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ID laws and gerrymandering, they don’t even bother to pretend anymore. In our new gilded age, Republicans are again on the side of the robbers and care not at all that the rest of us are getting mugged, but understand that we, the robbed, are exactly who government is for. The purpose of government is not, as our MAGA “brain trust” believes, to surrender our state to the highest bidders but to help average Texans. Abbott’s proposal will leave locals no way to stop the construction of AI data centers that
use too much energy, raising prices and making unbearable noise pollution. With Abbott’s terrible, very bad idea, no government entity will protect Texans from the broligarchs. Abbott wants to leave average Texans with public schools that are set up to fail and will only go downhill because of a lack of funding. Yet public schools are what made America. Investment in children now pays off multiple dividends in the future. A competent state government would insist on adequately funding public education for all as a primary responsibility of a free people, but since most Texas public school students (73%) are not white, who cares. Unfortunately, we cannot count on Abbott the Grinch to have a life-changing revelation that would suddenly grow his heart two sizes, though I truly wish we could. Let’s remember that people aren’t stupid. A cut in property taxes would be sweet. Everybody wants to pay less in taxes, but the costs of Abbott’s proposal are too high. It will endanger our public schools and local governments protecting their people. It should be totally rejected, as should a fourth term for our Grinchy governor. — Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue A fifth generation Texan and retired teacher, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue still remembers the pure joy he felt on first reading Green Eggs and Ham. This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly.com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.
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You’re a mean one, Gov. Greg Abbott, having emerged from your Grinch-like Laboratory of Awful, No Good, Very Bad Ideas located in dark limestone caverns deep beneath the Governor’s Mansion with a poison pill confection topped with sweet frosting. Like all mad scientists in every horror classic, his eyes positively gleamed as he gazed at his monstrous invention, a proposal that will effectively defund public education (the poison) by ending property taxes on homesteads for education (the sweet frosting). But that’s not all. Our governor, in his eagerness to be ever more subservient to the oligarchs that bankroll him, has packed his proposal with even more “goodies” that will totally sabotage government at all levels by making it easier for citizens to defund their local governments. Abbott proposes to limit local governments’ spending increases to the rate of population growth plus inflation or 3.5%, whichever is less. If a city wants to spend above that set rate, at least two-thirds of its citizens will have to vote for a higher tax increase. That will effectively make it nearly impossible for any local government in
Texas to get anything done that its citizens need beyond the basics. So not content to ruin Texas during his corrupt reign of error, Abbott, with a heart two sizes too small, hopes to plant an IED that will continue to destroy us years after he’s left the scene. How brilliantly evil in a mad scientist sort of way. Our MAGA governor offered this nauseous proposal in his kickoff for his bid of an unprecedented fourth term as governor. First, he wants voters to have the chance to vote for a constitutional amendment that will abolish property taxes dedicated to public education. In his speech, Abbott contended that Texas would be able to afford to pay for education with its unusual surplus at the moment, acting as if the business cycle of periodic downturns will no longer be a thing. Republicans have said for years that government should be run like a business, but what business decreases its main income stream and expects not to go bankrupt? In 2023, school districts collected $17.5 billion from single-family homes. How can the state make up that loss of revenue? Risibly, Abbott insisted that his proposal would lead to no sales tax increases. That’s a lie. We live in Texas, where our Constitution forbids an income tax, and now Abbott wants to decrease government revenue from property taxes. No matter what he says, common sense dictates there will have to be an increase in sales taxes, which are regressive and hurt the poor and working classes most. Republicans used to at least appear to care about average people (remember “compassionate conservatism”?), but now after they’ve disenfranchised so many Texans with their voter
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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT (NORI) RENEWAL PERMIT NUMBER 56809 APPLICATION. US Department of the Navy, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 56809, which would authorize continued operation of Surface Coating Facilities located at 1215 Depot Avenue, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76127. 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=-97.428333,32.772777&level=13. The existing facility is authorized to emit the following air contaminants: exempt solvents, hazardous air pollutants, organic compounds and particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less. This application was submitted to the TCEQ on September 17, 2025. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the White Settlement Public Library, 8215 White Settlement Road, White Settlement, 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. An amendment application that is not subject to public notice or an opportunity for a contested case hearing is also being reviewed. The 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.
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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.
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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, MC105, 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 US Department of the Navy, 1215 Depot Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76127-1054 or by calling Mr. Michael Cook, Environmental Engineer at (817) 782-6480. Notice Issuance Date: September 24, 2025
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