Summary: A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." Benjamin Franklin, American polymath; US Founding Fathers; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; the first postmaster general
Latest Update: posted Monday, 24 June 2024
Archive of Willow Park Civics Weekly News Summary
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." Benjamin Franklin, American polymath; US Founding Fathers; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; the first postmaster general
25 June 2024 Council Meeting
Willow Park Civics Blog Updates for week ending Friday, 21 June 2024
Texas faces 16% chance of grid emergency during evenings in August, ERCOT says. But some worry ERCOT is "undershooting."
New Trinity Track in Kings Gate Park is rolling.
US Senator Cruz News, Friday, 14 June 2024
Willow Park Drainage Improvement Project Complete.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 17 June 2024
Brake It or Break It. New Speed Humps for Willow Park.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 14 June 202
“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.’ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US President, 20 January 1961 inauguration
18 June 2024 P&Z Meeting: Cancelled
Willow Park Public Notices for week ending Friday, 14 June 2024
Willow Park Civics Blog Updates for week ending Friday, 14 June 2024
Willow Park Citizens keep demanding the City "put it back the way it was." 2022 Street Improvement Project.
Today, 14 June 2024, is Flag Day, representing the founding principals of the USA.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 10 June 2024
Willow Park Fire Marshal Quarterly Report, April 2024
US Senator Cruz News, Friday, 07 June 2024
Willow Park Surface Water from Tarrant Regional Water District earns new TX “Transparency Program” Star
Index of Willow Park Water, Local to State
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 07 June 2024
“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, French Revolutionary, political activist, philosopher, political theorist, authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution
11 June 2024 Council Meeting
Exports support much of the US economy, and Texas is leading all states by a huge margin. For more than two decades, Texas has been the top US export state.
D-Day, Operation Overlord, 06 June 1944
Watch a 3D-printed home being built, just 23 miles east of Willow Park.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 03 June 2024
We'd like to go back to the simplicity of the smaller neighborhood but that is not how this city is growing, and with that growth we need street repairs.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 31 May 2024
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous." Frederick Douglass, American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, statesman and the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
Reminder Monday for June 2024 Reminders for June 2024:
Super Safety Saturday, 08 June 2024, at Texas Health Willow Park A Family-friendly Safety Event and more.
City of Willow Park celebrates Willow Park's Public Works Employees.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 27 May 2024
Results. Elections 2024, 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff Election, Willow Park
US Senator Cruz News, Friday, 24 May 2024
28 May 2024 Council Meeting
Memorial Day: Willow Park resident honors a brother who died in service to our country.
Memorial Day: Willow Park's Pfc. Paul Balint Jr. On Memorial Day we remember Willow Park residents who died for our country.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 24 May 2024
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!" Pericles, (495 – 429 BC) Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens.
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Voting Day. Elections 2024. 28 May 2024 Political Party Primary Election, Willow Park
Sample Ballot. 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park
28 May 2024 Council Meeting
Willow Park Civics Blog Updates for week ending Friday, 24 May 2024
Willow Park Civics Gift to Grads: How much salary do you need to live comfortably in Texas?
Willow Park Municipal Court Quarterly Report, April 2024
Williams Weekly: Monday, 20 May 2024
US Senator Cruz News, Friday, 17 May 2024
Including Kings Gate Park in the City's Parks Master Plan
Texas is one of the top 10 states most financially affected by weather.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 17 May 2024
“The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated." Ronald Reagan, 40th US President
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Early Voting. Elections 2024. 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park, Monday, 20 May 2024 through Friday, 24 May 2024.
Sample Ballot. 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park
Elections 2024. 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park, Index
Willow Park Public Notices for week ending 17 May 2024
Willow Park Civics Blog Updates for week ending Friday, 17 May 2024
North Texas high-speed rail planners continue their efforts to bring high-speed rail to the DFW area.
Willow Park citizens demand attention and correction in “nightmare” Streets Improvement Project. And they are getting results.
Passing of WP Former Mayor Marvin Glasgow
Williams Weekly: Monday, 13 May 2024
US Senator Cruz News, Friday, 10 May 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 10 May 2024
”Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains." Patrick Henry , American Founding Father, and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775), "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
14 May 2024 Council Meeting
Elections 2024. 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park, Index
Sample Ballot. 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park
Willow Park Public Notices for week ending 10 May 2024
Passing of WP Former Mayor Marvin Glasgow
ERCOT Announces ‘New Era of Planning’ to Cope with Electricity Demand as 2030 Estimate Grows
Power to the People. Energy, Electricity, Gas Index
US Senator Cruz News, Friday, 03 May 2024
Tarrant County reflects the nation's projected ethnic diversity in 2050. Diversity Index Tarrant Co, 81. Willow Park, 34.
Prepare to save money during this year's Texas Sales Tax-free Holidays.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 06 May 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 03 May 2024
“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government." Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President and Founding Father
07 May 2024 Parks Board Meeting
Results. Elections 2024, 04 May 2024 General Local Election, Willow Park
Willow Park Civics Blog Updates for week ending Friday, 03 May 2024
Williams Weekly: Monday, 29 April 2024
Willow Park Police Department Quarterly Report, April 2024
New Census Report: How Immigrants Have Dispersed Throughout the Country and Willow Park.
Transportation is polluting North Texas air, so federal "green" money is planned for "air quality issues related to transportation."
Index: Air Quality in Willow Park, Parker Co, North Central Texas
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 26 April 2024
”A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward." Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the UK during the Second World War
Willow Park Public Notices for week ending 26 April 2024
Elections 2024, 04 May 2024 Local General Elections, Willow Park, Index
Early Voting. Elections 2024, 04 May 2024 General Local Election, Willow Park
Sample Ballot. Elections 2024, 04 May General Local Election, Willow Park
Voting Day. Elections 2024, 04 May 2024 General Local Election, Willow Park
Willow Park's updated Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Plan
Williams Weekly: Monday, 22 April 2024
Willow Park's new public area mowing schedule.
US Senator Cruz News, Friday 19 April 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 19 April 2024
“What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.” Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the US from 1923 to 1929
23 April 2024 Council Meeting
Travel & Leisure Magazine named Fort Worth as one of its 50 Best Places to Travel in the World in 2024, the only city in Texas to make the list.
"Forever Chemicals" in Willow Park well water and Fort Worth water.
New Church and School at old Ranch House Road Willow Park Baptist Church
Change at old Willow Park Baptist Church on Ranch House Road.
Willow Park Public Notice for Week Ending 05 April 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 12 April 2024
Updates to existing blogs.
Foster Care in Parker County
Article: Federal judge fines Texas child welfare agency $100K per day for foster care failures, The Texas Tribune 15 April 2024; It is the third time the state has been found in contempt over foster care conditions since 2011.
Week of Friday, 12 April 2024 in .pdf and in .html
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." / "Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident, executed by the Nazis on April 9, 1945
16 April 2024 P&Z Meeting
How Fort Worth stacks up on list of cities with people who work from home.
Compendium of Willow Park Water, Local to State, Update March 2024
This is how much money you need to retire by 40 in Texas.
Dallas-Fort Worth continues to rule commercial real estate market, and Parker Co is part of Fort-Worth growth.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 05 April 2024
Week of Friday, 05 April 2024 in .pdf and in .html
”In America, the president reigns for four years, and journalism governs forever and ever." Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, late 1800’s
The Last Time the Sun Disappeared in Forth Worth.
Cancelled: 09 April 2023 Council Meeting
The Texas Education Agency released its "lackluster" state report. Accountability Reports for each ISD are still unavailable.
Fort Worth growth means East Parker Co. growth. And growth means housing.
Willow Park's US House Rep. Roger Williams introduced a bill to stop known or suspected terrorists from entering the US; more than 200 (KSTs) have already entered US this fiscal year.
ONCOR's plans for keeping our electricity on during the Texas wild-west weather. Spring 2024 Weather Outlook
Reminder Monday for April 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 29 March 2024
Updates to existing blogs.
New Port-to-Plains Interstate, Growth from the West, Update March 2024
Cruz Introduces Legislation To Name Ports-To-Plains Corridor ‘Interstate 27’ Senator Ted Cruz Press Release, 28 March 2024
Sen. Cruz Discusses Impact Of His I-27 Numbering Act Becoming Law, Senator Ted Cruz Press Release, 27 March 2024
Sen. Cruz: “Proud Of Bipartisan Work” As I-27 Numbering Act Signed Into Law, Senator, Ted Cruz Press Release, 26 March 2024
Week of Friday, 29 March 2024 in .pdf and in .html
Texas State Constitution, Preamble: Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of the State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS: That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Sec. 1. FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE. Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the UnitedStates, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States.
Easter Blog: Texas State Constitution, Preamble: Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of the State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Beggs Ranch, five miles east of Willow Park, is bringing 3K family home
New Port-to-Plains Interstate, Growth from the West, Update March 2024
City of Willow Park Newsletter, March 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 22 March 2024
Updates to existing blogs.
Willow Park Parks and Trails Index, 01 August 2023
Added article: Good things coming to King's Gate Park, The Community News, 22 March 2024
Willow Park City Event: Total Eclipse Watch Party, 08 April 2024, Noon, 01 March 2024
Added article: Totality over Fort Worth: Residents explore upcoming solar eclipse at Report event, Fort Worth Report, 22 March 2024
Historical event over Willow Park, The Community News, 29 March 2024
Week of Friday, 22 March 2024 in .pdf and in .html
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” G. Michael Hopf, U.S. Marine Corps and current best selling author.
City of Willow Park will host a community shred day on Saturday, 06 April 2024, from 10A to 1P, at 516 Ranch House Road.
More homes coming to Walsh Development, ten miles
Lawsuit about El Chico Water Station. City vs. Halff Asso.
Index, Lawsuit concerning El Chico Water System. City vs Halff
Williams Weekly: Monday, 18 March 2024
Taxes of Texas, Field Guide" from TX Comptroller
Air Quality, Your Ozone Season Guide: March to November. Parker County has "marginal" air quality.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, Friday, 15 March 2024
“Nothing can conduce more to the order and stability of a government than the simplicity of the laws, the proper definition of rights, and their impartial and consistent administration." Sam Houston, TX Founding Father, General, Statesman, President, US Senator
Retro Rink gets rolling. New Willow Park roller skating rink to open Summer 2024.
New mountain bike trail and kids skills area at Kings Gate Park, fundraising announced by City.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 11 March 2024
11 flavors, Melt Ice Creams will be up and "running" in The District this summer.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 08 March 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
“Council approves plat for skating rink, Receives clean audit, Property purchase, Next meeting.” article The Community News, 14 March 2024
”Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws." John Adams, Founding Father and 2nd US President
12 March 2024 Council Meeting
Goodbye. Old, Ranch House Road City Hall. Video from City.
US Senator Cruz News, Friday 08 March 2024
Mayor Moss elected to the Republican Mayors Asso. Advisory Board, The Community News
Updates on "The District."
New, Cork and Pig Tavern courted with City Chapter 380 financing.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 01 March 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
Voting Day. Elections 2024, Tuesday, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park
Updated results and results articles
27 February 2024 Council Meeting
Added Minutes
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams, 6th US President
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Voting Day. Elections 2024, Tuesday, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park
Reminders for March 2024: Emergency Warning System test first Wednesday (06 March 2024); register for emergency alert notifications via email, text and app; current road construction; Willow Park water bill senior discount; city meetings; city events; current elections for Willow Park Citizens. Details in blog linked below.
City of Willow Park Newsletter, February 2024
Willow Park City Event: Total Eclipse Watch Party, 08 April 2024, Noon
WP Church of Christ will now be a multi-use commercial office building or a private school.
Willow Park has a new Billboard at City Hall
Elections 2024, Cancelled, 04 May Willow Park Municipal Election
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 23 February 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
20 February 2024 P&Z Commission. Added WPC audio file and WPC Notes
“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear." Thomas Sowell, American economist, social philosopher, political commentator, senior fellow Hoover Institution.
20 February 2024 P&Z Commission
Elections 2024, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park, Index
As Tarrant and Parker populations surge, transportation experts discuss the economic impact of region’s next steps
How about a roller skating rink in south Willow Park. Haney Development, south of Bankhead, is bringing its new commercial growth to Willow Park.
Willow Park applying for TXDOT Grant to "beautify" TxDOT rights-of-way.
Two Public Hearings for WP Church of Christ rezoning from residential to Planned Development.
Willow Park Public Notices for Week Ending 09 February 2024
Williams Weekly: Monday, 12 February 2024
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 09 February 2024
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident
13 February 2024 Council Meeting
Elections 2024, Run for 04 May Willow Park Municipal Election
Two Public Hearings for WP Church of Christ rezoning from residential to Planned Development.
Willow Park Public Notices for Week Ending 09 February 2024
Update: Air Quality in Willow Park and Parker County from surrounding growth. Hint. It ain't getting better.
80 more homes to The Reserves in Willow Park. "Willow Park to Add More Rooftops to Booming Parker County Suburb"
DFW retail real estate shatters four decade record. And it's coming our way. Hint: Costco in Weatherford.
Results of Q&A Town Hall, WP Church of Christ rezoning from residential to commercial. Use Planned Development Zoning to implement Citizen changes.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 05 February 2024
Update: Fort Worth will welcome millions for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, largest sporting event ever.
Reminder Monday for February 2024
Texas set three records for power demand and supply, during last month's winter storm.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 02 February 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
23 January 2024 Council Meeting. Added Minutes and Willow Park Civics Blogs.
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.” Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President and Founding Father, Letter to W. C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
Today, 05 February 2024 is the deadline to register to vote in the 05 March 2024 Party Primary
Permanent conservation of 624-acre North Texas ranch, less than 100 miles south of Willow Park.
Falling Across Texas, Remembering the Columbia Shuttle
Forum for Republican Candidates for Parker County, Thur, 01 Feb, 2024, 6P, in Willow Park. Listen, question, vote.
Q&A meeting, residential to commercial rezoning, Wed, 31 Jan, 11A, City Hall. This issue affects all Willow Park homeowners who don't want a commercial office building as a neighbor.
Williams Weekly: Monday, 29 January 2024
City of Willow Park Newsletter, January 2024
Elections 2024, 05 March Political Party Primaries, Willow Park
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 26 January 2024
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist
Q&A meeting, residential to commercial rezoning, Wed, 31 Jan, 11A, City Hall. This issue affects all Willow Park homeowners who don't want a commercial office building as a neighbor.
WPark Church of Christ neighbors postponed rezoning before it began. Citizen participation protects Citizen rights.
Rural Willow Park is shrinking. Continuation of larger Willow Park residential properties for sale and development.
Index for Willow Park Church of Christ rezoning from residential to commercial
Newsletter from Roger Williams, the US House Rep. for Texas District
Speak up. How to speak at a City of Willow Park official meeting.
Message from home owners on rezoning WP Church of Christ from residential to commercial at 23 January 2024 Council Meeting.
Rezoning from residential to commercial is an important issue for ALL Willow Park residential owners. Decisive Council Meeting Tue 23 January. Speak up.
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 19 January 2024
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr., US Civil Rights Leader and Christian Minister
Taylor Sheridan's new "Land Man," filming around Fort Worth and Weatherford, is casting local oil roughnecks.
Cedar fever woes get worse thanks to the cold weather. Here’s how.
Elections 2024, Run for 04 May Willow Park Municipal Election
Church of Christ, in old residential Willow Park, proposing commercial zoning for new office building.
Elections 2024, May Willow Park Municipal Election
16 January 2024 P&Z Commission
Willow Park Civics News Summary, 12 January 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
09 January 2024 Council Meeting
Added minutes
Update. Fort Worth will welcome millions for the 2026 FIFA World
Added Article. Fort Worth area looks to score transit win ahead of FIFA,
• 16 January 2024 P&Z Commission Meeting
• A chilling plan. ERCOT has long term plans to connect to the federally controlled electric grid.
• Walsh Ranch's new 8 story office building will add to local skyline.
• Wilks Development is building a new, ProFrac Corporate HQ Office Building, with City of Willow Park financial incentives.
• Growth and Development Update
• 09 January 2024 Council Meeting
• Williams Weekly: Monday, 08 January 2024
• Willow Park Civics News Summary, 05 January 2024
"We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something — for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. And we have good reason to be hopeful and optimistic. We've made much progress already. So, let us go forth with good cheer and stout hearts — happy warriors out to seize back a country and a world to freedom." Ronald Reagan, 40th USA President
Proclamation to Louie Lu, Willow Park Developer
City of Willow Park Newsletter, December 2023
Veale Ranch development is moving fast forward... towards Willow Park
Willow Park Civics News Summary and Compendium for 2023
Reminder Monday for January 2024
Updates to existing blogs and webpages.
12 December 2023 Council Meeting
Added minutes
Added article. How a 12-year-old federal lawsuit turned a judge into Texas’ foster care czar Texas Tribune, updated: 03 April 2023. As Judge Janis Jack continues to threaten contempt-of-court fines in a federal lawsuit against the state’s foster care system, advocates say the case has moved the needle on reform — but it has come with a hefty price tag.
Parker County Transportation Bond and Willow Park Streets
Added article. Transportation bond, The Community News, 21 December 2023 “Of the various projects, Naron said that the improvement of the east and west corridors, such as frontage roads that fully connect and the connection of Bankhead Highway [A portion of Bankhead Highway runs through Willow Park.], will be “vital” to complete prior to the expansion of I-20.”