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Satire written by Ron West
(Fictional letters based on my own interpretation of our local situations.)
This is my opinion of what a city manager might be thinking!
A Thank You Letter From the City Manager to the Mayor & Council!
This is my opinion of what the Mayor might write to his majority on the City Council!
Welcome to NRH - the Business Un-Friendly City!
Welcome to NRH - formerly a City of Choice!
September 2005
NRH City Council Voted Unanimously to Increase Your Taxes for 13th Year - Posted 9/27/05
Councilwoman Bielik writes response to above column. Comments added. - Posted 9/28/05
Thoughts regarding the outcome of the bond election. - Posted 9/13/05
August 2005
More BISD Bond Issue Questions?
More facts for your consideration. - Updated 8/30/05
Some thoughts on our own responsibilities - Posted 8/14/05
Some facts for your consideration. - Updated 8/14/05
Election
dates & times set to insure victory for bonds.
NRH Budget Planning - Citizen Unfriendly!
A different view point on the general fund budget planning session. - Posted 7/30/05
New addendum posted relating to campaign material published by Sapp - Posted 7/31/05
July 2005
See if you can identify these folks! - Posted 7/24/05
Campaign Rhetoric is starting very early! - Posted 7/20/05 - Updated with email from John Lewis! 7/23/05
It only cost $75,000 to buy the suggestion.... - Posted 7/18/05
Time for Trevino & Johnson to Retire!
An opinion by Ron West - Posted 7/14/05
NRH "Muzzles" Business with Sign Ordinance!
Council Majority backs NRH Business UNFRIENDLY ordinance! - Posted 7/10/05
New Council Rules "Muzzle" Speakers!
Trevino & company don't want to be criticized at all! - Posted 7/8/05
June 2005
It Is Time for Real Answers About the Slush Funds!
Read and decide for yourself if our city is in compliance with state law regarding these funds and this budget! Do we need or deserve real answers? Is the City Council doing the job it was elected to do? - Posted 6/15/05
Victory Without Honor - Part II!
Victory at this cost is truly not victory! - Posted 6/01/05
Victory Without Honor - Part I!
The first of a series examining the tactics of the incumbents in the recent city election. An informed electorate is harder to deceive. - Posted 5/14/05
Free Speech Survives NRH City Council!
City Council responds to citizen input against gagging! - Posted 6/14/05
Free Speech to Be Silenced in NRH!
City Council tramples on Constitution! - Posted 6/11/05
Email from Councilwoman Bielik regarding proposed gagging of citizen presentations
Posted 6/12/05
May 2005
Open Records to Open the Door!
Closed local NRH operations make open records critical to knowing what our Council is doing! See these recent examples of Open Records Requests with the City's reply! - Posted 5/26/05
Citizens - Please Shut Up - Point Missed!
Tim Barth letter to LNO regarding silencing citizen input misses the point! - Posted 5/26/05
The NRH City Council is planning to make it hard to comment! - Posted 5/24/05
Sapp, Nelson & LaPla attack activism by 17 year old student. - Posted 5/24/05
Diversionary efforts to direct attention away from questions on non-departmental budgets? - Posted 5/12/05
Business Migrating Out of NRH?
Read the statistics published by the city for the first quarter of 2005 - Posted 5/12/05
Real worthwhile progress is often slow and painful to make happen! - Posted 5/9/05
Active Lobbying by NRH Government!
Council to oppose legislation that would reveal ethical violations - Posted 5/9/05
Campaign of misinformation & big money too much for challengers to overcome - Posted 5/7/05
Local Government Closed and Locked
This might trigger a question or two for the incumbents up for re-election. - Posted 5/4/05
A citizen tells it like it is - slanderous, blatant & flagrant fabrications - "just his opinion" ! - Posted 5/3/05
If This Is Not A Slush Fund - Please Explain!
Comparing Cunningham's report to the approved budget- this is a series of questions that deserves answers - Posted 5/2/05
April 2005
What Happened to the Watchdog?
An Open Letter to the Fort Worth Star Telegram about NRH campaign by Maury Siskel - Posted 5/2/05
A Guest Column by Steven Bielik- Posted 5/2/05
See if you think it needs protection - we do!- Updated 5/1/05
What their values, record and positions will provide to NRH - Updated 5/1/05
Trevino and His Rubber Stamp Incumbents Will Stop At Nothing to Gain Re-election! - Posted 4/30/05
The Price of Free Speech in NRH!
A response - 4/28/05
Orchestrated Performance - Pt.2
Hometown resident/group takes joint credit for presentations? Email with response! - 4/27/05
The Mayor and friends make the council meeting a campaign event. - 4/26/05
Lies are Like Weeds - Hard to Stop!
Some personal notes dealing with the slanderous campaign being waged by the incumbents! - Posted 4/26/05
Spokesman writes ghost column bemoaning non-issues! - Posted 4/25/05
Specific quotes from Cunningham letter and the law! - Posted 4/24/05
He doesn't hate Ms. Bielik, he just disrespects her and possibly the truth! - Posted 4/22/05
Not to waste time - but some things need responses. - Posted 4/22/05
Corrections to Trevino Letter to Star Telegram - Posted 4/19/05
Special Privilege for Special Few!
Read how you will pay for city services for your friends in Hometown NRH! - Posted 4/17/05
New PAC promotes Incumbents - Posted 4/11/05
Read About the "Most Hated" NRH Council Member!
Posted 4/6/05
RE: Hometown, misconceptions and sources! - Posted 4/6/05
Speaking With A Forked Tongue!
Incumbents new Political Action Committee (Corporation) - Posted 4/1/05
Ken Sapp fires off email to NRHOnline - with reply! - Posted 4/4/05
An Opportunity That Only Exists in Your Hands! - Posted 4/1/05
Is there reason for concern in NRH? - Posted 3/31/05 AM
Incumbent spokesman suggests consideration of differences - Posted 3/30/05 PM
Examine carefully what you read in this "silly" season. Posted 3/30/05 AM
Trevino seeks support for incumbents calling one "santa". Posted 3/29/05
An Open Letter to NRH City Employees from Suzette Christopher
Posted 3/23/05
Let's Start the Debate for NRH Campaign 2005
Positions & Issues for Consideration - Posted 3/10/05 - Updated 3/27/05
Read the positions of the incumbents and challengers! The incumbents have neither responded to these issues nor denied that the positions published are in error.
March 2005
Is there reason for concern in NRH? - Posted 3/31/05 AM
Incumbent spokesman suggests consideration of differences - Posted 3/30/05 PM
Examine carefully what you read in this "silly" season. Posted 3/30/05 AM
Trevino seeks support for incumbents calling one "santa". Posted 3/29/05
An Open Letter to NRH City Employees from Suzette Christopher
Posted 3/23/05
Councilman John Lewis writes "Unresponsive?" & "Slush Funds?" but provides answers for neither. - Posted 3/21/05
NRH Set to Cut Down Another Pole Sign!
Heavy handed government continues - Posted 3/18/05
Comments and a link to an interesting letter! Posted 3/18/05
This link will take you to a new article on LNO! Posted 3/16/05 5:00 PM
He followed this with another baseless column filled with more misinformation. 3/17/05
Letters to the LNO editor address the latest lies. 3/17/05
The real question is whether or not this is representative of the incumbents? Sapp is a neighbor of Welch & Lewis. He was appointed to Planning & Zoning by Welch. He is the campaign treasurer for Lewis' campaign!
City pays for destruction of private property with your tax dollars! - Posted 3/14/05
Open Meetings Violation - And New "Rules" for the Council!
Factual documentation of violation of open meetings in NRH! - Posted 3/13/05
Let's Start the Debate for NRH Campaign 2005
Positions & Issues for Consideration - Posted 3/10/05 - Updated 3/27/05
Read the positions of the incumbents and challengers! The incumbents have neither responded to these issues nor denied that the positions published are in error.
The results of the $25,000 meeting with free comments from NRH Citizen. This is a long review of the actions of the sitting City Council that you might want to question them about! - Posted 3/9/05
Comments received from one city employee! - Posted 3/10/05
Questions from Hometown Resident & Response
Citizen poses questions to council challengers and gets answers! - Posted 3/3/05
City stonewalls attempts to see new laws being drafted and planned. Posted 2/28/05 - Response from Attorney General still pending 3/18/05
February 2005
NRH Citizens Group Endorses Candidates For May City Council Election
Posted 2/22/05
How to Exclude Citizen Participation in NRH!
Public notices meeting minimal requirements in obscure places! It is costing you money! - Posted 2/18/05
Don't Use Tax Money to Defend Possibly Illegal Actions!
Why should the taxpayers fund the defense of what appears to be obvious illegal electioneering in the attempts by the City to defeat the Senior Tax Freeze?- Posted 2/16/05
Is this how the real business of NRH is done? Open meetings may be a joke!- Posted 2/14/05
Councilwoman Nancy Bielik's Informative Response to Walking Quorums! -
This is the real world folks. Is this the kind of government we all want? Posted 2/15/05
Councilman Lewis Comments to Nancy Bielik on the Walking Quorum!
Seems to say that the Mayor decides issues without a walking quorum? Posted 2/16/05
Obfuscation or This is Your NRH City Budget 2004/05
Posted 2/14/05
Star Telegram Editorially Endorses Unlimited Property Tax Increases!
Is Ken Sapp Campaigning for Closed NRH Government?- Posted 2/3/05
A New Challenge to Sapp's Assertions Posted on LNO on 2/15/05
January 2005 Articles
NRH Seeks to block open records request!- Posted 1/31/05
NRHOnline - Misinformation?- Posted 1/31/05
First Exchange with NRH Councilmember, Suzy Compton
Questions posed, answers declined, see what you think!- Posted 1/26/05
Council Unanimous - City Employees Can Remove Political Signs!
Posted 1/25/05
NRH Moves to Silence Opposition!
Posted 1/22/05
New Gag Rule From Mayor & City Manager!
- Posted 1/20/05
First NRH Council Meeting 2005
- Posted 1/14/05
December 2004 Articles
The Heavy Hand of NRH Government!
See how developers run NRH!- Posted 12/14/04
What you can do about our city!- Posted 12/10/04
Check out the new email from an irate NRH Citizen!
Citizens are noticing what is happening to our city and our businesses!- Posted 12/06/04
Extortion by NRH City Management Continues
Those pole signs are ugly, maybe we can drive the business out of NRH!- Posted 12/03/04
Hand Caught in Cookie Jar? with "Ron West BLOG" email from Ken Sapp!
This is interesting reading that shows how the "establishment" responds!- 12/3/04
November 2004 Articles
More Bad Advice from City Attorney George Staples?
It may seem like the sky is falling to him and the old incumbents on the council!
A reader asks what I would do different!
Council Members Gagged by Staples!
Council members forbidden to tell you what they discussed! Only Mayor Trevino allowed to violate rules!
Is this the direction you want NRH to head?
The Cost of Closed Local Government
Illegal destruction of city records identified!
NRH City Council Violates Open Meetings Law
Illegal vote to cost taxpayers for a futile appeal!
Political Hatchet Job - Posted 10/17/04
500 Pound Gorilla Strikes Again - Posted 10/14/04
Praise Misdirected - Posted 10/5/04
TAIG Proud - Posted 10/5/04
September 2004
Confusion - NRH Style - Posted 9/29/04
Registering Your RV? Think About It!- Posted 9/24/04
Factual Information? - Posted 9/24/04
Don't Be Fooled - Posted 9/21/04
Ugly NRH Code Enforcement - Posted 9/21/04
Don't Listen - Posted 9/16/04
Watchdog or Lapdog? - Posted 9/15/04
The Rest of the Story - Posted 9/10/04
Truth is Missing - Posted 9/01/04
August 2004
Your Jobs, Your City & Your Future! - Posted 8/24/04
Private Property Rights Under Assault Again! - Posted 8/24/04
The Decision Is Yours on September 11th, 2004 -Posted 8/22/04
An Incentive to Sue North Richland Hills - Posted 8/13/04
The Real Answers To FAQ! Posted 8/11/04
July 2004
Don't Disagree! - Posted 7/19/04
Metts Resorts to Name Calling - Posted 7/11/04
Intimidation by Mayor? - Posted 7/10/04
Misusing the City Web Site - Posted 7/07/04
Follow the Money - Posted 7/04/04
Philosopy of Government in NRH (Class Warfare) - Updated 7/02/04
Cunningham Attacks Citizen Presentation - Updated 7/01/04
Copy of Cunningham's Attack Letter with Editor Comments Added -Updated 7/01/04
June 2004
NRH City Council to Consider Senior Tax Freeze - Updated 6/28/04
Appellate Court Throws Out False No Knock Warrant - Updated 6/23/04
Latest NRH News - Updated 6/24/04