r/FortWorth:

u/daypounder

We’re no. 12 these days, I believe.
u/daypounder

No lies detected.
u/daypounder

The Mercy story will break wide open soon.
u/daypounder

The church can feel a little cult-y. Not saying it is, but gives that vibe. They bully and threaten lawsuits and insult the neighborhood adjacent to the church. Been going on for two years now. Landon and Heather are basically IG famous in certain faith circles. Oakhurst did some stuff wrong in how they handled it, and some of the comments they made put them in “NIMBY” buckets, but the city rolled over for this church, and that could set a bad precedent. FWR from Dec. 11 probably has the best summary, or look up a Harrison Mantas article from before Christmas in Star-Telegram.
u/daypounder

I guffawed.
u/daypounder

Probably hyperbolic. I’ve just not often seen major cities let churches decide their own zoning because of threatening lawsuits. They don’t have the power of the big-name families or a guy like Mike Berry or Dee Kelly Jr., but they have more power than elected officials — and that showed last month.
u/daypounder

A true perk
u/daypounder

Yes.
u/daypounder

Summary is that they got the city to bend the knee and now real estate developers are salivating because maybe, just maybe, it’s a new revenue stream.
u/daypounder

Thank you.