season 17 of The Handmaid’s Tale by now.

What we should all remember at the polls is that Gov. Abbott played politics with our lives at our darkest hour, and the hour is dark — can’t change the channel on those 260 body bags a day, kinfolk. Abbott is making this move only because the guy who won the U.S. presidency by a mandate-effecting 7 million more votes (there’s that lovely number again) said all employers with more than 100 workers either mandate vaccines or test weekly. For the guy who said businesses should make their own decisions about mandating vaccines one day to actually banning mandating vaccines on another, it’s clear that Greg Abbott cares more about getting reelected by the base base or satisfying the bloodthirsty demons who lobby on behalf of Big COVID than actually protecting us. *rings handbell of shame*

Our two new seats in Congress will be whiter than a Whitesnake concert on White Rock Lake. How’s that for playing fair? It’s OK, I keep telling myself. In 20 years, all of these old, rich, prejudiced white guys are going to be worm food and replaced by the hot-shit AOCs of the world. I just hope I’m around by then. All of this injustice and the distinct lack of pushback is taking a toll on my G.D. liver.

White Out

Talk about flaunting what you got. Even though people of color fueled Texas’ population growth by 95% (!) over the past decade, the Texas Senate recently approved a congressional map that draws no — zero, none, zilch — Black or Hispanic districts.

Abortion Still Illegal

Like, two minutes after a federal judge’s order blocked Texas’ absurd, regressive abortion ban, an appeals court allowed it to resume. Now, doctors who performed abortions during the block are now exposed to lawsuits. This is totally normal. Nothing to see here. The year 1952 will be a good one for us, praise be.

Deadbeat Dummies

I understand that playing politics is part of politics, but there comes a time when you just wanna b-slap some mother-hunchers. I’m looking at you John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

The two U.S. senators from Texas have routinely backed more government borrowing during Republican reigns but were claiming we’re broke because Biden and the Dems wanted to raise the debt limit to prevent, oh, just the entire collapse of our economy.

You know the scoundrels are desperate when they’re willing to sacrifice zillions of dollars and just as many jobs and broken families to assume control of the federal government to turn us into a church-state. And don’t think a church-state is that far off. If Dems don’t get their shit together, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Chances of the Dems getting their shit together? I’d get your floppy white hats ready, ladies. — Anthony Mariani This column reflects the opinions of the editorial board and not necessarily the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at anthony@fwweekly. com. Submissions will be edited for factuality and clarity.

Goodwill. For three weeks, he didn’t have no deodorant. H and M made fun of him.

H said, ‘I wouldn’t have you in my circle.

You’re a bum.’ They never respected him and didn’t acknowledge him as a gangster.”

Wilson told members of his cell that he was a member of the Crips, a street gang, but no one believed him.

“I was only associating with an inmate named S who H and M say is a snitch because he told [a jailer] about a possible escape route that some inmates were planning to escape out of. So I was conversing with S one day on an intellectual subject, and Andrew Wilson joined the conversation. We all had a good talk. Well, M and H were listening the whole time.”

H yelled that Wilson was not a Crip because he was talking to a snitch.

“They talked about beating [Wilson] up for the next few days,” Joe wrote. “He didn’t say nothing back to them. He never disrespected him. It seemed that he was looking for acceptance from H and M. That’s when H and M came up with this scheme to play it cool with him to get his $1,200 stimulus money” from the Internal Revenue Service.

M started sharing his newspapers with Wilson, who then, according to Joe, gave M his social security number.

“Three weeks after Andrew gave M his social security number, I noticed [M] was spending $100 a week at the commissary for weeks straight,” Joe wrote. “He had got Andrew’s $1,200 and had spent it. Now H and M didn’t need him no more. They began to get hostile with him again.”

Wilson verbally told M and H that he

was going to report the theft of the stimulus money when he was released from jail. Soon after, H yelled at Andrew, “I’ll kill you!” Joe alleges that jailers would frequently “pop” the doors of jail cells to allow certain inmates to fight. Joe’s friendship with Wilson made him a target of M and H and a cohort of Crips who supported M and H. Joe feigned having suicidal thoughts as a means of being transferred to a different section of the jail. After several weeks, M was transferred to the same section.

That’s when Joe learned about his friend’s death and the Crips’ alleged involvement.

The Crips decided to murder Wilson for several reasons, Joe wrote. Wilson’s friendship with S, the so-called snitch, was one factor. Fear over being turned in for stealing $1,200 was another, Joe wrote. Even seemingly minor choices, like Wilson’s decision to share M’s newspapers with Joe, may have made Wilson a marked man.

In the days leading up to Wilson’s death, M, H, and other members of Wilson’s cell block had figured out how to open their jail cells, Joe wrote.

“Inmates learned how to open the locks on their door by pouring piss on the locking mechanism and causing an electrical short circuit that allowed the door to come open,” Joe wrote.

Joe said officers knew inmates were opening their doors and going into other inmates’ cells to fight. Joe believes M was receiving medical treatment in a hospital at the time, which makes H the primary suspect.

Whoever killed Wilson could have opened their cell, opened Wilson’s cell, placed Wilson in a chokehold, and returned to their cell

before any guards noticed, according to Joe. “The guard would play like they didn’t know anything so they weren’t fired,” Joe wrote. “To anyone who didn’t know the situation, it would appear as if Andrew died of natural causes. Cause of death would be unknown.”

Or, Joe speculates, prescription pills could be ground up finely and placed in Wilson’s food, which could cause a heart attack.

News reports from last year said the Texas Rangers investigated the incident. I reached out to them for details about their investigation but did not hear back by press time. The local sheriff ’s office did not respond to my questions about the case.

Krishnaveni Gundu, executive director with Texas Jail Project, said that custody death reports and official accounts of jail custody deaths “rarely, if ever, tell the full story.”

Her nonprofit works to humanize the plight of Texas county jail populations by telling the stories of the often-impoverished men and women who can spend months or years waiting for their trial dates.

“Jailers and sheriffs in Texas have historically obstructed justice and concealed key facts in death investigations,” she said.

“Sheriff [Bill] Waybourn and Tarrant County jailers need to be held responsible for the culture of death and punishment in Tarrant County Jail, which leads the state in rates of custody deaths in jails. Additionally, Tarrant County residents should be horrified that Andre Wilson was being held solely for his inability to pay $1,000. Poverty should not be punishable by death.” l

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nal justice reform seek to reframe certain petty crimes that may involve stealing socks or seeking warmth during winter as “crimes of survival.” A county spokesperson provided me with a copy of documents related to Wilson’s booking in Tarrant County Jail.

According to the county, he was arrested on June 18, 2020, and charged with “burglary of building,” a felony charge. His bond was set at $1,000 by magistrate Judge Filipe Calzada.

Joe mailed the letter to his mother shortly after Wilson’s September death, but his mother did not open it until recently. Joe’s mother told me she was undergoing a series of cancer treatments that included a major surgery last year, and that is why the letter went unnoticed until recently. The local sheriff ’s department does not allow incoming calls to members of the jail population, so I communicated with Joe through his mother.

The mother said her son “was moved away from the area right before” the murder.

“It had to be the jailer that set the circumstances up. They didn’t want Jeremiah as a witness, so they moved him.”

The following unedited account is based on Joe’s letters, which he titled “The Death-Murder of Andrew Wilson.” A copy of the letter has been forwarded to the Tarrant County Sheriff ’s Office for their review.

The names of the individuals mentioned have been replaced with the first letter of their last names to protect their privacy.

“Me, M, and H was on Lon Evans [Corrections Center] when Andrew Wilson arrived,” Joe wrote. M and H “rarely talked to him for the first two weeks. They knew he was homeless and in jail for breaking into a

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LIVING LOCAL

This statement holds true for Kyli Rose and Chris Jordan of Fort Worth, at least.

With the support of fiancé and local business owner Chris Jordan, Kyli Rose has opened The Roadrunner Stop — a boutique featuring custom jewelry and trendy clothing with a vintage flair. Kyli is a Fort Worthian with a New Mexico background. She comes from the small, desert town of Animas in the Southwest corner of New Mexico. When she moved to Fort Worth in 2015, she bartended at The Mad Hatter Pub, eventually moving up to a management position.

Due to the pandemic temporarily closing The Mad Hatter Pub in 2020, Kyli and Chris moved back to Animas for six months with her grandparents on an old, Native American trading ground. While exploring the area and everything it had to offer, they found pottery, arrowheads, and beautiful gemstones — like bloodstone jasper, rubies, and turquoise. These stones sparked a new passion for Kyli: creating wire-wrapped necklaces.

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She and Chris would even drive up to 3 hours to find the best materials for this new venture. Eventually, Kyli became skilled enough to launch her own website.

The project was a huge success, and orders began to pour in. Once the bars reopened in Texas, they moved back to Fort Worth.

Each day while driving to the gym or work, they passed by the perfect space for what would become The Roadrunner Stop.

After a few months, Kyli called, signed a lease, and the shop found its permanent home in April of 2021. Within the 800sqft boutique, you’ll discover Kyli’s custom jewelry and personally curated clothing.

The Roadrunner Stop also highlights local and New Mexican artists. A Gallery Night is held every month with a featured artist. (Recently, Kyli has even featured entrepreneurs as young as 12 years old!).

During this event, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres are served. For info about the next event, follow the boutique at Facebook.com/TheRoadRunnerStop and on Instagram at @theroadrunnerstop.

“Kyli, I love you, and I’m so very proud of you.

I’ll always be your biggest fan!” With love, Chris Jordan.

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xamples of Tarrant County judges putting ethics above politics are not hard to find.

In 2008, a Republican judge ruled that Democratic Fort Worth City Councilmember Wendy Davis could run for state senator. Then-Sen. Kim Brimer, a Republican, filed a lawsuit that argued that her opponent should be removed from the ballot because Davis filed to run for the seat while still serving on city council, a move not allowed under the state constitution even though Tarrant County’s current leadership says otherwise — Constable Jody Johnson is currently running for county commissioner with the DA’s blessing (“Skirting the State Constitution?” Sep. 15).

The deadline to remove a candidate had passed, the judge noted. Davis went on to defeat Brimer and to become a leading progressive voice for women’s rights in the years following.

In 2014, Judge R.H. Wallace of Tarrant County’s 96th District Court ruled that staffers at John Peter Smith Hospital could not keep a brain-dead pregnant woman on life support against her family’s wishes. Medical records showed that the nearly 6-month-old fetus had severe developmental defects that included fluid in the brain cavity. Lawyers representing the hospital were worried about running afoul of a new law, signed by then-Gov. Rick Perry, that banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Wallace said the law did not apply because the mother was dead.

“We recognize the tragic and painful situation the family faces,” said a spokesperson for Perry at the time. “We must also remember a [fetus’] life is at stake here and that state laws protecting that life must be followed.”

Wallace, a Republican, ruled against the wishes of conservative right-to-life groups that were calling for the brain-dead mother to be kept on life support in the interests of the fetus.

But that was then.

The April 1 indictments of the two Carroll school board members — Todd Carlton and Michelle Moore — for allegedly

violating the Texas Open Meetings Act shook an already polarized Southlake community.

Following the 2018 and 2019 release of viral videos that showed dozens of Carroll high school students chanting the n-word, the Carroll school board’s seven members began drafting the Cultural Competence Action Plan (CCAP), which outlined a roadmap to address lingering race-related issues that put Southlake in the national spotlight. The indictment against Carlton and Moore alleges that both school board members discussed CCAP outside of public forums and in violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act, the state law that governs how publicly elected officials vote on and discuss matters of public interest.

By mid-2020, a tightknit group of wealthy Southlake parents that included prominent Republican party fundraising couple Andy and Leigh Wambsganss was on the offensive, marshaling funds from a nine-year-old political action committee, Southlake Families, to bankroll a lawsuit that successfully placed an ongoing restraining order on CCAP’s implementation that November.

In the months leading to the indictments, the PAC began supporting two school board candidates, Cameron “Cam” Bryan and Hannah Smith, who were seeking their first Carroll school board seats, largely on an anti-CCAP platform, through the May 1 general elections.

The local prosecution of open meetings act violations was unprecedented in Tarrant County. Open records requests that I submitted to the county show that, before April, the local district attorney’s office prosecuted zero open meetings act violations in the 40 years prior, the scope of my request.

Multiple elected officials, former elected officials, and longtime government watchdogs told me that the DA has historically dismissed documented cases of open meetings act violations when they were reported. One former assistant district attorney (not Burkes) told me that,

until April, the DA’s office had purposely avoided indicting elected officials in the weeks leading up to an election. Prosecutors did so to avoid the appearance that the DA’s office — which is supposedly a nonpolitical adjudicator of justice — was trying to influence a local election, I was told.

DA Wilson maintains that the prosecutions were sought because the evidence proved that the crime was “committed beyond a reasonable doubt,” but one local elected official who asked not to be named said he was recently told by a Tarrant County prosecutor that such violations would amount to only a “slap on the wrist.”

Moore and Carlton were not afforded a slap on the wrist. The Southlake parents and longtime community volunteers currently face Class B Misdemeanor charges, hypothetical jail time if found guilty, and a backlogged court system.

Moore and Carlton did not respond to my requests for comment, but both board members have retained high-profile attorneys — the type of representation that can easily require a nonrefundable retainer fee of $10,000 or higher.

In the days following the indictments, the district attorney’s office reached out to several local media groups and forwarded copies of the indictment, according to DA communications we obtained through open records requests. The Fort Worth Weekly was not on the list of press contacts at the time. No reporters raised questions about why the DA was indicting two school board members just weeks ahead of a contentious school board election.

“You sent a grand jury document pertaining to Todd Andrew Carlton,” wrote Dionne Anglin, a reporter with Fox 4 News, in response to forwarded copies of the indictments. “Is there one that exists for Michelle Moore [that’s] relating to the same case? You don’t need to send it. I just need to know if both were indicted.”

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In recent years, nonpartisan rulings have become replaced with allegations of politically motivated rulings and prosecutions. One recent example: former Attorney General William Barr, who, through his actions, turned his federal department into the quasi-personal law firm of former president Donald Trump.

A federal prosecutor testified before the House Judiciary Committee in mid2020 about Trump’s efforts to pressure the Justice Department into lightening the sentence of Roger Stone, Trump’s longtime friend and adviser who had been charged with obstruction, giving false statements, and witness tampering related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Closer to home in August, a Republican judge appeared to question the efficacy of facemasks when halting an order by Fort Worth superintendent Kent Scribner that all students wear facemasks.

And the unprecedented April indictment of two Carroll school board members who were politically targeted by wealthy Republican insiders has only further fueled public concern that the Tarrant County district attorney’s office is allowing petty politics to influence prosecutorial discretion (“Buying Judicial Influence?” Sep. 1).

Tiffany Burks, one of two Democratic candidates currently running for Tarrant County district attorney, said the optics of the Carroll indictments “are certainly disturbing.”

Burks, who was the longtime chief prosecutor at the local DA office, will face Albert Roberts in the March 2022 Democratic primary, and the winner will go against DA Sharen Wilson, who is seeking reelection as a Republican, next November.

“I can’t speak to the intent of the participants in this case,” Burks said, referring to the assistant district attorneys who pursued the criminal charges. “The people in our community want to trust our public officials. The public loses trust when the legal system is used for political gain or to garner support from their base.

Partisanship has no place in matters involving our criminal justice system.”

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A 2021 court document related to Kristin Garcia’s lawsuit against the Carroll school district warns that protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ youth endangers the rights of Christian students.

said that DAs often weigh factors other than evidence when choosing to prosecute a case, though.

“District attorney offices have broad discretion on who to charge, what charges should be brought based on the evidence presented to them, and on how those cases should be resolved,” Burks said.

Allison Campolo, Tarrant County Democratic Party chair, said she is not surprised that Northeast Tarrant County has gained national attention for being a hotbed of CRT misinformation and rightwing efforts to take over school boards.

That area “has been a stronghold for far-right Republicans for a long time,” she said. “It is the birthplace of the Northeast Tarrant Tea Party, which is an extremely strong arm of the Tea Party. The fact that they are extremely wealthy goes a long way.

Donors control politics. That’s not new.”

Multiple parents and former elected Southlake officials would speak to me only on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from a local civil and criminal Tarrant County court system that has and continues to favor the expressed aims of

Critics of PACs often note that the committees obscure the original source of donations. On candidate disclosure forms, PACs are considered one donor, even if the donation stems from dozens or hundreds of contributors. As part of my research for this story, I spoke with a director at the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) about PAC disclosures. There is no single depository for PAC campaign and fundraising disclosures, I was told on background. Cities, counties, and state-level groups like TEC maintain independent databases. Still, for anyone looking for information about active PACs, TEC’s website is a great place to start.

The earliest filings by Southlake Families were submitted with the City of Southlake in early 2011. Those documents were not filed with TEC, which logged its first Southlake Families disclosures just last year. Broadly speaking, the TEC director told me, PACs file with TEC when they plan to spend funds across the state. In other words, the founders of Southlake Families were focused solely on local issues in 2011.

That was the year that Southlake residents voted against a proposition that would have allowed for the retail sale of liquor within city limits. Leading up to the successful effort to ban liquor stores, Southlake Families reported just under $10,000 raised. Then-mayor Laura Hill, who was an early and consistent donor to DA Wilson, contributed $500 to the effort. Leigh Wambsganss, whose annual Republican Party fundraisers would later tie Southlake Families to two consequential 2020 rulings against the Carroll school district, is listed as a founding member of the PAC. O’Hare’s current campaign website names him as a “founder of Southlake Families PAC,” but he is not listed or mentioned anywhere on the 23 pages of disclosures that Southlake officials

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the weeks leading up to the election, an action that several sources say marks a departure from the office’s historic stance of not meddling in elections.

As news of the indictments spread, DA Wilson was updated on the media coverage. It is not uncommon for district attorneys here and across the country to promote indictments and prosecutions that reflect favorably on prosecutors.

“This story, with information from the indictments, ran last night,” a DA staffer told Wilson via email on April 6, referring to Anglin’s story.

The following day, the same staffer again updated Wilson with a summary of news coverage about the indictments.

“I didn’t know if you wanted to see the Carroll ISD indictment stories,” the staffer wrote. “Many quote from the indictments.

Some include brief statements made about this during Monday night’s school board meeting. Most include a comment from Moore’s attorney,” who has publicly stated that the indictments are a tremendous waste of public resources.

During the following school board meetings leading up to the election of two Southlake Families-backed board members, parents who were opposed to the racial equity measures outlined in CCAP attended school board meetings and held signs with blown-up mugshot photos of Moore and Carlton. One Southlake mother told us on condition of anonymity that the DA prosecutions amounted to an attempt to “blackmail these [two] board members into resigning by having them arrested.”

Indeed, one source close to Moore told me that Moore had directly conveyed that very theory. Moore, the confidential source told me, has allegedly been told by county prosecutors that the criminal charges would go away if she resigned — a move that would further sway the seven-member board in favor of the PAC’s right-wing agenda (“Right-Wing Extremists Taking Over Carroll School District?” Sep. 15).

DA Wilson said in an email that the Carroll indictments were not politically motivated and that her office sought the criminal charges because guilt could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Burks

District Clerk Tom Wilder, a staunch supporter of O’Hare and outlandish right-wing conspiracies, declined to comment on his public lie in which he falsely accused the Weekly of taking donations from left-leaning “donors.”

released in response to my request for “all founding documents for Southlake Families PAC.” O’Hare did not respond to my requests for comment.

After 2011, based on my searches with Southlake and TEC, the PAC went dormant for several years. TEC filings show that the revived PAC now has around $130,000 on hand following tremendous fundraising successes in 2020 and early 2021. In mid-2020, Carroll school board members were preparing to review an early draft of CCAP. Critics of race-related reform began to falsely portray CCAP as a left-wing attempt to further racially divide Southlake, relying on debunked conspiracy theories about Critical Race Theory (CRT), the academic framework for understanding racism’s past and present influence in American government and society.

With the financial backing of Southlake Families, Southlake parent Kristin Garcia filed a lawsuit against the Carroll school board in September 2020, alleging that school board members David Almand, Todd Carlton, Danny Gilpin, Sheri Mills, and Michelle Moore knowingly violated the state open meetings act by discussing CCAP outside of public board meetings.

A legal brief filed by Garcia’s attorneys earlier this year describes one of the alleged dangers of CCAP’s proposed policies.

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and others who disapprove of homosexual behavior,” the brief reads, “and it threatens every student with discipline if they evince anything less than total and unconditional approval of homosexual conduct and same-sex marriage.”

Last October, Andy and Leigh Wambsganss held a ticketed fundraising event for several Republican judges, including Josh Burgess and Susan McCoy, both of whom soon after made two rulings in favor of Garcia’s PAC-backed litigation. In Texas, judges are chosen through partisan elections, meaning there is nothing unusual or unethical about Burgess and McCoy attending the October fundraiser, although several Southlake parents have expressed concern over the timing of the fundraiser and the subsequent court rulings. Andy Wambsganss did not respond to my request for comment.

“These parties at the Wambsgansses’ home are primarily for judges because Wambsganss is a lawyer,” one former elected Southlake official told me on condition of anonymity. “He wants all these [county] judges to know that he is raising money for them. He and his wife perceive themselves as being in the powerand-money game. When you attend an event that gives you thousands of dollars, you remember that. Most humans would know who paid them money.”

One month after the Wambsgansses held their fundraiser that, based on the ticket prices and guest list, could easily have raised six figures or higher for the Republican judges, Burgess, as part of his ruling on the Garcia lawsuit, placed the temporary restraining order on Carroll’s school board which bans discussion of CCAP and race-related issues. The school district is appealing that decision.

Several parents told me that the DA’s office, which has civil and criminal divisions, was advising Garcia’s legal team throughout the process, but there is no documented evidence that those communications occurred. I requested documents related to potential connections between the DA and Garcia’s legal team through open records requests and found none. A spokesperson for the DA said her office does not provide legal advice.

On Sep. 10, the district attorney’s office requested a legal brief from the Texas Attorney General’s office, which enforces the Texas Public Information Act, in response to several open record requests that I had submitted in the weeks prior. Legal briefs allow government groups to withhold information through legal loopholes in the Texas Public Information Act (“Open Government or Legal Loopholes?” Nov. 2020). I was requesting emails to and from DA Wilson that contained the keywords “Leigh,” “Wambsganss,” and “Susan McCoy”

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County judge candidate Tim O’Hare has made battling “Marxist” ideologies and embracing right-wing conspiracies a central theme of his campaign.

within timeframes that were relevant to the indictments of Carroll board members Moore and Carlton. The request for a legal brief confirms that the communications exist. Certain communications, the DA’s office argues, can be withheld under government code 552.107, which pertains to attorney-client privilege.

In December, Judge McCoy issued a court order that compelled the Carroll school district to release information that directly relates to the April indictments, saying it is ordered that copies (written, recorded, or electronic) “sent [to] or received by a member of the Carroll Independent School District Board of Trustees to or from another member (or members) of the Carroll Independent School District Board of Trustees since October 26, 2018, that mentions, discusses, or references” CCAP, Texas Open Meetings Act, and campus diversity councils be delivered to Garcia’s counsel of records by Dec. 7.

The order was filed by Tarrant County District Clerk Tom Wilder, a staunch O’Hare supporter who publicly commented about my recent reporting on Southlake Family’s judicial influence.

“This trash is why I and other GOP officials don’t comment to this rag who is funded by left-lending donors and visitors looking for a ‘good time while away from home,’ ” Wilder wrote on Facebook.

I emailed Wilder for clarification on what he meant by “left-leaning donors,” but in an email he said that he had no further comment on his public statement.

The Fort Worth Weekly is independently owned and earns revenue from ad sales, not donors.

In May, O’Hare announced his candidacy for county judge. By August, O’Hare’s misinformation campaign against former Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, the presumed Republican nominee for county judge, was in full force.

“It was revealed this week that Betsy Price has thrown her lot in with left-wing, Critical Race Theory advocates,” O’Hare’s

press release reads. CCAP is based “in Critical Race Theory and other leftist ideology. The CCAP is currently subject to a court-ordered temporary restraining order after a concerned Carroll ISD parent sued multiple school board members.”

DA Wilson: Do you have time to meet me in the next few days? Thanks, Sharen O’Hare: Hi. I’m in Florida through Saturday, but I can talk on the phone anytime or meet you when I get back.

Wilson: When you return please. Let’s set something up when you get back. I hope you’re on vacation.

O’Hare: Sounds good. We are. I’ll text you first thing Monday when I see my office calendar.

This unedited Aug. 10, 2021, exchange was the only communication I received when seeking texts, emails, and instant messages between O’Hare and Wilson. I subsequently requested all previous texts — the message struck me as part of a longer chain — but was told by the DA’s office that none existed.

A spokesperson with the DA’s office told me in an email that Wilson has “contacted multiple key community stakeholders to talk with them about the [Criminal District Attorney] building bond election,” she said, referring to the Nov. 2 bond election that may allot $116 million in bond monies to the DA’s office.

Stakeholders, as the name suggests, have some type of stake in an issue or proposal. O’Hare is not an elected official, and other than serving as the head of the Tarrant County Republican Party, he holds no significant position with the district attorney’s office or anywhere. I subsequently filed an open records request for a list of all “stakeholders” related to the $116 million bond and was told that

there was no information responsive to my request. I asked the DA spokesperson for clarification but did not hear back.

Local Democratic Party Chair Campolo said both parties have begun focusing their efforts on flipping local entities like city councils, school boards, and the Tarrant Regional Water District.

“Now that these fights have been taken to the parents, you have whole communities tangled up in things [like school board meetings] that used to be very boring,” she said. “We have a county sheriff taking photo ops with Trump and a DA taking photo ops with [Sen.] Ted Cruz.

This country is becoming more and more divided. I don’t know an easy way to fix that. I don’t think it is healthy [for citizens and politicians] to be on opposite ends of the spectrum.”

According to the first “legitimate poll” to date, Price recently tweeted, this one conducted by Ragnar Research, “I lead [O’Hare] 56% to 14%. This is proof that our positive, issues-based campaign is working. Tarrant County is the best community, and I will work hard to keep it that way.”

The reference to “first legitimate poll” was a not-so-subtle jab at O’Hare’s August poll that reported that just over 70% of potential voters polled said they were “less likely” to vote for Price after being fed false and misleading information by the Remington Research Group, a popular GOP polling group. The poll falsely stated that Price was a staunch supporter of Black-led protests last summer.

“Equally damaging, when informed that Betsy Price mandated the closure of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and urged churches to close their doors but allowed abortion providers to keep their doors open, 70% of Tarrant County Republicans were less likely to vote for Betsy Price,” another false and misleading poll result read.

O’Hare’s campaign is led by Axiom Strategies, the political consulting company founded by Jeff Roe, himself the former senior strategist for Cruz’s failed 2016 presidential campaign. On O’Hare’s official campaign Facebook page, he says, “Critical Race Theory is dangerous and has no place in our schools. As the founder of Southlake Families PAC, I helped lead an effort to prevent the infiltration of this divisive ideology in Southlake Schools.”

Below the post are several comments that perpetuate misinformation about Critical Race Theory.

“More important than the fact that CRT is anti-American is the fact that the CRT movement is anti-Christ and helps to establish a way for the Antichrist in the world [for a] one-world government,” one supporter commented.

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With a “cold front” upon us and the end of the State Fair of Texas looming, Texans have set their sights on Halloween activities. This year, Oct 31 falls on a Sunday, so the weekend after next — and all the time leading up to that — has a calendar bursting at the seams with appleflavored pints, pumpkin spice lattes, and a whole mess of seasonal events. Here are just a few.

On Sat, Oct 23, at 7:30pm, head to Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub (425 Commerce St, 817-877-5233) for the All Tricks No Treats Halloween Special, an adults-only comedy/magic Halloween show featuring Al Coseglia — star of the hit TV show Masters of Illusion — and magician Eric Eaton. Tickets are $20 on Prekindle.com.

Now thru Sat, Oct 30, Don’t Forget to Feed Me (5825 E Rosedale St, 817334-0727) has its annual Fill-the-Dish Food Drive and Halloween Pawty that includes a virtual pet costume contest with one cat and one dog winner.

Winners will be announced on Tue, Nov 2, and their human will need to pick up a DF2FM gift basket in person sometime thereafter. For details, visit the event page at Facebook.com/DF2FM.

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Netflix surely didn’t anticipate Squid Game becoming its biggest hit ever as an original series, as the Korean series hit the streaming service last month with a minimum of fanfare. The word-of-mouth in the West proved so strong that Netflix is now selling merchandise for this dystopian thriller where hundreds of characters are killed in graphic and brutal fashion. If that doesn’t sound like your cup of soju, you should know that this show has more than violence on its mind.

The story begins with Seong Gihun (Lee Jung-jae), a 47-year-old spottily employed loser with a gambling problem and a 10-year-old daughter (Cho Ah-in) whom he’s about to lose because his exwife is moving her to America. Deep in debt, he leaps at the chance to participate in a mysterious game for a cash prize of 45.6 billion won, more than $38 million at current exchange rates. He’s picked up in a car and anesthetized, waking up in a bunker as Player 456 of 456 adult competitors.

They’re instructed to play the kids’ game Red Light, Green Light, and when players are caught moving after the red light, they’re shot dead by sniper rifles. Gi-hun and the others must survive that game and five more to claim a cut of the prize.

You may be reminded of The Hunger Games, but there are other precedents for this show. The Brazilian dystopian sciencefiction series 3% pitted 20-year-olds against one another for a chance to live in a crimefree utopia where all their needs would be taken care of, and the Chinese film Animal World placed 102 debt-ridden men in a giant rock-paper-scissors tournament with lethal consequences. The popularity of these entertainments, as other writers have pointed out, is evidence that capitalism in these countries and ours doesn’t work anymore. Workers aren’t paid a fair wage for a day’s labor while riches accrue to a few people who either already have money or enjoy an unthinkable run of luck.

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Where Squid Game distinguishes itself is in production values. The squalor on the streets of Seoul contrasts with the clean, unreal environments that the players find themselves in. The halls leading from the bunker to the gaming halls are made of plastic that’s so brightly colored that they seem like they were made from Lego bricks. The game is administered by masked guys in red robes, while the players wear green tracksuits with their own personalized numbers on them.

This is unprecedentedly ambitious for a Korean TV show, most of which are either romantic comedies and dramas with modest budgets or historical epics set in feudal times.

The unconventional score by Jung Jae-il (who wrote the music for the similarly classconscious Parasite) builds tension effectively as well as further setting it apart from other TV. The game and all its deaths are supposed to be taking place beneath everyone’s notice, but I like how the game is facing threats from all sides: Player 101 (Heo Sung-tae), a gang boss, plans to have his guys rob the place, an undercover cop (Wi Ha-joon) whose brother went missing infiltrates the game, and a ring of crooked administrators secretly feeds information and extra food to Player 111 (Yoo Sung-joo) in exchange for his help selling off the dead players’ organs.

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you’re allergic to gluten, watching your cholesterol, or entertaining your vegan/Paleo/CrossFit relatives, there’s a little something for everyone on a Blue Zones menu. Most health experts, from cardiologists to liver specialists and gerontologists, are touting the health benefits of a diet that’s rich in healthy fats and veggies and poor in saturated fats, cheap carbs, and meat. During Blue Zones restaurant week, we’re just gonna call it all delicious.

Whether you’re dining in or carrying out, mention Blue Zones Restaurant Week when you order to grab your discount. Eating with a BZ slant isn’t just for Mediterranean food joints, salad bars, or smoothie stores, although those are well-represented on the list this year. The Thai Select family of restaurants across the Fort offers up their dinnertime veggie curry with brown rice, and a few new and surprising restaurants join in the fun this year –– including Mexican spots and even a fast-food chain. A brief roundup of your options this week includes the following.

Ascension Coffee (1751 River Run, Ste. 151, 817-865-3829) is knocking $2 off the Hippie Bowl, full of ancient grains, sweet potatoes, avocado, pickled beets, roasted mushrooms, and more.

Funky Picnic and Brewery (401 Bryan Ave., Ste. 114, 817-708-2739) is taking $2 off the titular winner of the week’s dishes, the Vegan AF Burger.

Our pick for best new restaurant in our 25th Annual Best Of edition this year, La Onda (2905 Race St., 817-607-8605) will give you $3 off the vegan ceviche.

At Los Vaqueros (2629 N Main St., 817-624-1511 and 3201 University

Jackfruit stars in Blue Zones Restaurant Week, especially at Rebirth of Food.

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A good burger any time of year, Funky Picnic’s Veggie AF Burger is $2 off.

Dr., 817-710-8828), it’s $5 for the Blue Zones enchiladas: Mexican-spiced veggies cuddled into corn tortillas with a tomatillo salsa and a side of black beans.

The veggie dog sandwich (just like the real thing with grilled onions, peppers, and jalapenos) is $3 off at Pouring Glory (1001 Bryan Ave., 682-707-5114) along with $2 off the chipotle black bean burger.

Pouring Glory also has a menu full of other plant-based goodies, but these aren’t included in the Restaurant Week deal.

Shaw’s Patio Bar and Grill (1051 W. Magnolia Ave., 817-926-2116), a place best known for burgers, offers $2 off a luscious roasted portobello mushroom panini.

Taco Heads (1812 Montgomery St., 817-615-9899 and 2394 N. Main St., 817420-6299) is knocking $1 off my personal favorite, the roasted corn and avocado taco on a corn tortilla.

Finally, this year’s Restaurant Week might also be called Blue Zones Jackfruit Taco Week because three of the participating eateries feature the little tropical delicacy that looks a little like an avocado and has the consistency of pulled chicken or pork. If you haven’t tried jackfruit, this might be your week.

Rebirth of Food (404 Oakland Blvd., 682-230-8774) offers a barbecue jackfruit plate, while Cuisine for Healing (1614 Mistletoe Blvd., 817-921-2377) has jackfruit tacos with pineapple slaw. And Mariachi’s Dine-In (5724 Locke Ave., 682-760-9606) ups the ante a bit with their birria jackfruit tacos.

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While most of the songs are new and have never been released, there are other, older tracks that have been reworked to B Y J U A N R . G O V E A fit the album that was mastered by Thein For Denver Williams, following his (Post Animal, Kainalu). muse wherever she may lead is the best The Blooming Eye is set to be released inspiration. on Friday, Dec. 10, with a party at MASS That, and a pandemic. with no official lineup planned just yet.

As part of the downtime, Williams Williams has been releasing material bit said he did a lot of self-reflection and he by bit as teasers, including a video for also experimented, leading to the dizzying “Cement and Plastic,” directed by Jessica array of sonics contained on The Blooming Waffles, and another for the track “Any Eye. Produced by Peter Wierenga (Tornup, Other Name,” produced by Coffee Pot Vogue Machine, Chillamundo) at his home Films. studio The Bit, the 11 tracks bounce “all “In the music industry climate, it’s over the place,” Williams said, “and I don’t very difficult to get someone to take the know what to call it. The genre goes from time to listen to a whole album, which I hip-hop to Americana to what-the-fuck?” prefer, but most people aren’t doing that, To encapsulate all of the ideas and very few people aren’t able to digest a blooming in Williams’ brain, a long list whole album,” Williams said. “As opposed of killer players from North Texas and to offering a whole 11 songs, people may beyond were called in. The farthest afield be too busy to take the time to listen and hail from Austin (Samantha Knight, who have a favorite song or have the time to shares vocals with Williams on three like anything on it.” songs) and Houston (Adam Thein, who Williams is 35 but has been making plays bass on several tracks plus adding music since he was 10 years old. He may piano and programming). The rest live be best known as the frontman for psychcloser to home. From Fort alt-rockers Chillamundo or Worth, Johndavid Bartlett as a solo artist touring the Denver Williams & does voicework, Ian Jeffery country with famed local The Gas Money plays synth and handles troubadour Vincent Neil 7pm Thu w/Black Market Garden at Tulips FTW, 112 some vocals, Burton Lee Emerson.

St. Louis Av, FW. Free w/ plays some pedal steel, “Even though I have RSVP tables available. and BK Lovell and Kris always had different groups 817-367-9798.

Luther serve up some bass. going, I’ve been making Denton’s Clayton Norris music under my own name (Vogue Machine) adds a little synth, and the whole time, too,” Williams said. “It Dallas’ Zach Mayo plays percussion. And just made the most sense to me to put this that’s just to name a few. record out using my name.”

“Every person that worked on the YouTube is home to several other record really stepped up and blew me music videos and videos of Williams at away,” Williams said. “They brought work in the studio or onstage. colors to the record that really make it The album will be available digitally what it is, and they also happen to be some and on CD with a chance of a vinyl release. of the warmest people I’ve met in life, so “The people, places, and things that the process was amazing. I’m thankful music has led me to have been interesting,” to have worked with such diverse and Williams said.” I am still curious to see talented people.” what is next.” l

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*flips open mini-cassette recorder* Idea for a lonnng-running Netflix series. Gory horror but victims die from cuteness overload. Interior: doggie costume contest. Cuteness. People’s heads exploding. Blood everywhere. Confused pups. End scene.

I mean, isn’t it time for cameras to turn into sharing devices? So we can reserve our phones for emergency calls and sexts? Whatever personal electronics you so choose to wield with reckless, unabashed self-love, bring them, all of them, to the Boiled Owl Tavern (909 W Magnolia Av, 817-920-9616) on Saturday for a doggie costume contest and riotous pee-your-pants concert. Greasy Fort Worth rockers Dead Vinyl, the aggressively catchy Big Heaven, and so-fresh-and-so-clean DJ Shower will take the stage starting at 9 after the contest at 4. Hosted

by Kolin J, the event will benefit the Humane Society of North Texas. Admission is free, but donations are strongly encouraged. Get ready for your eyes to explode from your head!

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For some reason, this Sunday is going to be off the chizzain. Lots of v. cool stuff is going down, starting with the Rock ’n’ Roll Rummage Sale noon-6pm at Lola’s Trailer Park (2735 W 5th St, 817759-9100). Fort Worth’s longestrunning outdoor monthly market features more than 40 local vendors specializing in art, vintage, music, collectible, oddities, jewelry, handcrafted items, and more. The Rolling Stoneds, I mean, Blake Parish and Kris Luther will perform along with Paul Renna, and Dayne’s Craft Barbecue, Delicias De Guerrero, and Mama Lu’s Tamales will be slinging the good eats. Admission to this family-/pet-friendly throwdown is free. See you there, ya?

DANNY DUNCAN FRI 11/19 JOSH WEATHERS SAT 12/4 QUIET RIOT

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On the same day on the other side of town, Tulips FTW (112 St Louis Av, 817-3679798) hosts a Pumpkin Decorating Contest & Market. In addition to a $100 prize for best pumpkin decoration, 25 local artisans/vendors will pack the Near Southside venue from noon to 5pm. FreeSmoke BBQ will provide the grub at this family-/pet-friendly event co-produced by Wandering Roots Markets. The contest/market is free to enter.

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There’s more than enough time to enjoy both Lola’s and Tulips’ events, because the more successful venues our city has, the better, healthier the creative scene is. Let’s support one another, shall we? Just save enough space in the ol’ tank Sunday to take in the show at MASS (1002 S Main St, 682-707-7774) at 8pm. That’s when Jakob Robertson will open for genre-hopping NPR/Rolling Stone favorite Cory Branan. And one of my favorites, too. Anyone who can write a legit punk track from the POV of a racist killer cop is good in my book. Tickets are at Prekindle. — Anthony Mariani

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Park (1002 Lonestar Pkwy, Gate 1, 972262-4479). This year, the competition is “jam style” and includes new divisions for beginners to experienced participants alike. Registration is $25 per person to compete at ActionParkGP.com/TexasBlade-Classic-5. There is no cost to attend as a spectator.

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Every second Thursday of the month, the Amon Carter Museum of Thursday American Art (3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817-738-1933) connects the public with art through cocktails and conversations with notable artists. From 5pm to 8pm, Second Thursdays at the Carter presents Anila Agha speaking about capturing light in her exhibition Anila Quayyum Agha: A Beautiful Despair.

Curator Shirley Reece-Hughes will also join the conversation to discuss her vision for the show, and the Jamal Mohamed Ensemble will perform. This event is free to attend, but reservations are required at CarterMuseum.org/Events.

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Start your evening with a fried-chicken box supper at 6:30pm, followed Friday by an old-fashioned, 1950s-era dance at Nash Farm (626 Ball St, Grapevine, 817-410-3185). A live band will lead the called dances from atop the farm’s truck out by the big red barn. If you haven’t done any square dancing since the fourth grade and just want to enjoy the atmosphere, horseshoes and other games are available to play. Tickets for the Nash Farm Barn Dance & Pie Auction — did we not mention the pie auction? — are $20 per person at Tickets.

GrapevineTicketline.com. Bring some pie money, for sure.

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At 11am in Grand Prairie, bladers and bladies, or inline skating Saturday enthusiasts, from all over North Texas will compete at the fifth annual Texas Blade Classic at Action

From 10am to 5pm SatSun, one of the country’s leading guitar shows — Sunday GuitArlington — will be returning to the Arlington Convention Center, which will be its permanent home for future events. Suppose you have guitars, amplifiers, effects, guitars, parts, or other musical items to sell or trade.

In that case, you are allowed to bring anything you can carry into the show at no extra charge for potential buyers/dealers to check out. Masks may be required, so please bring one. Tickets are $20 per person at AmigoGuitarShows.com.

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From 5pm to 7pm daily thru Wed, kids ages 5 to 7 can attend Skateboard Monday Ranch at Cannon Parkway Park (750 Cannon Pkwy, Roanoke, 817-837-9930). Skateboarders of all ability levels will have their skills evaluated and gain personal growth with instructor Jaylen Perry throughout the week. Enrollment starts at $123 per attendee at Active.com/Roanoke-TX/ Classes/Skateboard-Ranch-2021.

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At 7:30pm, attend the opening night of Come from Away at Bass Tuesday Performance Hall (525 Commerce St, 817-212-4280). This hit Broadway musical tells the true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all. Tickets start at $55 at BassHall.com.

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Now thru Friday, 10am8pm, is your final chance Wednesday to see In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez at the Fort Worth Central Library (500 W 3rd St, 817-392-7740). This exhibit featuring 38 photographs paired with personal recollections examines the ethics and experiences that drove Chávez to work tirelessly to improve the lives of American farmworkers, recognizing this essential 20th-century leader as a civil rights hero, an influential labor leader, and a champion of change. There is no charge to attend.

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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit

NOW HIRING MULTIPLE POSITIONS

Draft Permit No.: O2743

EQUIPMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED IN MIDLAND TX

www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/tvnotice At the TCEQ central and regional offices, relevant supporting materials for the draft permit, as well as the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by reference, may be reviewed and copied. Any person with difficulties obtaining these materials due to travel constraints may contact the TCEQ central office file room at (512) 2392900.

Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may result in changes to the draft permit.

A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request a notice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportunity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not contain all applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). The TCEQ may grant a notice and comment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of the newspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how the person may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specify the conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny the permit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised and all reasonably available arguments must be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, all individuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. This notice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.

Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice.

Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record.

A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes to the draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requested to be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit. After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with the applicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.

Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address above. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.

Information. For additional information about this permit application or the permitting process, please contact the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Education Program, MC-108, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained for Magellan Pipeline Terminals, L.P. by calling Mr. Eric Davis at (918) 574-7387.

Notice Issuance Date: September 16, 2021

INDUSTRIAL MECHANIC NEEDED IN MIDLAND TX Position Summary: Applicant must be able to troubleshoot, repair and maintain the following: small diesel/gas engines, centrifugal pumps, generators, electrical circuits and hydraulic/pneumatic systems • Previous experience with computers for order • Maintain records of service, repairs and entry, parts ordering, and email a plus scheduled maintenance • Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Complete 24 hour check-ins and machine checklists • Applicant should possess ability to meet • Enter and maintain records of rental equipment deadlines, work flexible hours, and work in a in computer system team environment. Applicants need to have • Prepare repair quotes for customers; basic computer skills. Physical demands: write repair orders occasional lifting, standing, climbing are frequently • Locate required parts utilizing local vendor and/ or vendor websites required. ISCO is a drug free workplace. Job requires • Prepare equipment for shipping the ability to use independent judgement and work • May also be expected to repair Fabrication shop both independently and in a team setting. equipment as needed and provide field support • Experience in a leadership role is preferred. for trouble shooting equipment repairs

ENTRY LEVEL WELDER NEEDED IN CEDAR HILL TX Position Summary: Fit and weld natural gas delivery products built from raw materials according to blue print specifications in accordance with API 1104 certification standards and procedures.

• Receive project raw materials and match to • Follow ALL corporate safety requirements and corresponding blue prints/drawings standards including but not limited to welder • Fit and weld project in accordance to blue print/ safety equipment, protective clothing, protective drawing specification and API 1104 standards lenses/goggles, steel toed boots, etc.

• Responsible to maintain production schedule • Safely operate a forklift to ensure minimum ‘reworks’ so that product is • Minimum of one year of experience in welding delivered to the client on time and pipe fitting. Must pass 6G Butt and Tee • Accurately maintain required records and Branch welding tests Must test to API 1104 documentation for each project as outlined by • • certification and have an understanding of API • Fabrication Foreman and/or Manager 1104 certification standards and procedures. • • • • Maintain a clean and safe work area • Must have the ability to read and interpret blue • Report any maintenance requirements needed prints and mechanical drawings for equipment in your work area timely so that production schedule is not affected Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities For more information on these positions or to apply go to: isco-pipe.com

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The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30 TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor, Austin, Texas 78753; the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Dr, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951; and the Grapevine Public Library, 1201 Municipal Way, Grapevine, Texas 76051-7657, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website:

Position Summary: Primary responsibility will be to promote McElroy equipment rental and sales by visiting customer and prospects within the territory at their places of business or at the job site • Serves existing clients by identifying their current • Visits existing and prospective customers to help and future needs and providing general further explain ISCO’s value proposition related equipment support to equipment, or in general terms.

• Works with the ISCO Texas Business Manager to • Will help to identify cost savings and jobsite understand the best opportunities for equipment productivity ideas for customers. sales and rental within the geography • Will help to coordinate the solution to any • Collaborates with the Texas Business Manager, customer issue with respect to rental/equipment Inside Sales and the Director of Rental Sales to issues in the field develop a weekly call plan determine the most • Possesses solid working knowledge of the HDPE product line important customers, prospects and project • May provide leadership, coaching, and/or sites visit in the upcoming weeks mentoring to a subordinate group • Performs simple inspection and troubleshooting • Bachelor’s degree preferred with four to six years of machines (hydraulic/ mechanical/ electrical) of industrial sales experience and/or with the help of an extensive support team construction project management. Strong • Provides in-person fusion instruction and knowledge of HDPE products and equipment certification to customers and prospects • Performs demonstrations as needed for entire line of equipment (butt fusion, electrofusion, squeeze off tools, etc)

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Application and Draft Permit. Magellan Pipeline Terminals, L.P., PO Box 22186 OTC-8, Tulsa, OK 74121-2186, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal and revision of Federal Operating Permit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O2743, Application No. 32390, to authorize operation of the Southlake Terminal, a Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 2100 Mustang Court in Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas 76092. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to the application. You can find an electronic map of the facility at: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/ assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=32.92&lng=-97.118888&zoom=13&type=r. This application was received by the TCEQ on July 12, 2021.

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