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Enough is enough, said thousands of Fort Worthians and Arlingtonians Saturday at No Kings.
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Fort Worthians and Arlingtonians joined nearly 9 million other rabblerousers nationwide to protest the White House’s disastrous policies.
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I wrote a political story the other day, and some online slob commented something like, Don’t you get tired of being so hateful all the time?
First of all, not hateful. The only thing I hate is coconut flakes. “George is getting upset!” is more like it.
For good reason. The country that most — most — of us love sinks deeper into fascism and destruction every day (all to appease Massa Putin), and the harsh truth can’t be salved by any amount of conservative spin. Even right-wing cro-mag with a kajillion followers Tucker Carlson agrees with me. The former Fox News blowhard recently called the attack on Iran “absolutely disgusting and evil” and said Donald Trump is failing on every single issue by every conceivable metric. Current polls have him hovering around 34% approval
compared to over 60% disapproval. The 34-count felon is sinking faster than my first cold beer after I mow the lawn in July.
The time for kumbaya nonsense is gone.
You’re either for democracy, or you’re for fascism and non-Congressionally approved Middle East wars, and if you’re for fascism, expect to be punched in the mouth routinely by antifascists, Tucker Carlson, and our humble little rag.
Here’s the deal: This country is talking about bringing back the military draft, so if you are or know a man between the ages of 18 and 42 not named Barron Trump, say your goodbyes, because that kid’s draft-dodging daddy’s next assault on Iran will lead to lots of flag-draped caskets shipped to American families, all because the guy in the White House and his billionaire buddies allegedly
raped and definitely trafficked children and want to keep covering it up.
We could look to Congress for help or leadership, but they’re on vacation for the next two weeks and the inside-the-box-thinking Dems are more useless and downright offensive than a snow cone in the Antarctic. Now since the GOP removed nearly a trillion dollars in federal health spending to offer tax breaks to the 1% and are going to propose gutting health care even further to help pay for a budget bill ballooning with as much as $200 billion to fund Donald’s illegal, losing Iran war and ICE, you can count on the Democrats to stay silent or abide by “decorum,” because like nearly every Republican politician, Uncle Chuck and Haha-keem and almost all the rest of the vegetable lasagnas on Team Blue are owned by the same billionaire donors.
There’s more. As TSA agents go unpaid, the price of gas begins to climb along with the national debt ($39 trillion-with-a-t and counting, now larger than the entire U.S. economy), voting stands to become harder, ICE continues terrorizing lawful citizens, AI drinks all our water, the Houthis join Iran in attacking us — and only us because our prideful president shat on all our former, formidable allies — and as the IRGC threatens American universities in the Gulf, human bodies, including U.S. soldiers and innocent Iranians, like 100-plus schoolgirls, stack up. Reading or watching the mainstream media with any regularity, we all know why nearly 9 million people marching in 3,300 events Saturday barely registered. The despot has neutered CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, the Times, the Post, all of them, threatening financial and legal retaliation for simply reporting facts or offering the tiniest bit of not completely pro-Trump coverage, like 9 million people taking time out of an erstwhile laid-back spring Saturday afternoon to tell you you suck.
Independent content providers are doing the work that craven legacy outlets can’t or won’t out of fear. Along with Meidas Touch, Raw Story, Democracy Docket, More Perfect Union, the Courier, and many others, I’d like to add our frequent contributions to the national dialogue, starting with our coverage of the No Kings rallies Saturday in Fort Worth and Arlington.
More than 7,000 people gathered in General Worth Square downtown, and the Abram Street area in Arlington attracted 600-plus. Like most of the marches nationwide, Fort Worth’s and Arlington’s were peaceful.
Arlington represented Karen Boone’s first protest. She was joined by two of her three children. The one missing had voted for Trump.
“I brought up three children to be independent thinking and to be accepting of anyone,” she said. “Anyone was welcome in my house, regardless of sexual orientation, religion, color, whatever. The only thing I do judge against is stupidity, and for my son to vote for Trump, I feel like it was a slap in the face. I was a single woman raising three kids, and I felt it was a slap in the face because we know Trump doesn’t like women.”
Though she said her son no longer supports Trump, she believes the president has wrecked the Republican party — and America — indefinitely.
“After ICE,” Boone said, “my boys helped me in the yard, and [my son] came over, and I had to come right out and say, ‘Do you regret your vote?’
He hung his head and said, ‘Yes, Mom. I regret it.’ It’s going to take generations to get back to normal. I will not see it in my lifetime. I hope my children do, but [Trump’s] done so much damage, if you ask me.”
In Fort Worth, Sheriff Bill Waybourn came under heavy attack. Since the year he was elected, 2017, more than 70 people have died in custody, most from medical neglect for untreated mental illnesses. One anti-Bill speaker was Amanda Arizola. The COO and co-founder of the social design studio CoAct who helped guide JPS Health Network through the pandemic discussed the cycle of jail deaths: Sick people go in but don’t always come back out.
“When someone moves from the county jail to a county hospital and does not survive, that is not two separate failures,” Arizola said. “That’s one system failing in two places, and we owe this community better.”
In Arlington, elderly U.S. Navy veteran Bobbi Patience wielded her megaphone like a longsword and led chants against Trump, the Ku Klux Klan, and fascism.
“I’m here today because I took an oath almost 60 years ago to protect this country and to follow our Constitution and to be here for every individual that walks on the land here in the United States,” she said. “I believe in what we stand for, and I believe in the freedoms of every individual,
and that’s why I’m here today. I’m 70 years old, and I’ll be here until God takes me home.”
Saturday was the largest protest in the history of the United States, but you wouldn’t know that by watching or reading the now-state-owned mainstream media. l
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UConn saved what was an otherwise sleepy quarterfinal by beating Duke in the final possession.
BY BUCK D. ELLIOTT
Another alliterative sports extravaganza in the form of March Madness is closing, and the Final Four — a semifinal perhaps more iconic in its branding than the national championship game itself — is set. The field gathers teams (two first seeds and a second and third) projected as at least probable to be in the position to cut down the nets before rosters evaporate and everyone runs to their next and presumably higher-paying deal.
The Big 12 has a representative for the second consecutive season. Arizona is hoping to succeed where Houston failed last year by advancing to the title game and winning it. The Wildcats boast an impressive record with only two losses from an early February conference skid when they lost back-toback games, once on the road against Kansas, then in overtime hosting Texas Tech. The tournament has been a breeze so far for the Zonies, who seemed to face a much greater challenge winning the conference tournament than destroying their first four national-championship contenders by an average margin of just more than 20 points per game. Even when trailing second-seed Purdue by 7 at halftime this past weekend, Arizona charged back for an eventual 15-point victory to secure their spot in the semifinal. Their opponent, who played a complete snoozer in the Elite 8, Michigan, is the other 1-seed in the group and has been similarly dominant through their first four postseason games, losing only three times
this season to Wisconsin, Duke, and most notably Purdue, who were able to best the Wolverines to steal their conference crown. Despite there being more cross-conference competition in basketball as compared to football, the Boilermakers as a common recent opponent is notable, as Arizona seems to have the edge as well as the slightly better record and proven ability to perform when it matters. U of M knocked Tennessee straight off Rocky Top, cruising to a 22-point advantage by halftime and an eventual 33-point victory over the even-uglier-orange UT, so perhaps the Wolverines’ recently shaken confidence from the conference tournament is now moot.
If there is a David among the remaining teams — there isn’t — it’s the lowest-seeded Illinois. The Illini finished fourth in the Big 10 with eight losses but upset the second-seed and last year’s runner-up, the Houston Cougars, in the Sweet 16 thanks to frenetic scoring in the second half before sending Iowa home to harvest. The Hawkeyes were riding high after defeating defending champion Florida but were outscored by 16 during the second half by Illinois.
The last qualifier was decided in the final and hands-down best game of the weekend, Duke versus UConn. The Huskies, despite being a 2-seed, are the most successful men’s program since the turn of the century with five national titles. Their 1-seed opponent Duke shares second place with their hated rival, North Carolina, each with three since 2001. Duke, who thwarted a dangerous but inconsistent Horned Frog squad in the round of 32, seemed in control with
a 15-point first-half advantage. Connecticut stormed back to an almost mirror-image second half but needed a gift trailing by two with nine seconds remaining and a Blue Devil possession. Unable to break the Husky press, freshman guard Cayden Boozer (whose twin brother Cameron Boozer is projected as the top NBA selection after this season) passed straight into outstretched Husky arms. The tipped ball recovered by UConn would result in a long triple from freshman guard Braylon Mullins that fell with less than a second remaining. Mullins shot five 3-point attempts on Sunday, but the game winner was the only successful one. Now, the ACC is shut out of the Final Four for the first time since 2021.
UConn, who despite being a second seed is still the modern top dog of collegiate basketball, rescued an otherwise underwhelming weekend of men’s hoops, but the absence of a true spoiler-squad has left the postseason feeling somewhat empty. Granted, it’s not nearly as bad as last season, when the semifinals featured the top seed from each region, but even a middling seed like sixth or seventh (every middle schooler just went wild) would make this tournament just a little more interesting. I’m not maligning the prognosticators who award these positions for good reasons, but the formula is much more fun when it’s shattered to pieces, especially in a game among the most volatile and streaky in college athletics.
As far as professional prospects go, the only projected Top-10 pick still dancing is Keaton
Wagler from Illinois, though Michigan, UConn, and Arizona all have rosters with Top 20 players. The Huskies and Wolverines have multiple in the Top 30. Saturday night’s forthcoming matchup between Michigan and Arizona is the heavyweight bout as both top seeds come in with five combined losses and lead the nation in opposite efficiencies (defense for Michigan, offense for Arizona). Early betting lines put Michigan at a 1.5-point favorite, so essentially it’s a pick ’em for a trip to be the favorite in the final dance.
UConn and Illinois will play the earlier evening game with the Huskies coming in at 1.5-point underdogs, largely due to their dramatic arrival in the Final Four. Illinois have glided their way to this point, dispatching opponents handily (including Houston) but face a different level of playoff comfortability in Connecticut. Oddsmakers are largely hands off in this semifinal, understandably so, awarding less than a possession advantage either way. The confidence from UConn’s heroics against Duke, combined with coming from behind in the second half, should propel the Huskies to win against the Illini, who haven’t played a final-second stressfest in the tournament, perhaps to their detriment. Michigan is my pick for the headliner game, because I’m a boring guy in my 40s, and I’ll take a defensive juggernaut over an offensive onslaught any day, primarily because I’m stodgy and have no imagination.
As the tournament pertains to our hometown teams, a first-round victory against Ohio State by surviving a shaky second half before losing to 1-seed Duke was a feather in the cap of a season that wasn’t necessarily historic but an encouraging move in the correct direction for TCU’s men. The Frogs finished sixth in an absolutely loaded basketball conference that advanced eight teams to the postseason. The 11-7 Big 12 record is the best in program history under Coach Jamie Dixon, who previously achieved a 9-9 record in 2017-18 but had never had a winning final record since joining the conference. Dixon still badly needs to recruit a prolific front-court player or two to advance beyond the second round, but that’s much easier said than done. Dixon’s seat as head coach is presumably very safe — and should be — yet the success of TCU women’s Coach Mark Campbell might be the greatest risk to Dixon’s job security as Campbell has advanced to the Elite Eight for the second consecutive time in school history thanks to his ability to recruit absolute killers ready to make their final season count. Even though the Frogs just lost to 1-seed South Carolina, back-toback trips to the quarterfinals after a one-season about-face make the third-year coach one of the hottest commodities in collegiate basketball. l
BY KRISTIAN LIN
In many ways, Patricia Cornwell’s novels were ahead of their time. That’s why I ate up a bunch of them as a teenager. A generation before CSI: became a TV sensation, her books’ heroine, Kay Scarpetta, solved crimes in a lab instead of chasing bad guys down dark alleys. Before most crime novels even acknowledged the existence of gay characters, Kay’s computer-genius niece Lucy was her right hand. The other core character was Pete Marino, a former NYPD homicide detective with the street smarts to complement their book smarts and a guy who would chase those bad guys when they went down dark alleys.
In time, I came to realize the rut that they were in. Marino was always just about to fall apart, Lucy was always angry and making disastrous choices with women, and Kay was too wedded to her work and emotionally closed off. (Evidently[,] Cornwell has made major changes to the format
of the books in recent years.) Rumors of a bigscreen adaptation have been floating around Hollywood for decades, and they have borne no fruit until now with Scarpetta, an Amazon miniseries featuring three Oscar winners in its cast. And it sucks! How’d that happen? As the oldsters used to say about TV, don’t touch that dial.
The show operates on two timelines: In 1998, Kay (Rosy McEwen) becomes Virginia’s first female chief medical examiner, and her first major case involves bringing down a serial killer who rapes, tortures, and murders educated women with high-powered jobs. In the present day, the doctor (Nicole Kidman) reassumes her former position after some years in Boston with her husband, FBI profiler Benton Wesley (Simon Baker). She lives in his family’s mansion in Alexandria, which is suddenly crowded, because Lucy (Ariana DeBose) has moved in after the death of her wife, and Kay’s sister Dorothy (Jamie Lee Curtis) has married Marino (Bobby Cannavale) and also moved in because of renovations to their house. In this state, Kay finds another murder similar to the ones in her first case, with evidence pointing to a suspect who was cleared.
Curtis gives a grotesquely bad performance. To be sure, some of the problems here are with the conception of the character, but her idea of playing an Italian American is to be as loud and annoying as possible. You don’t have to look far to see what’s wrong here, as Cannavale knows exactly how hard to push with the world-weary, hot-tempered Marino. He has also passed that same quality down to his real-life son, Jacob Lumet Cannavale, who portrays the younger version of Marino in the 1990s. Next to them, Curtis comes off like a cartoon.
She may be the biggest issue, but she’s far from the only one. The central murder mystery keeps going up blind alleys, and the flashbacks to the killer stripping his victims naked and hogtying them feel exploitative. They’re too
reminiscent of Crossing Jordan, which showrunner Liz Sarnoff worked on. Remember that show? I do, unfortunately.
For a procedural, this program doesn’t offer much procedure. Instead, it gives us way too much of Lucy’s conversations with an AI-generated image of her wife (Janet Montgomery), when we could be following her new romance with a beat cop (Tiya Sircar) that takes a toxic turn. It’s not all bad: The series does take flight in Episode 5, when a spaceship crashes in Virginia and the dead astronauts on board are connected to the serial killings. Kay’s investigation of their murders effectively turns the show into The X-Files, and the episode has a nice self-aware flashback when young Kay takes little Lucy (Savannah Lumar) to see the 1998 movie version of the sci-fi show. Episode 6 shows little Benton (Easton Ginn Almond) being diagnosed as a sociopath, which immediately makes him more interesting than his counterpart in the print version. The last of the season’s eight episodes gives DeBose a fine moment when Lucy finally explodes at her mother and her aunt for taking her for granted because they’re so busy with their own baggage. The only thing that would have made that more gratifying is if it had come earlier in the show.
If the central murder mystery had worked, maybe the show could have been salvaged. Alas, the killer turns out to be one of those peripheral characters whom we’re purposely kept in the dark about, which is such a cliché for stories like this. It’s neat that Kay’s alone in her house for the killer to move in on her because her issues have driven everyone else away, but the cliffhanger ending to the season totally doesn’t work. The Emmy-winning Sarnoff leaves too many loose threads dangling, and the character bits don’t begin to make up for it. Kay Scarpetta herself would be outraged at how thoroughly this job has been botched. l
No talking. No food and drinks. No myths.
Come break the rules and say “yes!” to new art experiences at the Carter’s Second Thursdays!
Every Second Thursday is different than the last. You’ll never think of museums in the same way again.
THURSDAYS ARE ALWAYS FREE!
THURSDAY APR 9 | 5–8 P.M.
Explore new interpretations and stories of the American West for a night focused on the exhibition New Horizons: The Western Landscape.
No, this isn’t a car commercial. It’s just Easter weekend. With this Sunday being the big day, there’s a ton of spring activities afoot and seasonal programming to enjoy. Hop to it!
If you’ve come straight here from Page 2, the answer to the question is yes and no. Lizards aren’t running wild in Waxahachie. That’s just Frank doScarborough Renaissance Festival (2511 FM 66, 972-938-3247), which opens this weekend. Antennae, antlers, and angel wings are sights you typically see at the festival, but this weekend you’ll find the Easter bunny among the
Celebrate the holiday with a blend of festive traditions and Renaissance charm. Children ages Easter Egg
, a playful twist on the classic holiday event, in which young guests join village characters in a whimsical egg-on-the-spoon stroll around the Maypole. No registration is required. Then on Sunday at noon, guests of all ages are invited to at the
Crown Meadow Stage. The abbreviated Anglicanstyle gathering celebrates the new season with
Tickets are available at SRFestival.com. Admission is $34 for adults (ages 13+) and $15 for kids (ages 5-12), plus taxes and fees. Children 4 and under are always admitted free.
I’ll show myself out. For real, though, there are some Easter egg hunts this weekend you won’t want to miss. For starters, The Rail Club (3101 Joyce Dr, Fort Worth, 682-224-3556) is hosting its annual Community Egg Hunt on Sat, Apr 4, from 10am to noon with hot dogs, pizza, carrot cake, and snow cones. Everyone is welcome, and there is no cost to attend. You will need to sign up ahead of
just
time at TheRailClub.net so they know how many children to expect and their ages.
Super Soul Sunday starts at 9am at the Potter’s House (1270 Woodhaven Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-446-1999) with the Easter production Fulfillment: It Is Finished in the main sanctuary, plus a separate Destiny Planet Experience at the same time for kids. Children learn core values designed to teach them that they are Destined, Effective, Strong, Teachable, Intelligent, and Noble Young leaders (D.E.S.T.I.N.Y.). The after-service experiences, which begin at 11:30am, include a block party with free food and DJ music. There is no cost to attend.
Also on Sunday, St. Stephen Presbyterian Church (2700 McPherson Av, Fort Worth, 817-927-8411) has a free community Easter egg hunt on the front lawn at 10am, followed by an organ and brass prelude in the church sanctuary and Easter worship and communion service at 10:30am. For a full directory of Easter services happening this weekend, visit Around Fort Worth in our Blotch drop-down at FWWeekly. com this Wednesday evening.
Now For the Grown Folk …
Did you hear about the Easter egg hunt at Rick’s Cabaret last night? Eggs were filled with club-related prizes, including a golden egg with a grand prize. One can only imagine where they hid the eggs. Had we done the Easter event listings last week, I’d have told you about that ahead of time. Sigh. But that’s OK. I found some other adult-oriented fun for you crazy kids.
A Great Notion Pub (2024 Ridgmar Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-731-8521) has its Easter Dart Tournament on Sat, Apr 4, with a $300 guaranteed “mystery out” (a side-pot game with randomly determined rules). The cost is a $15 entry fee, plus $10 per match. Signup is at 7:30pm for an 8pm draw. To register, call 214-770-9613. El Chingon (2800 Bledsoe, Ste 100, Fort Worth, 817-870-9997) has a Bad Bunny Brunch 11am-4pm on Sun, Apr 5. There will be an adult Easter egg hunt and special cocktails and eats. Admission is free for #StandingRoomOnly, and brunch is $12 per person or $55 for a four-person party. For info and reservations, visit ElChingonFW. com. And for other dining options, flip to the next page and read Ate Days of Easter Brunch.
In a move that sounds like either an April Fool’s joke or a #DadJoke at the least, SNL recently announced that actor/musician Jack Black and musician continued on page 13
Jack White would be pairing up for the first SNL of April, with Black as the host and White as the musical guest. Since the two collaborated on the Tenacious D song “Jack Gray” several years ago, this is more of a reunion. As White is not camera-shy and Black has some musical chops himself, I predict the two will be together onscreen throughout the evening. Tune into NBC at 10:30pm on Saturday, or watch SNL on the Peacock app.
Aside from coverage of Democratic senate candidate James Talarico, Christians have not had much positive media coverage in recent years. With the “Christian” Nationalists bastardizing Jesus’ words for their own gain and all the cringe film and TV projects with really horrible production values over the years, well, it’s all just really embarrassing for true believers. Recently, our film editor found a new Christian movie with some redeeming value to it.
Based on the founding of the Shaker sect (which holds gender equality as one of its tenets), The Testament of Ann Lee tells the story of the namesake character who takes her “Shaking Quaker” followers to the American colonies after British authorities come down on her for daring to preach the word of God herself. In his review (“Shake It,” Jan 21), Kristian Lin says that this Shaker musical starring Amanda Seyfried is the greatest Christian musical film ever made. Along with her stellar musical performances, he said that she distinguishes the movie from the herd of Christian films by portraying Ann’s religious faith as “something hot, angry, and troublesome for herself and others.” You can use the QR code at the end of this column to check out the full article, but Lin’s final thoughts paint quite a picture.
“Seyfried is compelling when experiencing visions of angels and Biblical figures. Less expectedly, she’s also a galvanizing presence when leading her congregation. … It takes a peculiar set of traits and skills to portray this singular figure in Christian history, especially as a musical heroine. It truly feels like no actor except Seyfried could have done justice to either her or The Testament of Ann Lee. That’s the highest praise I can come up with.”
My best friend and I watch 1989’s Steel Magnolias about this time every year. After all, this classic based on the play of the same name about six women in a small Southern town who share gossip and solve problems at the local beauty parlor, anchoring one another through life’s ups and downs, does start and end at Eastertime. It’s streaming on Netflix and about a dozen other places, so hop online and join us (virtually) on Sunday. We’ve watched it so many times that we quote the lines
as we go. The more mimosas we drink, the funnier it gets. One of the best parts is when Ouiser hugs M’Lynn and tells her she is in her prayers, much to
Annelle’s surprise. By the time we get to the end of this scene, Leigh and I are both shouting Clariee’s “smartass” line simultaneously:
Ouiser: Yes, Annelle, I pray! Well, I do! There, I said it. I hope you’re satisfied.
Annelle: I suspected this all along.
Ouiser: Oh! Well, don’t you expect me to come to one of your churches or one of those tent revivals with all those Bible-beaters doin’ God only knows what! They’d probably make me eat a live chicken!
Annelle: Not on your first visit!
Clairee: Very good, Annelle. You’ve spoken like a true smartass!
By Elaine Wilder
Top places to dine this holiday weekend, including yours.
The spread at Blue Mesa Grill (612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, 817-332-6372) this year includes beef tenderloin chimichurri, ginger-chipotle-glazed ham, red chile salmon, a build-yourown street taco bar, and breakfast classics, plus new specialties like blue crab and Shrimp Eggs Benedict and brioche French toast. Signature dishes, including blue-corn cheese enchiladas, Chimayó corn, and adobe pie, will also be available, along with honey-chipotle-glazed carrots and jalapeño-bacon pinto beans, plus a dessert bar of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, sopapilla cheesecake, and more. The $50 price includes mimosas, but frozen peach bellinis will also be available for $5 each. Easter brunch will be offered all weekend with the extended hours of 10am-3pm Sat, Apr 4, and 8am-4pm Sun, Apr 5. For reservations, call the restaurant or book through the OpenTable app.
Located in the Crescent Hotel, Emilia’s Fort Worth (3300 Camp Bowie Blvd, 817661-1855) draws inspiration from Italy, France, Greece, Morocco, and Spain while using Texas-sourced ingredients. Easter brunch will be buffet-style and include live music. Featured
foods are a carving station with beef tenderloin, honey-baked ham, and roasted rack of lamb; carrot-cake pancakes; a Cobb salad station; peaches and cream French toast; and more. As of press time, tables were still available for the 2pm seating at EmiliasFortWorth.com.
Hotel Drover (200 Mule Alley, Fort Worth, 817-755-5557) has some special things planned for those visiting the Stockyards this Sunday from 8am to 3pm. Easter in the Backyard is from 10am to 3pm, with family-friendly activities, two golden egg hunts, a special visit from the Easter Bunny, and more. Ahead of that, on-site restaurant 97 West Kitchen & Bar has brunch from 8am to 2pm. The three-course menu features apple churro pancakes, Birria Taco Benedict, and prime rib omelet. The cost is $76 per adult and $35 for children (12 and under). Book your reservations through OpenTable.
In Waterside, Piattello Italian Kitchen (5924 Convair Dr, Ste 412, Fort Worth, 817-3490484) is offering its full brunch menu, including brunch entrees, pizza, pasta, and salads, plus a special Easter charcuterie board with prosciutto, soppressata, and house-made ricotta. Seatings are available every 15 minutes from 10:30am to 1:45pm at PiattelloItaliankitchen.com.
Truva Mediterranean Bar & Grill (1205 Church St, Colleyville, 817-576-4064) invites you to enjoy Easter with a beautiful pond view. The brunch buffet is $35.95 per person, with $6 Bloody Mary and Mimosa add-ons available, from 11am to 3pm.
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All the options at the places listed above sound fabulous, but I bet it will be very people-y out there on Sunday. If you are a Homebody — also the name of a great local band, by the way (see: “Night & Day,” Dec 10, 2025) — the Central Market stores in Fort Worth (4651 W Fwy, 817989-4700) and Southlake (1425 E Southlake Blvd, 817-310-5600) have some great take-away options for your consideration. Beyond the highlights below, learn more at CentralMarket. com/news/easter-season.
Let the grazing begin with Easter’s Opening Bites starting at $7.99. Then, in the Dinner Essentials department, main dishes include fire-glazed ham, salmon, and tenderloin. The priced-by-the-pound sides include roasted Brussels sprouts; oven-roasted dill carrots; green beans with caramelized onions, almonds, and roasted tomato; macaroni and cheese; potato latkes; and whipped Yukon potatoes.
If you just need Easter for Two, the chef-prepared options are an apricot-glazed ham dinner ($23.99) and a Meyer Lemon flank steak dinner ($29.99). Considering Central Market is known for its gourmet offerings rather than affordability, this is a surprisingly good deal. Dinners for Two will be available beginning today (Wed, Apr 1).
As for desserts, there are Bakery Treats for Every Bunny (how cute is that?), including seasonal favorites like the Berry Delicious Cake (pictured), carrot cake, and Colomba di Pasqua, making Easter prep a piece of cake. (What? It’s April Fool’s Day. Did you not expect puns? It’s like you don’t even know me.)
P.S. A couple of the ladies from Homebody were part of the stellar group of nominees honored at the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards on Sunday. Read all about it in the Music section. l
By Elaine Wilder
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES:
Reynolds Asphalt & Construction Company has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit No. 22332B, which would authorize continued operation of a Hot Mix Asphalt Plant located at 12650 Calloway Cemetery Road, Euless, Tarrant County, Texas 76040. Additional information concerning this application is contained in the public notice section of this newspaper.
With The Rim and Piattello, who knew Waterside could be so fun and delicious.
Piattello Italian Kitchen, 5924 Convair Dr, Fort Worth. 817-349-0484. 5-9pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm FriSat. • The Rim, 5912 Convair St, Fort Worth. 817663-2950. 10am-10pm Sun, 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, 10am-11pm Sat.
BY ANTHONY MARIANI
This is a story about The Rim, but first, and as always for your favorite paisan, Italian food. My wife d. and I had been desperate for a classy (“classy” for us two worker bees) pizza-andwine spot since the closure of our beloved Taverna (R.I.P.). We’d tried all the stops suggested by friends and Joe Google. None matched Taverna and the criteria we had established from that splendid Sundance Square retreat: great food, great service,
great atmo, great happy-hour pricing, great bar area, great people-watching (the front-window view of Houston Street never failed with its procession of shambolic tourists and dour fellow worker bees), and always buzzing but never busy. High standards, we suppose, but it’s 2026. Is a comfy, cozy, “classy” Italian joint with a comfy, cozy, “classy” bar area in a lively part of town too much to ask? (Yes. Yes, it is.)
Among our final few suggestions was Piattello Italian Kitchen. The Waterside spot has been around for a while and has earned a lot of accolades. Living in North Fort Worth, my family doesn’t normally consider hanging out anywhere farther than a 20-minute drive away, which is why Piattello was not one of our first stops on our Taverna Replacement Tour.
Since d. and I had arrived slightly before dinner service, we took a seat at the bar. All we could see was the other side of the U-shaped counter and, directly ahead and annoyingly unavoidably, some TVs tuned to the Olympics. Forgive me, not d., the daughter of an Air Force colonel, for eschewing a trip aboard the U.S.A. bandwagon this time around. Was not feeling very patriotic for obvious reasons. Taverna bar-area criterion met? Negatory.
When we were seated, our window view consisted of the Waterside common area amid a canyon of apartments (very Khrushchyovkasesque) and, in our peripheral vision at ground level, a shadowy corner establishment with several groups of folks seated on its smallish patio, whence music of some kind seemed to be wafting. Saved for later. But Taverna-view criterion at Piattello met? Also negatory.
As much as d. and I love Italian joints, a solid Italian-food dispensary needs to offer more than just a margherita pizza and a house salad, and here is where Piattello outshines Taverna. Chef Marcus Paslay (Clay Pigeon) serves several vegetarian-friendly dishes, including spaghetti pomodoro, eggplant parmigiana, some appetizers, agnolotti (butternut squash pasta), and mafaldine cacio e pepe (cheesy pasta), which my wife loved and proved it. The woman who almost always takes home leftovers would leave empty-handed tonight.
I am certainly no vegetarian and proved that, too. Piattello’s lobster ravioli had me wanting to lie down biblically with it. My mouth has been pissed at me ever since for continuing to deprive it of this luscious mélange of buttery crustacean and pasta. But sorry, mouth. At $30, it won’t be entering your greedy realm anytime soon or very often.
As mind-blowingly tasty as Piattello’s food was and as excellent as the service was, the whole
was a lot going on in
experience was more food-centric than what d. and I were looking for. We may be partly to blame for choosing to be seated instead of camping out at the bar, but the bar was so blah, we felt we really didn’t have any other choice. So, Piattello for food and beverages, absolutely, not for a business-casual happy-houring home away from home for this O.G. Italian boy from an O.G. Italian neighborhood up north.
On our gleefully full walk from Piattello toward our car in the parking lot, d. and I crossed that shadowy retreat across the way. The mere sight of The Rim was not what had me dragging my sweet, innocent wife toward the entrance. It was the sound.
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The last time I’d heard “Can You Stand the Rain?” was probably high school, and as that New Edition hit from 1988 blasted out from The Rim into the common area and our earbuds, I knew we had to make a stop, even if just for a splash or two. Come on, baby. Let’s go get wet.
The kitschy pop-culture décor (heavy on The Beatles, Michael, and Elvis), the mostly Black staff, the live music — some gentleman was playing saxophone along to R&B classics — it all turned my eyes into heart shapes. I felt like I’d gone back to my childhood home. “Why have we never come here before?!” I marveled to d.
Having just eaten, we stuck with drinks at the brief indoor-outdoor bar counter: a macrobrew for me (don’t @ me) and an Old-Fashioned for my wife. A few packed tables nearby were celebrating a birthday, hence the strolling saxophonist, who at one point cozied up to me as I sang along to Force MD’s one and only hit and gave me a pound when I was done with the chorus. “Tender lurve / A lurve so teeenderrr.”
My dear wife was clueless. She grew up all over the world. Not a lot of music from our ’80s heyday reached her overseas, and old-school R&B was especially absent. I explained the Quiet Storm to her. Smooth grooves? Soulful singing? Loveydovey lyrics? *whoop* Right over her head. I could have stayed the whole night. Running a little late now, I vowed to return.
A week or two later, my next visit, with my 14-year-old Black son, started off terribly. Imagine the worst contemporary country music you’ve ever heard, just whiny, twangy, cliched bullshit.
Now, multiply that times 100, and that’s what was blasting out of The Rim’s speakers at our seating.
“Excuse me / But I think you love me”?! I mean, I had to ask.
“Oh, that’s just the random playlist,” our delightful server replied before sprinting away.
Well, I was thinking, get rid of that shit. I understand that Waterside, with its assorted high-end restos and Whole Foods, is more like Whiterside, but pandering to Whitey? Come on, now.
This lunch hour, a sizable house bustled. A. and I sat in a booth in the small bar area, outfitted with: several TVs (two unfortunately tuned to local Fox); old-timey celebrity mugshots; a cigar-store Indian; one huge colorful painting involving, among others and if I recall correctly, James Dean, Marilyn
Monroe, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo; other brilliantly hued bric-a-brac; and a life-size frozen Han Solo for a storage door beside a mini-Tardis. Assorted musical instruments line the upper portion of the southside wall. There’s a lot going on here, and after Piattello and a lot of other new eateries that my family’s visited over the past couple of years, my boy and I certainly appreciated the visual loudness. It gave us something to talk about, one (“It’s weird because while Paul is my favorite Beatle, John wrote more of my Top 10 Beatles songs” — me), and, two, it just felt welcoming, cozy, friendly, not funereal and self-serious like so many other places, from haute cuisine to diners and coffeeshops. Hang a freaking painting, people, ffs.
From the enormous menu, I went with the Burley Bird from the lunch combo section. The smooth, buttery, heartwarming accompanying creamy-asparagus soup adorned by three croutons disappeared from beneath my patchy, graying beard in a whirl of silver spoonfuls. The turkey sandwich involved a lot of disparate ingredients — some sort of red spread, some kind of aioli — that did not come together in any meaningful way. The bird itself saved every bite. Succulent and “m-word” (my wife hates “moist” — sorry, babe!), it transported me to Thanksgiving dinners with my childhood family before death, babies, distance, and politics separated us.
As A. and I chowed down, we immediately noticed a change in the air. A few notes. A few nontwangy notes. Then that voice. Our eyes locked.
“That’s Adele,” I said, my mouth full. “That’s Adele!”
“That’s Adele!”
We high-fived. The god-awful country plaguing us, and everyone else at The Rim and the entire solar system, had given way to smooth,
mature class and actual musical talent. I had to order another, celebratory macrobrew.
Like Adele in a mood, A.’s cheddar cheeseburger rocked. Coming out well-done and done up only by ketchup and mustard as requested, the sandwich delivered a splendid mix of salty tang and peppery kick with mouthwatering meatiness in between. The onion rings were onion rings.
I did briefly consider it. For a solid minute as I enjoyed another non-country tune (“Is this Coldplay?! Nice!”), I thought about asking for one of The Rim’s legendary Bloody Mary Breakfasts. This $24 delight comes with essentially an entire meal as garnish: Cajun-dusted jumbo shrimp, a chicken wing, andouille sausage, applewood-smoked bacon, a bacon-wrapped pretzel, asparagus, and a pickle. A couple factors stopped me. Reasons 1-10, my paltry bank account. Reason No. 11: It seemed gratuitous, grossly gourmandizing, and flatly inappropriate. U.S. soldiers are being sent to their deaths overseas by untouchable billionaires in an illegal war over oil and pedophilia while the oligarchy replaces us worker bees with AI and drinks all our water. When he dies, I’m-a order two of them bad boys. Until then, not entirely appropriate.
My family and I have made The Rim part of our repertoire. Even though the menu lacks creative vegetarian-friendly offerings, d. loves the Southern, soulful vibe as much as A. and I do. There’s also always so much to talk about. Paul = John. l
The Ridglea Theater welcomed 300-plus folks for our 24th or 25th annual shindig.
BY ANTHONY MARIANI
The hundreds of guests were fabulous, the performances grand, the production smooth, and the winners gracious for our 24th or 25th Annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards ceremony Sunday at the Ridglea Theater. And, yes, LABELS screaming, “Fuck, ICE!” during their acceptance speech for either best punk band or album of the year — they won both; I just forget when the righteous epithet occurred — counts as actually more than gracious. There are some bad things that we sane, rational American citizens would like to do to the Trump Gestapo that go way beyond words. For instance, separate those ass-clowns from their families, ship them to a third-world country they’ve never even been to, and imprison them there. That would be a start.
Anyway, our annual Music Awards ceremony. The overall timbre was inspirational. The one theme that pretty much everyone on the mic underlined or touched on at some point involved doing the seemingly unthinkable in this cruel, soul-sucking timeline: putting down our phones, getting up off the couch, and supporting live local music in person.
I’ve been doing this shit for the Weekly for a long time. I wrote a Fort Worth-centric music column every week for over 20 years. That’s well over a thousand stories, and at around 700 words a pop at minimum, that amounts to nearly 730,000 words about Fort Worth music. That’s almost as long and perhaps needlessly arcane as the Bible — but with much less incest, death, and destruction and a lot more booze and smokes. Super-long story short: I’ve seen a lot. With the exception of the occasional fluff piece in the Star-Telegram, we were the only ones taking local musical artists seriously, affording them the interest, patience, and exposure that often went to Dallas or touring acts in bigger yet lesser newspapers and magazines. It wasn’t just me. Ken Shimamoto and Caroline Collier also pounded out profiles and reviews every week for years, and while I’m not sure of those two’s relationship to the current scene, I know mine is distant at best. With a wife, 14-year-old, dog, and turtle at home, I don’t get out as much as I used to. I still listen to all the great artists that Steve Steward, Patrick Higgins, Kena Sosa, and Johnny Govea write about for us every week, and allow me to say as a 23year scene supporter, the music is there. Is it as hot-shit
as Fort Worth circa 2007? No, but then again, nothing ever will be. The upshot is that lots of Fort Worth folks are making exceptionally tasty music.
One thing that singer-songwriter John Zaskoda said while inducting his dearly departed friend Nick Choate into our Hall of Fame that stuck with me involved artists making their own spaces. We may all pine for the glory days when Lola’s/Wreck Room, The Moon, The Grotto, and The Aardvark regularly packed their rooms with shaking bodies for mostly Fort Worth-local, often original live music. But maybe that’s because we’re old. There are still spots here. They may not be as wheels-off as the clubs of yore, but that’s a good thing. Almost all our presenters and recipients implored the Ridglea crowd to just go see shows. Listening/watching online is fine. Having your face melted by a kickass band in the flesh, even finer.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and showed out, including our performers: LABELS, best female vocalist winner Mollie Danel, best pop act Cavono, and the dream team of Robert Ellis, Aden Bubek, Summer Dean, best producer winner Jordan Richardson, and John Ruhl. For our Hall of Fame class of 2026, we’d also like to thank Richardson for inducting producer extraordinaire Bart Rose, Quaker City Night Hawks’ Sam Anderson for saxophonist/ humanitarian Jeff Dazey, James Hinkle for local music ally Ms. O, and Zaskoda for producer/musician Choate (R.I.P.).
Shoutouts also to the Weekly’s Michael Newquist and Jennifer Bovee for putting together one of our best Music Awards ceremonies yet; to our sponsors Mullen & Mullen, Mrs. Renfro’s, and Printed Threads; and to our presenters Brett Bowden (Printed Threads owner), Hinkle, Cut Throat Finches’ Sean Russell, and Steward.
We also need to thank you, our readers, who not only compiled the ballot for us but selected the winners through popular vote. And the winners are … l
ALBUM
White Hot, LABELS
SONG
“Devil’s Game,” Two Guys Walk Into a Bar
ROCK BAND
Royal Sons
NEW BAND
Ghost Roper
PLACE TO HEAR LIVE
MUSIC
Magnolia Motor Lounge
SINGER-SONGWRITER
Claire Hinkle
POP ACT
Cavono
PUNK BAND
LABELS
HIP-HOP ARTIST
J/O/E
AMERICANA/ROOTS BAND
Cut Throat Finches
METAL BAND
The Spectacle
LATIN MUSIC ARTIST
Squeezebox Bandits
DJ ARTIST
DJ Soft Cherry
AVANTE GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL BAND
The Go-Go Gorillas
R&B/SOUL GROUP
Ben C Jones
FOLK ACT
Jacob Furr Band
BLUES BAND
The Fender Benders
COUNTRY ARTIST
Ghost Roper
FEMALE VOCALIST
Mollie Danel
MALE VOCALIST
Blake Parish, Royal Sons
GUITARIST
Morris Holdahl (Cameron Smith & The Slings, Simon Flory)
DRUMMER
Javier Garza, Royal Sons
BASSIST
Amanda Brown, The Fender Benders
KEYBOARDIST
Katie Robertson
PRODUCER
Jordan Richardson
SOUND ENGINEER
Mark Randall
COVER/TRIBUTE BAND
The Bikini Whales
OPEN-MIC NIGHT
Gustos burger bar + more
REGIONAL ACT
The Vandoliers
VIDEO
“Matador,” Royal Sons
Though it’s been only a month, I feel like the JAMBALOO music festival — the second edition of the Mullen & Mullen Music Project’s hopefully annual, week-long, free-to-attend event held in February across venues in Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, and Dallas — is a somewhat distant memory, but that’s probably because I drank a lot more than usual that week. Sorry, I skipped the Sunday shows, JAMBALOO! Tuesday through Saturday really caught up with me!
But I started thinking about it again when I read an email about the Mullen & Mullen Music Project’s JAMBALOO Music Prize (more on that below), and what I remember most was how the bill at The Post on the Thursday of that week — a cross-genre lineup of Dev Lee Miller, LABELS, and Jenni Rose — had something for everyone and how I wished more shows were like that.
Do lineups that jumble genres work best at the festival level, and do club shows have to hover around some central dynamic — for example, “acoustic guitar + middle-age person” or “electric guitar + mosh pit” — or sound? Let’s say a bill at a local venue (in a hypothetical 200-capacity room) is headlined by a local, popular,
dance-oriented solo electronic artist who nearly sold the place out six months ago. With doors at 7 and music at 8, the openers are a singer-songwriter, then a rap duo, then the headliner’s direct support, which turns out to be a locally popular death-metal band that has been able to fill that venue a couple times over the past year. Assuming this spot is “full” and each act is “good,” which ones’ set sends the most people to the patio for a smoke?
The answer might seem obvious to you, but it isn’t to me. Don’t discount the number of people who will show up for a death-metal band nor for any of these other hypothetical performers, all of them mishmashed together in a flyer that probably reads like a refrigerator magnet poem hidden beneath a Final Battle of Fonts. I don’t know about your Spotify playlists, but most of mine have enough curveballs so that no gear-grinding genre pivot seems out of the ordinary. Sometimes you need to hear Slayer after Shania Twain or The Suffers after Black Sabbath. JAMBALOO’s lineups didn’t swing so hard as to have Dezi 5 playing in front of Frozen Soul, but overall, the lineups were very diverse and very cool, and leading up to and during that week (February 7-15), I became acquainted with the music of a lot of local artists I hadn’t heard before
For me, the local artists are who matter the most, and the lineups during JAMBALOO week were heavy on people from North Texas area codes, including many from 817 and 682. It feels nice to be seen, and the Mullen & Mullen Music Project, which is the music-promotion side of the Dallas-based personal-injury law firm Mullen & Mullen, obviously values the contributions of Fort Worth musicians to DFW’s culture, such that it does helpful things like sponsor a week of free
May 6 — in the opening slots. All proceeds from the concert’s ticket sales will go to Dallas’ Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, as well as Amplified Minds, a nonprofit that connects musicians and other creatives with free mental health services in Dallas and Fort Worth.
concerts. And added to that, in July 2025, the firm awarded their first $20,000 Venue Prize to South Main’s Cicada, and in October 2025, Mullen & Mullen announced their first ever JAMBALOO Music Prize, in which local industry notables, media, and fans vote on the Album of the Year, with the winner receiving a prize package that includes $20,000 in cash as well as a recording session with Grammy-winning producer Tre Nagella (Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton). The winner will be announced on Tue, Jun 6, at a concert at Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas. Big D native and “Loop Daddy” Marc Rebillet will headline the show, with the three finalists — to be announced
Like the JAMBALOO lineups, the 10 semifinalists’ albums are a nice sampling of what this market sounds like right now (and KXT listeners have undoubtedly heard a few of these on recent playlists): Fort Worth Americana artist Matthew McNeal’s very excellent HIGHLONESOME joins albums from Denton grunge band Smothered; Cleburne-raised modern-country singer-songwriter Angel White; indie-pop composer Luke Herbert, who claims “North Texas” as home; Dallas-based rock ’n’ soul trio J. Isaiah Evans & the Boss Tweed; R&B/soul singer Joel Wells Jr., also of Dallas; Los Gran Reyes, an 11-piece cumbia crew from Dallas; Dallas hip-hop MC/producer Roman the Writer; Dallas-by-way-of-Staten Island soul/Americana troubadour Paul Schalda; and Aaron’s Book Club, a solo artist who might actually be from Chicago but whom I assume lives in Dallas now. Or used to. I don’t know. His album, Doggies, is a collection of gorgeous bedroom pop that sort of reminds me of a more stripped-down, less lost-and-on-molly-at-the-State-Fair analog to Tame Impala. Aaron’s Book Club sounds really nice and a little strange, but you have to hear all of these records for yourself for comparison. Yes, I know this list is almost all Dallas, but a good record is a good record regardless of where it hails from. I highly recommend checking them out and voting for your favorite at the website by the May 3 deadline. — Steve Steward
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT (NORI) RENEWAL
PERMIT NUMBER 22332B
APPLICATION. Reynolds Asphalt & Construction Company has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 22332B, which would authorize continued operation of a Hot Mix Asphalt Plant located at 12650 Calloway Cemetery Road, Euless, Tarrant County, Texas 76040. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/ airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. 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 application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/ LocationMapper/?marker=-97.092612,32.809306&level=13. The existing facility and/or related facilities are authorized to emit the following air contaminants: carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less and sulfur dioxide.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on February 27, 2026. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Euless Public Library, 201 North Ector Drive Euless, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices.
The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. In addition to the renewal, this permitting action includes the incorporation of permits by rule related to this permit. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.
PUBLIC COMMENT. You may submit public comments to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application and the executive director will prepare a response to those comments. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to address in the permit process.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. You may request a contested case hearing if you are a person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns.
The deadline to submit a request for a contested case hearing is 15 days after newspaper notice is published. If a request is timely filed, the deadline for requesting a contested case hearing will be extended to 30 days after mailing of the response to comments.
If any requests for a contested case hearing are timely filed, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for a contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. Unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing, the executive director will mail the response to comments along with notification of Commission meeting to everyone who submitted comments or is on the mailing list for this application. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.
MAILING LIST. In addition to submitting public comments, you 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 below. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk for this application.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. 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. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/participation.
Further information may also be obtained from Reynolds Asphalt & Construction Company, P.O. Box 370, Euless, Texas 760390370 or by calling Mrs. Melissa Fitts, Senior Vice President, Westward Environmental, Inc. at (830) 249-8284.
Notice Issuance Date: March 10, 2026
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR QUALITY STANDARD PERMIT REGISTRATION RENEWAL AIR QUALITY REGISTRATION NO. 79141
APPLICATION Cowtown Redi Mix, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Registration No. 79141, for an Air Quality Standard Permit for Concrete Batch Plant, which would authorize continued operation of a Concrete Batch Plant located at 12844 Calloway Cemetery Road, Euless, Tarrant County, Texas 76040. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/airpermitspendingpermit-apps. 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 application. https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=97.085559,32.809832&level=13. The existing facility is authorized to emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including (but not limited to) aggregate, cement, road dust, and particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.
This application was submitted to the TCEQ on March 5, 2026. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Euless Public Library, 201 North Ector Drive, Euless, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ. The application, including any updates, is available electronically at the following webpage: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/airpermit-applications-notices
The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. Information in the application indicates that this permit renewal would not result in an increase in allowable emissions and would not result in the emission of an air contaminant not previously emitted. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.
PUBLIC COMMENT You may submit public comments, or a request for a contested case hearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments is 15 days after the final newspaper notice is published. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to consider in the permit process.
After the technical review is complete the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. If only comments are received, the response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application, will then be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or who is on the mailing list for this application, unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing. The applicant or the executive director may also request that the application be directly referred to a contested case hearing after technical review of the application. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 15 days from this notice, the executive director may act on the application. If no hearing request is received within this 15-day period, no further opportunity for hearing will be provided. According to the Texas Clean Air Act § 382.056(o) a contested case hearing may only be granted if the applicant’s compliance history is in the lowest classification under applicable compliance history requirements and if the hearing request is based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission may only grant a hearing on those issues submitted during the public comment period and not withdrawn.
A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests which the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing within 15 days following this notice to the Office of the Chief Clerk, at the address below.
Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to consider in this proceeding.
MAILING LIST In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive future public notices for this specific application mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk by sending a written request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq. texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. 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. For more information about the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. You can also view our website for public participation opportunities at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/participation.
Further information may also be obtained from Cowtown Redi Mix, Inc., P.O. Box 162327, Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2327 or by calling Ms. Monique Wells, Environmental Consultant, CIC Environmental LLC at (512) 292-4314.
Notice Issuance Date: March 9, 2026
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