Recently I learned of a massive pipe break which was dumping a HUGE volume of untreated sewage into a creek which runs into the Clear Fork of the Trinity River a short distance upstream from the location where America's Biggest Boondoggle holds its Rockin' the River Happy Hour Inner Tube Floats at an imaginary pavilion near an imaginary island near downtown Fort Worth.
The Boondoggle has been touting that floating in the Trinity River is no different than floating in the water you drink, since the water the floaters float in flows from the Benbrook and Lake Worth reservoirs.
The Boondoggle spokespeople, in their various propaganda venues, claim the reason the Trinity River is the murky muddy color of flowing feces is that the river has a clay river bottom, unlike the river bottoms further south in Texas where the water runs clear, with thousands of tubers.
The Lake Worth reservoir, in addition to being known for being good drinking water, of late has been more known for its alligator infestation.
The TRWD and The Boondoggle, also known as the Trinity River Central City Uptown Panther Island Vision, claim that the raw sewage was somehow magically stopped before any of the voluminous spill made its way the short distance to the Trinity.The TRWD has one sane board director member, Mary Kelleher.
This is what Mary Kelleher had to say about the absurdity of The Boondoggle going ahead with tonight's fetid float in the Trinity....
For the record, as a director on the TRWD board, I asked TRWD administration to cancel the event tonight just in case the waste made it's way into the Trinity. I was told the FW officials in charge of clean up assured TRWD the waste had been captured and did not enter the Trinity. I was also told the Trinity was tested Tuesday and showed the water to be safe.
I personally disagree with the TRWD's decision to encourage the public to float in the Trinity after a significant spill of sewage upstream.
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This month there has been a Flesh Eating Bacteria outbreak on the Texas Gulf Coast. Pathogens in water can be dangerous, even in places where one might assume the water to be safe, like salt water churned by waves.
Most Fort Worth locals would never consider getting wet in the Trinity River.
Why would anyone with any semblance of common sense get in that river days after a massive raw sewage leak occurred a short distance upstream? Why would any responsible public agency sign on with encouraging people to get in a river after such an incident?
Beyond bizarre, beyond perplexing. I am so glad I no longer live in Fort Worth. Something just ain't right about that town....
The city's - no, state's - no, country's biggest pork barrel project has been around for more than a decade with little to show in the way of real development. The Trinity River Central City Panther Island (impaired) Vision is still cruising along touting costs in 2009 dollars (want to bet on their accuracy?) with no end in sight. And now they're saying that sh*t don't happen!
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