| The Story | Kelly Minton of Forestburg writes
a Letter to the Editor criticizing Kim
Tidwell, the mother of a child who died in a well publicized wreck on
2123, for bring a lawsuit against the father of the driver. "You
allowed your child, who is 15, to go out and participate in a
party. You obviously failed to monitor and enforce your child." |
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| The Spin | Enforce? |
| The Story | C.E. Smith Jr. of Richardson
complains in a Letter about the new speed
limits going in and out of Decatur calling them nothing more than a
creation of a speed trap. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | And he's exactly right. Just try and find those 65 mph signs. |
| The Story | Devon Energy completes it 1,000th
horizontal well in the Barnett Shale. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "It's just like sucking money out the ground. It's fun!" said one fictitious spokesperson. |
| The Story | State Sen. Craig Estes makes a
visit to Wise County only to catch an
earful from local residents. One accused him of "dereliction of duty"
for not understanding injection wells in the county. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | "I know everything about this county and am completely current on all issues," the senator might have said. "Let's talk about it at K-Bobs at lunch." |
| The Story | In another Letter to the Editor,
Tony Tinker of Alvord defends his
opposition to a trailer home in Alvord. "In closing, maybe the next
purchaser of that piece of property will
strongly consider building a home and truly become a part of this
wonderful town and community as we are always ready to welcome good
law-abiding Christian families to our growing community." |
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| The Spin | So long as the Christian family has a slab foundation. And I guess Jews in a trailer would be very unacceptable. |