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Willow Park Civics News Summary and Compendium for 2023

Summary: A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries for 2023. The week in a glance; the year in a list. "The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." James Madison, 4th US President, Founding Father

Latest Update: Friday, 29 December 2023



 

Archive of Willow Park Civics Weekly News Summary


  • Two Weeks of Friday, 29 December 2024  in .pdf and in .html 

  • "The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." James Madison, 4th US President, Founding Father

    • "Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better person." Benjamin Franklin

    • Reminder Monday for January 2024

    • "A good conscience is a continual Christmas." Benjamin Franklin

    • Be prepared for the cold shoulder from our Texas Energy Provider, ERCOT. Their Plan: Hope.

    • Comanche Peak nuclear power plant, 50 miles south of Willow Park, virtual public meeting 21 December

    • Williams Weekly: Monday, 18 December 2023

    • Willow Park Christmas Tree lighting, The Community News, 14 December 2023

    • US Senator Cruz News, 15 December 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 15 December 2023


  • Week of Friday, 15 December 2023  in .pdf and in .html 

  • "Our republic and its press will rise and fall together." Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher

    • Santa's Mail Box in Willow Park

    • Disaster Declaration for December 2023, including Parker Co.

    • Sam Bass Road Drainage Issues. Needed Changes brought to City Council by Willow Park Citizens.

    • New Landscaping for New City Hall

    • Willow Park City Hall Index

    • US Senator Cruz News, 08 December 2023

    • Willow Park rejects class action lawsuit on "forever chemicals" in our water - well and Fort Worth

    • Williams Weekly: Monday, 11 December 2023

    • 12 December 2023 Council Meeting

    • Haney Development Index

    • WPC News Summary, 08 December 2023

    • Updated blogs.

      • Blog 12 December 2023 Council Meeting

      • Added The Community News Council Review

        • Blog 28 November 2023 Council Meeting

      • Added article Council meeting Review, The Community News, 01 December 2023

        • Blog Willow Park Events for Fall 2023, November, December

      • Added photos of City Hall Christmas tree, before and after.

        • Blog Kelly Ranch is bringing luxury development, 10 miles south of Willow Park

      • Added article, Fort Worth-based national golf club operator building $100M North Texas course, its first local links, Fort Worth Report, 10 December 2023


  • Week of Friday, 08 December 2023  in .pdf and in .html 

  • “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato

    • 12 December 2023 Council Meeting

    • 11 December 2023 Board of Adjustments Meeting

    • Williams Weekly: 04 December 2023

    • Former Willow Park Fire Department Chief Robert Farnham passes.

    • Country Hollow's Planned Development Agreement approved.

    • Kelly Ranch is a bringing luxury development, 10 miles south of Willow Park.

    • A new Christmas movie is filming in Granbury

    • City of Willow Park Newsletter, November 2023

    • UPDATE: Special Session 4, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Williams Weekly: Monday, 04 December 2023

    • Reminder Monday for December 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 01 December 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • Blog Foster Care in Parker County

        • Article, Judge considers holding state in contempt a third time over foster care conditions, The Texas Tribune, 04 December 2023.

        • Article Fulfilling a Foster Child’s Christmas Wish

        • The Christmas Wish Project in North Texas, The Texan, 07 December 2023

      • Blog Willow Park Events for Fall 2023, November, December

        • Added Facebook video of event.


  • Week of Friday, 01 December 2023  in .pdf and in .html 

  • "Stand for something or you will fall for anything." Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist, ” the first lady of civil rights"

    • Reminder Monday for December 2023

    • Your real Texas Christmas tree boosts Texas and Parker County economy. Think Christmas. Buy local.

    • US Senator Cruz News, 01 December 2023

    • US Senator Cruz News, 17 November 2023

    • Williams Weekly: 20 November 2023

    • Willow Park Population. Declaring and preparing for City growth.

    • Willow Park HOT Funds to Hot Idea: City Billboard.

    • Standard Services Restaurant has started building toward Summer 2025.

    • 28 November 2023 Council Meeting

    • Update existing blogs.

      • Blog Willow Park Events for Fall 2023, November, December. • Added reminder Facebook post from Willow Park City website • Added rescheduled Facebook post from Willow Park City website.

      • Blog 14 November 2023 Council Meeting. • Added Minutes, including Public Comments by two Citizens on draining problems around Sam Bass.

        • Added 3 Willow Park Civics Blogs

      • Wastewater Treatment Plant, posted 15 November 2023

      • Haney Development, south of Bankhead, is bringing its new commercial growth to Willow Park. posted 14 November 2023

      • Santa should bring mountain bikes for Christmas! Paperwork's done for the new WP bike/hike trails. posted 16 November


  • Week of Friday, 24 November 2023, Willow Park Civics was counting our blessing during Thanksgiving, so there were no blogs or summary.


  • Week of Friday, 17 November 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “It’s not what we say about our blessings but how we use them is the true measure of our Thanksgiving.” Westlake Taylor Purkiser (1910–1992) American preacher, scholar, and author

    • The First Thanksgiving Celebration was in Texas. The Texas Legislature declared it.

    • Santa should bring mountain bikes for Christmas! Paperwork's done for the new WP bike/hike trails.

    • Update to Wastewater Treatment Plant

    • Haney Development, south of Bankhead, is bringing its new commercial growth to Willow Park.

    • Williams Weekly: 13 November 2023

    • US Senator Cruz News, 10 November 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 10 November 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • Blog 14 November 2023 Council Meeting. Added Council Meeting Review, The Community News; Added Blog Haney Development, south of Bankhead, is bringing its new commercial growth to Willow Park and Blog Update to Wastewater Treatment Plant

      • Blog Fort Worth-Dallas high-speed rail along I30 back on fast track. Added article Federal budget cuts could derail Amtrak’s big plan for Fort Worth passenger rail


  • Week of Friday, 10 November 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "All great change in America begins at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan, 40th USA President

    • 14 November 2023 Council Meeting

    • Special Session 4, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • US Senator Cruz News, 10 November 2023

    • Results from the 07 November 2023 Texas Election updated as they are released.

    • Reminder Monday for November 2023. VOTE TODAY! plus more

    • Today! A Willow Park Writer is Calling All Writers

    • The Passing of a Generational Memory. Six Flags Over Texas has merged, changed its name and its headquarters... sans Texas.

    • WPC News Summary, 03 November 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • Foster Care in Parker County. Added article “Sex trafficking, drugs and assault: Texas foster kids and caseworkers face chaos in rental houses and hotels”


  • Week of Friday, 03 November 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams, statesman, political philosopher, US Founding Father

    • Voting, Tuesday 07 November 2023 Election Day. Do it.

    • Trouble Voting? Voting, 07 Nov. 2023 Election. Get Ready.

    • Fun Fort Worth water trash collection, even Willow Park's trash.

    • A Willow Park Writer is Calling All Writers

    • US Senator Cruz News, 27 October 2023

    • Williams Weekly: 30 October 2023

    • Country Hollow Ready to Build Early 2024

    • Bright Lights of Broadway... Broadway Business Parks in Willow Park

    • New Border Laws passed by Special Session 3, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • WPC News Summary, 27 October 2023


  • Week of Friday, 27 October 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams, statesman, political philosopher, US Founding Father

    • Last Week of Early Voting, Monday, 30 October. Do it. 07 Nov. 2023 Election.

    • Weaponizing Blind Catfish. It's all about our drinking water.

    • Street Improvement Projects, Sam Bass Road, West

    • Williams Weekly: 23 October 2023

    • Nope, you didn't flush more in September. Increase in Willow Park Wastewater Sewer Rates.

    • Proposition 8 Broadband on Ballot of 07 Nov. 2023 Election.

    • 24 October 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 20 October 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • 24 October 2023 Council Meeting. Added FB video link and The Community News Council Review

      • 17 October 2023 P&Z Commission and Capital Improvement Advisory Meeting. Added Willow Park Civics audio of meeting, Willow Park Civics meeting notes


  • Week of Friday, 20 October 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams, statesman, political philosopher, US Founding Father

    • 24 October 2023 Council Meeting

    • Early voting starts Monday, 23 October. Do it.

    • Williams Weekly: 16 October 2023

    • Parker Co. Ice House Slow Meltdown and Closing

    • Ready to Ride. WP Trail Amendment Master Plan Approved.

    • Voting, 07 Nov. 2023 Election. Get Ready. It’s your citizen right and your civic responsibility.

    • Ballot: 07 Nov. 2023 Election. Get Ready. It’s your citizen right and your civic responsibility.

    • WPC News Summary, 13 October 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • 16 August 2022, Capital Improvement Advisory Committee* / P&Z Comm. Added minutes

      • Ready to Ride. WP Trail Amendment Master Plan Approved. Added article Council approves trail plan amendment, The Community News, 11 October 2023

      • Willow Park > City Services > Wastewater. Added notice of wastewater rate increase, Willow Park Website, 20 September 2023

      • 10 October 2023 Council Meeting. Added Willow Park Civics Blog > New Kids Mountain Bike Skills Area and Trails at Kings Gate Park


  • Week of Friday, 13 October 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “We cannot sustain a democratic republic with a citizenry that is completely uninformed about, and basically estranged from, our Constitution and our institutions.” Douglas H. Ginsburg, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

    • 17 October 2023 P&Z Commission and Capital Improvement Advisory Meeting

    • Who Has the Worst Weather in Texas?

    • “Risks of Flash Flooding" Meeting, 18 October 2023

    • Update of Street Improvement Projects. 10 October 2023 Council Meeting

    • Biden’s Border Crisis, US House Rep D25 Roger Williams

    • Street Improvement Projects, Sam Bass Road, West

    • New Kids Mountain Bike Skills Area and Trails at Kings Gate Park

    • Schools. Special Session 3, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Special Session 3, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • 10 October 2023 Council Meeting (Added meeting notes, The Community News council review article.)

    • WPC News Summary, Week ending 06 October 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • 12 September 2023 Council Meeting. Added meeting minutes.


  • Week of Friday, 06 October 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government." Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father, American military officer, statesman, first secretary of the treasury from during George Washington's presidency

    • 10 October 2023 Council Meeting

    • Register: 07 Nov. 2023 Election. Get Ready. It’s your citizen right and your civic responsibility.

    • Williams Weekly: 02 October 2023

    • US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 29 September 2023

    • Calendar: 07 Nov. 2023 Election. Get Ready. It’s your citizen right and your civic responsibility.

    • With 5K new homes, 1K acres commercial, just 10 miles east, the Veale Ranch is moving forward.

    • Wed. 04 Oct 2023, 1:20P CMT, FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test

    • TX House Rep. Rogers: One Town Hall and One OpEd

    • Reminder Monday for October 2023

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday, 29 September 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • Willow Park Civics Blog > Film Industry in Texas gets big boost from TX 88th Legislature. Added article Texas Film, Video Game Industries in the Spotlight, State Fuels Incentive Engine to Compete for Productions and Jobs, Fiscal Notes Texas Comptroller, August 2023

      • Willow Park Civics Blog > Fort Worth will welcome millions for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, largest sporting event ever. Added article Arlington, regional officials consider local funds to pay for World Cup improvements, Fort Worth Report, 27 September 2023


  • Week of Friday, 29 September 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted." – James Madison​, 4th US President and Founding Father

    • Willow Park Events for Fall 2023, October. Next Tuesday, 03 October 2023 is National Night Out in Willow Park.

    • Williams Weekly: 25 September 2023

    • US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 22 September 2023

    • Cancelled: 26 September 2023 Council Meeting

    • Parker Co in Today's History. On 25 Sept 1867, Oliver Loving of the Goodnight - Loving Trail died.

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday, 22 September 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • "Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam… Native Texans keep Texas home." WPC Blog with article "Staying Put," Dr. M. Ray Perryman, 20 September 2023

      • "Foster Care in Parker County" WPC Blog with article with article "One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels." The Texas Tribune, 26 September 2023


  • Week of Friday, 22 September 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership, you are practicing followership." Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of UK

    • Lights Out, Texas! from 05 Sept to 20 Oct 2023 for Fall bird migration.

    • Update: Country Hollow, new builder and new start for Willow Park housing development.

    • Updated: 12 September 2023 Council Meeting

    • US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 15 September 2023

    • Freedom Matters. Celebrate Freedom Week, Constitution Week, and Constitution Day

    • Williams Weekly: 18 September 2023

    • “Save Me With a Seat" week. Half of child car seats are installed incorrectly. WP Police can help.

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday,15 September 2023

    • Update existing blogs.

      • "Parker County Transportation Bond and Willow Park Streets" WPC Blog with The Community News article "Trustees receive transportation, construction updates"


  • Week of Friday, 15 September 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal." Frédéric Bastiat​, French economist, advocate of classical and Adam Smith economics

    • Film Industry in Texas gets big boost from TX 88th Legislature.

    • Williams Weekly: 11 September 2023

    • Juvenile curfew repealed. Willow Park repeals City juvenile curfew based on new TX state law.

    • TX Senator Springer Newsletter, September 2023

    • Willow Park utility bill increases, on the heals of the City's (celebrated) tax decrease.

    • WPC News Summary, 08 September 2023


  • Week of Friday, 08 September 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under." Sam Houston, general in Texas Revolution; 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas; 7th Governor of Texas

    • 12 September 2023 Council Meeting

    • Willow Park Events for Fall 2023

    • Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam… Native Texans keep Texas home.

    • Cruz: US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 08 September 2023

    • Williams Weekly: 04 September 2023

    • Reminder Monday for September 2023

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday 01 September 2023


  • Week of Friday, 01 September 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than by their results." Milton Friedman​, American economist and statistician, 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

    • Fort Worth-Dallas high-speed rail along I30 back on fast track.

    • Ace Hardware in Willow Park, new owner and new life

    • Cancelled: 31 August 2023 Special Council Meeting

    • Willow Park Municipal Court, 3Q 2023 Report

    • Tommy's Boats is weighing anchor.

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday 25 August 2023


  • Week of Friday, 25 August 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." Calvin Coolidge, 30th US President

    • Flea problems rising in Fort Worth. And what happens in Fort Worth does not stay in Fort Worth.

    • New Property Tax State Laws and how they affect Willow Park residents, Q&A by Phil King

    • Williams Weekly: 21 August 2023

    • Country Hollow, new builder and new start for Willow Park housing development.

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday 18 August 2023


  • Week of Friday, 18 August 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Govern wisely and as little as possible!" Sam Houston, general in Texas Revolution; 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas; 7th Governor of Texas

    • 22 August 2023 Council Meeting

    • Water: August is National Water Quality Month

    • Parker County Transportation Bond and Willow Park Streets.

    • Drink. Drive. Go To Jail. Enforcement Wave - Labor Day, 18 August to 04 September, 2023

    • Willow Park Parks and Trails Index

    • Willow Park Trails (and EPCoT) Master Plan, Fantastic Brochure, August 2023 Update

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday 11 August 2023


  • Week of Friday, 11 August 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." James Madison​, 4th US President and Founding Father

    • 15 August 2023 P&Z Commission Meeting

    • Three Kinds of Drought, Texas Water Development Board

    • Willow Park Property Tax for 2023 and the Devil in the Details

    • Williams Weekly: 07 August 2023

    • New Ready-made Kings Gate Park. It's Official.

    • Update: Street Improvement Projects, Ranch House Road (Vista and Crown)

    • Results for Operation Slow Down, WP Police Enforcement Wave, 14 July to 30 July 2023

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday 04 August 2023


  • Week of Friday, 04 August 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Everybody can be great... because everybody can serve.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Minister and the most prominent leader in the civil rights movement

    • 08 August 2023 Council Meeting

    • Fort Worth is primed for a real estate boom - and its coming this way.

    • Willow Park citizen Ever Gomez steps up to support Communication Board

    • Wastewater Project: Bankhead Highway Sewer Line

    • Wastewater Project: Bankhead I20

    • Street Improvement Projects, Update of Phase One, July 2023

    • Williams Weekly: 31 July 2023

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday, 28 July 2023

      • 01 August 2023 Parks Board Meeting, added meeting WPC audio file

      • 18 July 2023 Special Council Meeting, added minutes

      • 17 July 2023 P&Z Meeting, added WPC audio file


  • Week of Friday, 28 July 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • ”Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness." Louis D. Brandeis, Justice of the US Supreme Court, 1916 to 1939

    • Reminder Monday for August 2023

    • 01 August 2023 Parks Board Meeting

    • Summer water advice from the Texas Water Development Board

    • Council votes to sue designer of Fort Worth Water Project

    • Air Quality in Willow Park and Parker County from surrounding growth.

    • Williams Weekly: 24 July 2023

    • Before Peaches, Watermelons Ruled in Parker County

    • WPC News Summary, Week of Friday 21 July 2023

    • Added to past WPC blog or WPC webpage


  • Week of Friday, 21 July 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster​, statesman, lawyer, congressman, and one of the greatest orators and most influential statesmen in the United States in the early 19th century.

    • Tarrant County leads state in Alzheimer’s case numbers.

    • "The District at Willow Park" is calling all musicians.

    • Street Improvement Projects, Old Ford Rd, Crested Butte Ct, Pleasant Ct, and Ridge Haven Ct

    • Williams Weekly: 17 July 2023

    • 18 July 2023 Special Council Meeting

    • Operation Slow Down, Willow Park Police Enforcement Wave, 14 July to 30 July 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 14 July 2023


  • Week of Friday, 14 July 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • ”I humble myself before God, and there the list ends." Sam Houston, general in Texas Revolution; 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas; 7th Governor of Texas

    • Electricity Warning / 16 July to 18 July 2023 / ERCOT TXANS Alert

    • 18 July 2023 P&Z Commission Meeting

    • 18 July 2023 Special Council Meeting

    • Operation Slow Down, Willow Park Police Enforcement Wave, 14 July to 30 July 2023

    • Fort Worth, Weatherford in high stakes competition for cutting horse business

    • "The District" restaurants, entertainment, and retail to open September 2023

    • UPDATE: Property Tax, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Williams Weekly: 10 July 2023

    • Drainage Improvement Project, Phase Two

    • WPC News Summary, 07 July 2023

    • Added to past blogs

      • UPDATE: Property Tax, 88th TX Legislative Session

        • Abbott praises legislature for passing historic tax cuts bills, vows to sign them into law

        • Texas economist: Property tax relief package 2nd largest in state history

        • Texas Senate unanimously passes $18 billion in property tax relief

      • Electricity, Energy, ERCOT

        • “Texas Must Upgrade Its Energy Grid To Accommodate New Renewable Power”


  • Week of Friday, 07 July 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • ”Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one." Thomas Paine, Founding Father, political activist, philosopher, political theorist

    • 11 July 2023 Council Meeting

    • Fort Worth will welcome millions for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, largest sporting event ever.

    • Electricity, Energy, ERCOT

    • Reminder Monday for July 2023

    • Williams Weekly: 03 July 2023

    • No means NO Fireworks in Willow Park.

    • WPC News Summary, 30 June 2023


  • Week of Friday, 30 June 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master." Thomas Jefferson​, 3rd US President and Founding Father

    • No means NO Fireworks in Willow Park.

    • Rural Population Dynamics ‑ Texas Style

    • Williams Weekly, 26 June 2023

    • Property Tax, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Drink. Drive. Go To Jail. Enforcement Wave - Independence Day, 23 June to 09 July, 2023

    • 27 June 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 23 June 2023


  • Week of Friday, 23 June 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" Samuel Adams​, statesman, political philosopher, US Founding Father

    • 27 June 2023 Council Meeting

    • Electricity Warning #2 in two weeks, 25 June to 30 June 2023

    • Texas has the fifth-highest percentage of water pipes made of lead. How about your home?

    • Drainage Improvement Project, Phase One

    • Gone! TX Vehicle Safety Inspections... but not quite for Parker Co.

    • Williams Weekly: 19 June 2023

    • UPDATE: Voluntary Conservation Notice from Electric Weather Watch from 15 June to 21 June, 2023! > Electricity Weather Watch from 15 June to 21 June 21, 2023!

    • WPC News Summary, 16 June 2023


  • Week of Friday, 16 June 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Tomorrow will be better as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." Walt Disney, American animator, film producer and entrepreneur

    • Growth from the North, Interesting WP Property for Sale

    • Growth from the East, The Community News article

    • Welcome Police Chief Franklin -- again.

    • New City Hall: Debt Done

    • Williams Weekly: 12 June 2023

    • 13 June 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 09 June 2023


  • Week of Friday, 09 June 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt, American political figure, diplomat, pacifist and activist President Harry S. Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements

    • 13 June 2023 Council Meeting

    • "Texas is the headquarters of headquarters" with the Most Fortune 500 HQs

    • New Port-to-Plains Interstate, Growth from the West, Update

    • Drink. Drive. Go To Jail. Enforcement Wave > Independence Day, 23 June to 09 July, 2023,

    • Street Improvement Projects, Kings Gate Road

    • Street Improvement Projects, Phase One

    • Street Improvement Projects, Comprehensive

    • Reminder Monday for June 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 02 June 2023


  • Week of Friday, 02 June 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father and America Polymath

    • Reminder Monday for June 2023

    • Street Improvement Projects, Kings Gate Road

    • Not this session, Update on Cross Timbers Regional Utility Authority

    • Street Improvement Projects, Comprehensive

    • Happy Trails to You, Willow Park Trails Master Plan Update

    • Williams Weekly: 29 May 2023

    • Kings Gate Park, WP’s New Ready-made Playground and Trails

    • Memorial Day: Willow Park resident honors a brother who died in service.

    • Memorial Day: Willow Park's Pfc. Paul Balint Jr.

    • WPC News Summary, 26 May 2023


  • Week of Friday, 26 May 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” General Douglas MacArthur, US General of the Army, WW2

    • Memorial Day: Willow Park's Pfc. Paul Balint Jr.

    • Memorial Day: Willow Park resident honors a brother who died in service.

    • Fort Worth gained the highest number of new residents of any city in the country

    • Adding Communication Boards to WP Playgrounds, Parks, and Trails

    • Garbage! New trash and recycling plan (and fees) for Willow Park, UPDATE

    • Williams Weekly: 22 May 2023

    • Click It or Ticket, WP Police Enforcement Wave May 22 – June 4, 2023

    • 23 May 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 19 May 2023


  • Week of Friday, 19 May 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?" Thomas Jefferson​, 3rd US President and Founding Father

    • Click It or Ticket, WP Police Enforcement Wave May 22 – June 4, 2023

    • 23 May 2023 Council Meeting

    • Parker County in History: 19 May 1836

    • Six new parks coming to Texas, one just an hour west.

    • Wastewater Project: Effluent Line

    • Williams Weekly: 15 May 2023

    • Cross Timbers Regional Utility Authority, update on concerns

    • Street Improvement Projects, Ranch House Road (Vista and Crown)

    • SeeClickFix, new digital portal to WP Public Utilities

    • WPC News Summary, 12 May 2023


  • Week of Friday, 12 May 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness." Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President

    • Electricity and ERCOT, Summer Overload

    • Willow Park is developing: Update April 2023

    • Street Improvement Projects, Crown Road

    • Williams Weekly: 08 May 2023

    • All door-to-door sales working in Willow Park must have city-issued permit and lanyard.

    • WPC News Summary, 05 May 2023


  • Week of Friday, 05 May 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them." Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the US

    • 09 May 2023 Council Meeting

    • New Water Management for Parker County - Cross Timbers Regional Utility Authority

    • Williams Weekly: 01 May 2023

    • TxDOT I20 Project through Willow Park, starts May 2023

    • Cruz: US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 21 April 2023

    • 06 May 2023 Election for Willow Park: When, How, Why

    • Reminder Monday for May 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 28 April 2023


  • Week of Friday, 28 April 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calmness and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD.

    • Reminder Monday for May 2023

    • 06 May 2023 Election for Willow Park: When, How, Why

    • 02 May 2023 Parks Board Meeting

    • Bills That Affect You, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Foster Care in Parker County

    • Water for Willow Park, A New Beginning

    • Street Improvement Projects, Kings Gate Road Bridge

    • Street Improvement Projects, Update 24 April 2023

    • WPC News Summary, 21 April 2023


  • Week of Friday, 21 April 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt." John Adams, 2nd US President and Founding Father

    • Schools, Students, and Education, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • 25 April 2023 Council Meeting

    • Canvas, New WPNorth Townhomes for Lease - Update

    • "New" Fire Marshal Dept. in Willow Park

    • Garbage! New trash and recycling plan (and fees) for Willow Park

    • Williams Weekly: 17 April 2023

    • Willow Park Police Academy

    • Wastewater Treatment Plant

    • WPC News Summary, 14 April 2023


  • Week of Friday, 14 April 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty." Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President and Founding Father

    • Budget and Surplus, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • 18 April 2023 P&Z Comm. Meeting

    • Hundreds of acres could trade between Weatherford and Willow Park ETJ

    • New Child Safety Zones ordinance enforcing sex offender laws in Willow Park.

    • Click It or Ticket and Operation Slow Down, WP Police cruising for trouble.

    • Willow Bark is back, 15 April 2023

    • Street Improvement Projects, Update 06 April 2023

    • 11 April 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 07 April 2023


  • Week of Friday, 07 April 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!” Pope John Paul II, Angelus, Adelaide, Australia Sunday, 30 November 1986

    • Schools, Students, and Education, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • 11 April 2023 Council Meeting

    • Texas leads U.S. with fastest economic expansion

    • New City Hall: Update - Debt

    • 06 May 2023 Election for Willow Park: When, How, Why

    • Williams Weekly: 03 April 2023

    • WP Emergency Warning Systems

    • 03 April 2023 Special Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 31 March 2023


  • Week of Friday, 31 March 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.” John Steinbeck​, American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner

    • WP Emergency Warning Systems

    • 03 April 2023 Special Council Meeting

    • TX State Gambling, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Current Willow Park Financial Audit

    • Cruz: US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 24 March 2023

    • Texas 'will be short thousands of skilled workers by 2030

    • City Buying a New City Hall This Thursday?

    • 30 March 2023 Special Council Meeting

    • Sr. Discount for WP Water Bill. Tell all your senior neighbors!

    • WPC News Summary, 24 March 2023


  • Week of Friday, 24 March 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue." Samuel Adams, American statesman, a US Founding Father

    • Bills That Affect You, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Pax­ton Shut Down Texas Robo­callers that Made Bil­lions of Ille­gal Calls

    • Cruz: US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 10 March 2023

    • Make a difference in your water supply -- and your water bill.

    • Parker County Days in 88th TX Legislative Session, 28 & 29 March

    • Reception honoring Police Chief Ellis

    • Williams Weekly: 10 March 2023

    • Communicate with your elected officials; 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Willow Park will have a May 2023 election ballot, with a decision that will effect property taxes.

    • Palo Pinto/Parker water authority partnership -- or maybe not

    • WPC News Summary, 17 March 2023

    • Only on What's Happening, Willow Park

      • Planets and Moon Set to Align to Form ‘Planet Parade’ Late March —Here’s What You Need to Know.

    • Updated Blogs and Issues

      • 14 March 2023 Council Meeting


  • Week of Friday, 17 March 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father and America Polymath

  • "Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me." Primary Catholic Patron Saint of Ireland, St Patrick’s Feast, 17 March

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 17 March 2023

    • WP Council names interim police chief

    • Willow Park represented in the US House of Representatives

    • ONCOR Electricity, Willow Park storm damage and prevention

    • Goodbye Willow Park Fire and Rescue

    • Willow Park election cancelled -- again.

    • 14 March 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 10 March 2023

  • Updated Blogs and Issues

    • Willow Park Civics Blog > New Willow Park Police Station

    • Willow Park Civics Blog > Standard Services Restaurant is taking shape and WOW.

    • Willow Park Civics Blog > 14 March 2023 Council Meeting

    • Willow Park Civics Blog > Election Results: Voters approve ESD1 annexing fire department. Props A&B

    • Willow Park Civics > Issues > Fire Department ESD1


  • Week of Friday, 10 March 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” Patrick Henry, 12 March 1775, American attorney, politician, orator, first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 10 March 2023

    • 14 March 2023 Council Meeting

    • Property Tax, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • One-of-a-kind Universal Theme Park is coming to Frisco.

    • Street Improvement Projects, Update 06 March 2023

    • Vehicle Safety Recalls Week, 06 March

    • Rogers: Mothers and Fathers of Texas Education

    • Finance: Willow Park Sales Tax

    • Williams Weekly: 03 March 2023

    • Willow Park is developing: Updates

    • Remember the Alamo. And remember freedom is not free.

    • WPC News Summary, 03 March 2023

    • Only on What's Happening, Willow Park

      • Gardening For Monarch Butterflies


  • Week of Friday, 03 March 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” George Washington,​ Founding Father and 1st US President

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 03 March 2023

    • New Willow Park Police Station

    • Texas Rangers’ Bicentennial, Sens. Cruz, Cornyn introduce bill.

    • Willow Park Police Chief resigns.

    • Williams Weekly: 24 February 2023

    • WP Emergency Warning Systems

    • 28 February 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 24 February 2023


  • Week of Friday, 24 February 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.” Ayn Rand, Russian-born American writer and philosopher, author of Atlas Shrugged

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 24 February 2023

    • 28 February 2023 Council Meeting

    • Election Integrity, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • New (Interim) City Hall: Update Cost

    • Gov. Abbott's Legislative Priorities for the 88th Legislative Session

    • Our Texas State Legislators receive committee assignments, 88th Legislative Session

    • Standard Services Restaurant is taking shape and WOW.

    • Last week’s ice storm stirred the taxpayer-funded renewable energy debate.

    • Cruz: US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 17 February 2023

    • Williams: High Inflation Continues to Hurt Working Americans

    • Country Hollow, a new Willow Park housing development

    • 21 February 2023 P&Z Comm. Meeting

    • WPC News Summary, 17 February 2023


  • Week of Friday, 17 February 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams​, Second US President and Founding Father

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 17 February 2023

    • 21 February 2022 P&Z Comm. Meeting

    • Go east, young man: The Ranch Development East of Willow Park

    • Texas Republicans tapped to chair four committees in U.S. House - including WP's Rep.

    • Q&A Redux, Happy Trails to You

    • Rogers: The Texans’ House

    • Lt. Gov. Patrick's official list of TX Senate legislative priorities, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Williams: Republicans Mark an End to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    • WP's PC Brewing Co. is moving - but not far.

    • Where Did All the Press-Friendly Texas Politicians Go?

    • 14 February 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary 2023, 10 February 2023


  • Week of Friday, 10 February 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." James Madison​, Fourth US President and Founding Father

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 10 February 2023

    • 13 February 2023 Board of Adjustments Meeting

    • Read the sky, SKYWARN Spotter Training

    • Williams: Williams' Weekly, 06 February 2023

    • TX Senator Springer drew the short straw in re-election

    • Aledo ISD: your property taxes and ISD tax rates

    • Cruz: US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 04 February 2023

    • Happy Trails to you, Willow Park

    • WPC News Summary 2023, 03 February 2023


  • Week of Friday, 03 February 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "You can’t be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy." Ronald Reagan​, 40th US President

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 03 February 2023

    • 07 February 2023 Parks Board Meeting

    • Willow Bark is back.

    • "Invasion" on the Border, Parker Co. included

    • Backyard chickens now part of TX 88th Legislative Session

    • Budget and Surplus, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Falling Across Texas, Remembering the Columbia Shuttle

    • This week's weather and the electrical grid

    • Williams: Williams' Weekly, 30 January 2023

    • New Medical Campus in Willow Park

    • Gov. Abbott reveals why Covid19 emergency declarations are still intact

    • Williams: President Biden Drains U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    • WPC News Summary 2023, 27 January 2023


  • Week of Friday, 27 January 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless." Chester Nimitz​, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary, 27 January 2023

    • WP Emergency Warning Systems

    • Bills that affect you, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Schools, Students, and Education, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Water for Willow Park

    • TX lawmakers highlight state's fragile water systems, including WP's Tx House Rep D60 Glenn Rogers

    • Willow Park Baptist Church opens new campus!

    • Willow Park North Exciting Updates in Maps

    • Ted Cruz To Reintroduce Bill Reinstating Military Members Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine

    • 24 Jan. 2023 Council Meeting

    • WPC News Summary 2023 for 20 January 2023


  • Week of Friday, 20 January 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson​, Third President and Founding Father of the U.S.

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary

    • Your Phone Bill, Texas Connectivity Fund, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Williams: Williams' Weekly

    • Texas now home to 30 million people / Wilks Development Map

    • TX Senator Cornyn visits border

    • TX State Gambling, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Texas gas prices continue to rise at faster rate than overall U.S. prices

    • Electricity and ERCOT

    • Rogers: Who is keeping score?

    • New (Interim) City Hall

    • WPC News Summary 2023 Week of Friday 13 January 2023


  • Week of Friday, 13 January 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session." Gideon Tucker, 1826 - 1899, American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician

    • 88th TX Legislature News Summary

    • Aledo ISD Growth Committee Data Dig

    • New (Interim) City Hall - Updated

    • Minority Party House Committee Chairs, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • Rogers: Defending our local schools

    • Glamper Camper Pampers your RV, Boat, and Classic Car

    • Glen Rose Nuclear Power Plant to renew License

    • Williams: Sworn in to WP's TX-25

    • WPC News Summary 2023 Week of Friday 06 January 2023


  • Week of Friday, 06 January 2023 in .pdf and in .html

  • “A nation can only be free, happy, and great in proportion to the virtue and intelligence of the people." Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas,” 4th Secretary of State of Texas

    • Texas laws that took effect 01 January 2023

    • Automated McDonald's in White Settlement, First in US

    • "Invasion" on the Border, Parker Co. included

    • New (Interim) City Hall

    • Corporate subsidies come to Aledo ISD in Chapter 313 Project Redeemer

    • Corporate Welfare/Subsidies, 88th TX Legislative Session

    • General Legislative Info. 88th TX Legislative Session

    • WPC News Summary 2022





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