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. "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." Calvin Coolidge, 30th US President
Latest Update: Friday, 25 August 2023
Archive of Willow Park Civics Weekly News Summary
"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, 18 August 2023
"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, 11 August 2023
“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, 04 August 2023
"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, 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
”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, 21 July 2023
Added to past WPC blog or WPC webpage
UPDATE: Property Tax, 88th TX Legislative Session: Update: 14 July 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott has signed an $18 billion tax cut for Texas property owners, sending the proposals to voters for their approval later this year. Two articles.
"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
”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”
”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
"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
"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
“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
“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
"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
“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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
“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
“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
"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
"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
“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
“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
“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
"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
"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
"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
"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
“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
"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
“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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