- “DART panel OKs purchase of natural-gas bus fleet” (The Dallas Morning News): Despite generating the same level of emissions, costing more and requiring greater capital costs for new refueling stations, DART was lobbied into buying natural-gas buses by a major backer of the mayor’s campaign, Dallas billionaire and natural-gas dealer T. Boone Pickens.
- “Super Bowl’s economic impact hard to tackle” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram): Far from being a money-making venture, hosting a Super Bowl could reduce income, according to one study.
- “Dallas police officer recommended for firing after internal investigators find she lied about jury duty” (The Dallas Morning News)
- “Grapevine man gets probation for having sex with 13-year-old girl” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram): A local monopoly justice system sentenced a 19-year-old man to deferred adjudication after “dating” two teenage girls.
- “Fort Worth says homeless will probably have to leave large camp” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram): The traditional Super Bowl roundup is taking place in Fort Worth in time for the big game in Arlington. The story makes it appear as if the property own wants the campers removed even though they hade lived there for over two years. That development only came after code enforcers contacted the property owner and likely threatened the owner with fines if he did not request the campers to relocate.
- “Dallas Morning News boss: We’ll be vilified for charging for web content” (Poynter): Starting in February, almost all of the paper’s content will be behind a subscriber pay wall, effectively shutting it off from the rest of the community. Somehow, that is supposed to increase readership.
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