The Ides of May: How Politics Plays a Role in Fort Worth s Mayoral Race This Year
With the race to succeed Mayor Betsy Price in a full sprint to the finish â polls close May 1 â the campaign trail has a new obstacle: politics.
Peoples, Zadeh, Parker photos by Olaf Growald
In another time and place in Fort Worth history, City Councilman Jim Bradshaw counseled his colleague on the local government board, Woodie Woods, Fort Worthâs political plumber and one of the townâs more noted political philosophers, as he plotted a run for mayor in the late 1970s.Â
As it was recounted in those days by a reporter, the encounter went like this:
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I grew up in Fort Worth, and as a boy I did everything - from riding the Forest Park Train to taking the subway to the old Tandy Center to ice skate.
Stephanie and I have raised our kids here, and we built our businesses here. We just love the spirit of our city and I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience as a councilmember. It has been one of the greatest honors of my life.
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We love to eat delicious food and listen to great music. Some of our favorite places are Enchilada s Ole , Dutch s, and Cousins BBQ.
We re coming for City Hall: Fort Worth area churches rally support of candidates
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago Luke Ranker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Apr. 22 Fort Worth area pastors are tiptoeing around explicit endorsements while making it clear to congregants which candidates running for local office are fellow church members.
Multiple Tarrant County pastors on Sunday rallied worshipers to vote while listing candidates in the May 1 election. Making an endorsement would jeopardize a church s nonprofit status under a section of the federal tax code that restricts tax exempt entities from engaging in political action.
At Mercy Culture, an evangelical church north of downtown Fort Worth, senior lead pastor Landon Schott was on stage with mayoral candidate Steve Penate and District 9 candidate Erik Richerson. Behind them, a giant red sign read visit stevepenateformayor.com
Fort Worth will have its first new mayor in 10 years. Here are the candidates vying to replace Betsy Price
Fort Worth will have its first new mayor in 10 years. Here are the candidates vying to replace Betsy Price
An education advocate/attorney with big-ticket endorsements, two city council members, and the chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party headline a race which will likely end in a runoff.
After several days of mist and rain, clouds began to dissipate over the Fort Worth skyline, Wednesday afternoon, October 28, 2020. Temperatures should begin rising going into the weekend after lows in the 30 s. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Brian Byrd
Brian Byrd currently serves as a Fort Worth City Councilmember representing District 3, a position he’s held since 2017. In addition, he’s a founder and physician of Texas Family Medicine as well as a former CEO of Texas Hospice. Byrd attended UT Austin and majored in international business and minored in marketing. He later went to medical school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center and obtained a master’s degree in church-state studies at Baylor. If elected, Byrd’s focuses will be on keeping taxes low, attracting high-paying quality jobs to the city, creating an educated, job-ready workforce, maintaining a safe and welcoming city, and having an efficient government. Click here to learn more about this candidate.