We're your neighbors in Westworth Village. We read the agendas, file the records requests, and show up to the meetings — so decisions about our town get made in front of us, not behind closed doors.
Three council seats were on the ballot. Place 2 was decided by 15 votes, Place 3 by about 24, and Place 4 by just 2. That same day, pastry boxes carrying campaign flyers showed up on doorsteps around the village — remember that detail. The election, in full.
Council Member Halden Griffith was arrested on a felony bribery allegation for delivering those pastry boxes, after the mayor reported him to police. The Star-Telegram later reported the Tarrant County DA would not pursue charges. Pastry Gate, start to finish.
In a special session, the council voted to reimburse Council Member Fitzgerald's legal fees in the lawsuit contesting his 2-vote win. The vote tied 2–2; Mayor Jones broke the tie. Texas Attorney General opinions from 1987 and 1997 say public money can never pay an official's legal fees in an election contest — the 1997 opinion says never, "as a matter of law." The same night, the council made its board appointments — taking the man who filed that lawsuit off the P&Z Commission. Read our notes from that night.
With appointments already settled in June, the council removed three sitting P&Z members mid-term — among them the commission's chair, who had weeks earlier run against an incumbent — per the roster records provided by the city administrator. In one month, six of the commission's seven seats changed hands. Read our notes.
One sign, one message: Keep our single-family zoning. Free, delivered to your door by a neighbor, placed with your permission on your own property. Every sign carries the QR code that brought you here.
Council Chambers, Municipal Complex — 311 Burton Hill Road. The council meets the second Tuesday of every month. Citizen comments are at the start of every meeting. You don't have to speak. A full room speaks for itself.
Come early and eat first: neighbors are meeting for dinner at Salsa Limón, 5012 White Settlement Rd, 5:30–6:45 PM before the meeting. Come say hi, compare notes, and we'll head to the council chambers together.