Anonymous Wondering About Fort Worth Boondoggle Spending Million Bucks On Trash Can Homage

Yesterday's blog post about the Star-Telegram Being So Done With Foot-Dragging Games On Panther Island generated an apropos email on the subject from someone we will call Anonymous, even though we know the email address of Anonymous, with that email address providing a good clue as to who Anonymous is.

The Anonymous email...

We all thought what you had to say about the Panther Island project having trouble getting federal funding was right on the mark. Particularly on the mark was your saying "Yes, it does not take much common sense to see that it probably does not look good to those handling the federal purse strings that at the same time a town is begging for federal funds the town is holding Rockin' the River Happy Hour Inner Tubes Floats, and starting up a bizarre river boat cruise line to sail the polluted river. Among additional nonsense. Done any wakeboarding at Cowtown Wakepark lately?"

Sometimes it seems your blog is the only honest reporting about the Panther Island project and all its problems. In the past you've asked how much money was spent on that Wakepark failure. Spending money on that type thing can not possibly look good to those in Washington who are responsible for doling out federal funds. 

Another thing you could have mentioned which seems wasteful for a project asking for outside help is the million dollars spent on what some say looks like a giant cheese grater, and you have referred to as an homage to an aluminum trash can. Why would a million dollars be spent on such a thing for a project not adequately funded?

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That is a photo of the aforementioned giant cheese grater which looks like an homage to an aluminum trash can you see above. That photo was taken earlier this year, or maybe it was last year. I can not help but wonder if the tacky roundabout surrounding the homage to an aluminum trash can is still a litter, weed covered, un-landscaped mess.

Another element we neglected to remember to mention is all the money which has been wasted due to the paying of exorbitant salaries to the likes of someone like J.D. Granger and his latest wife, over a period way longer than which they would be paid if the project were completed in a normal timely fashion, such as what would happen in modern, non-corrupt, non-nepotism allowing towns in America...