r/FortWorth:

u/whydoIhurtmore

Fort Worth Nazis. I hate Fort Worth Nazis.
u/whydoIhurtmore

No, but we have a serious lack of people who have the courage of a couple of Chicago orphans.
u/whydoIhurtmore

You can’t expect honesty from a Republican.
u/daypounder

No, I understand it’s a huge deal, especially in some states (and here). What’s weird about this particular case is that usually, Fort Worth council follows the member whose district is involved. In this case, that’s Martinez. She voted against the chuch, and many others did not follow her. And usually (let’s say 75-85% of the time), Council follows Zoning. Zoning was 6-4, so admittedly it was close, but Council ignored that and went the other way. Religion is a justification, without question. This one seems more about fear, tho.
u/daypounder

Most major cities don’t let churches dictate their own zoning, and most major cities don’t have councils that go against their own zoning recos. It happens, but not common. This play was based on fear and bullying. Landon dog-walked Mattie on this. I guess she can say she’s pro-religion when she goes for higher office and Cocaine Crain tries to get the bag, but loses to Macy.
u/daypounder

EH, city bent the knee on this one. It won’t do much. Just interesting to see how they contextualized the timeframe.
u/daypounder

Church on 35 and Yucca. Google News search ’em to see some latest stuff.
u/daypounder

I think I answered this above. Hopefully I did.
u/daypounder

They did. However, now the structure has to be permitted, which could involve surveys and studies and cost to them. I think since they are going to have nurses at the facility, they need to get state HHS involved too. But now there are rumors from Council staffers that the city might just let them put shovels in the ground without going through the normal steps of any development. That would be a complete bend of the knee, instead of a 3/4 bend.
u/daypounder

The beer is admittedly not that good, although I do like Ocho.