Jeers and Letters

Jeers: To the Fort Worth police officer who ticketed a vehicle on Oct. 8 for stopping the wrong way on a residential street in the Lakes of River Trails subdivision. The vehicle had a handicapped sticker in the window and belonged to a sweet little woman age 80.
— Keith, Fort Worth

Oh Keith. You’re precious. As, I’m sure, was the little old lady… WHO PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET!!! Age and ignorance are not excuses to break the law. Age and ignorance are not a defense for breaking the law. Any law. A handicap sticker in the window is not a get out of jail free card. Furthermore, was the little old lady in the car at the time? If not, how was the officer supposed to know who was driving the car? I hate you.



Jeers: To area high school stadium announcers who ask the home team fans to give a big hand to the "hometown defense" over the loudspeaker. Jeers to announcers who only call names and numbers of hometown players when they make a play.
— Anne, Bedford

Anne…sweet Anne. The majority of high school sport announcers are volunteers, amateurs with a hard on for calling the big game. They have other jobs and most likely spend, maybe 1-2 hours actually prepping for the game. They are not pros that get a week in advance to go over rosters, study film, and interview players from either team. Most importantly, they are all HOMERS. They don’t care about the other team. However, if you think you can do so much better, then by all means, get your ass up in the booth and have it. Just watch your gut while you’re there.

Jeers: To the two teenagers seen in a south Arlington neighborhood who stole some pumpkins off my front porch. I hope you know you left a 3-year-old boy in tears. He picked them out and decorated them himself. You are pathetic!
— Judith, Arlington

Umm…Judith, tell your 3 year old to man up. Sheesh. What a baby. Wait. Yeah, he is a baby. He doesn’t have to know that his gourds were stolen. Crimeny lady…ease up on what you tell your kid. And really? You observed two teenagers in your area so they are the ones who took your kid’s jacked up pumpkins? Any real evidence of that? I’m gonna go with no. You’re gut is now my most wanted.



Jeers: To Cowboys Stadium for charging $5 for bottled water. I took my own water in my purse for the second event I attended there and employees went through my purse — not to find things like a weapon, but to confiscate bottled water!
— Gay, Hurst

First of all, nice name. You must hate your parents. Next, it is against the law in the state of Texas to carry in outside beverages of any kind into an establishment which has a TABC lic. Therefore, your bottle of water inside your purse was violating a state statute. And do you really think the employees are looking for anything other than weapons? C’mon. You’re insane. You should hope they find my weapon before it gets to your gut.


We were informed after playing only two games that the seventh-grade B team season was over. Our coaches were told that we might get to play more, but that never happened. The Fort Worth school district athletic department could not manage to find any other teams to play against.
I think that the school district could have reached out to other districts or could have arranged for us to play those two teams again, as in previous years.
At the last A team game, I felt sad and disappointed that our B team did not have as many chances to play. It is hard for 12- and 13-year-old boys to understand why we cannot play football games that we have practiced so hard for.
I feel this issue should be discussed so that future B teams can play more and enjoy the game that we love.
— Richard, Fort Worth

Hey Richard…Maybe if your kid was a better player he would be on the A team and he could play more games. Not the district’s fault your kid sucks.

I read the Thursday article about the new and safer buses being built for Arlington. Seat belts are not part of the design.
What good are evacuation windows for children crushed into the back of seats?
It is time for our state officials to make seat belts mandatory on school buses to save the precious cargo.
— Nikki, Lakeside

Hi Nikki, I’m the simple laws of physics. Seat belts will do nothing to prevent kids in school busses from being launched forward in a crash. See, the kids aren’t flying forward on their own, no…The seats are also moving forward and taking the kids with them. Seat belts would only hinder rescue efforts and probably cause more harm than good. You idiot. Do you really think that study after study hasn’t been done on seat belts in busses and that if said studies proved that seat belts could actually help, that they wouldn’t have already put them in? I wish you didn’t breathe.

May, our home was burglarized. Our rear door was kicked in and our entire house turned upside down. Officer Charles Gonzales, our Westcliff West neighborhood patrol officer, estimated it took three minutes for the perpetrators to go through our house and out the front door. This has been very unsettling. I still have to reassure my kids that the bad guys are not coming back. Our neighbors were as upset as we were because it happened during the day when most of them were home.
I had wished to remain quiet in an effort to put it behind me. However, earlier this week, our neighbors two doors up were burglarized the same way. This situation is out of hand, and we are mad as hell. This incident is part of a pattern indicating an increase in home burglaries this year. The times are creating desperate people, and those of us living quiet, productive lives are beginning to think about fighting back. This situation will lead to someone getting hurt.
Westcliff West is a cross-section of professionals and small-business owners who contribute to the life of our economy and pay a heavy share of local taxes. I urge our elected officials to alleviate this wave of crime coming through our neighborhood. I want to urge the citizens of Fort Worth to vote yes for the continuation of the Crime Control and Prevention District.
— Lee, Fort Worth

You’re right Lee. We should vote yes just so the small wave of crime hitting your so much more awesome than everyone else’s neighborhood can be stopped. Gracious me… We must end this string of robberies. NOW! Forget the murders, forget the rapes, forget the child abuse. Let’s get Westcliff West cleaned up before someone loses another plasma.