817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
Fort Worth Weekly Critic's Choice Podcast of the Year
"Fort Worth's Monday morning meeting." - Bud Kennedy
Do you love Fort Worth and care about what goes on in our amazing city? Well, welcome to the 817 Podcast, a weekly Monday morning show hosted by two Fort Worthians who banter and dissect the biggest stories in local culture, politics, and business. EJ Carrion is a local entrepreneur, and Ann Zadeh is a former city council member.
Ann and EJ will host a diverse guest list of local leaders that drive Fort Worth’s future. We believe Fort Worth can be a nationally known destination for innovation, creativity, and economic opportunity. However, the climate in the city today is polarizing between an evolving community that deals with historic Cowtown roots and a wave of progressive newcomers. What we do today and in the next decade is crucial to the future of the Funk. How we respond to political friction, wealth inequality, and social injustice in our communities can make or break our national reputation.
Join us weekly as we do our part to prevent either from happening. Do you have a story you want us to highlight? DM us @817pod on Instagram or email us at 817podcast@gmail.com.
817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
Why We Need a Fort Worth Citizen's Data Center Task Force
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BIG STORY: Kent DeCardenas & a Fort Worth Citizen's Data Center Task Force
- Tell City Council we need a Data Center Citizen Task Force
- Proposed task force would advise Fort Worth leaders, council on data center regulations
- Can proposed data center moratorium in Fort Worth lead to meaningful, long-term solutions?
- Data centers require substantial water, energy. Sustainable practices, technology can lessen impact
SHORT STORY 1: Tim O’Hare’s Ongoing Voter Suppression
- Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
- Letter to County Commissioners about polling sites
SHORT STORY 2: FWISD Takeover Updates
- Fort Worth ISD says threats, not social media posts, prompted principal’s reassignment / FWISD didn’t prove claims against principal reassigned after Sharia law posts, documents show
- Federal judge declines to reinstate Muslim educator as Fort Worth ISD principal / Judge denies former Fort Worth ISD principal’s request to be reinstated
- As Fort Worth ISD reports near full staffing, parents demand increased transparency / How Fort Worth ISD filled teaching vacancies after more than 1,000 resignations
- Fort Worth ISD applies for TEA waiver to keep hiring uncertified teachers
- Why Fort Worth ISD wants to ban campaign donations to trustee candidates by its vendors
- Propaganda Proofing by Mindia Whittier
- Inside Peter Licata's Doctoral Dissertation by Barry Shlachter
SHORT STORY 3: TCU Student Deported by ICE
- TCU student arrested in Arlington was deported to El Salvador, DHS confirms
- GoFundMe for Luis Andrade
- Testimonials about ICE custody conditions
WINS:
- Fort Worth nonprofit shares design concept transforming former KKK site into cultural hub
- Mount Gilead Baptist Church’s legacy to be preserved through performing art center
- The Fort Worth railroad turns 150
- Made in Tarrant: Comics store opens as safe space for marginalized individuals, gamers, artists
- Fort Worth nonprofit supporting college students now guides a new group — their parents
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden receives prestigious nationwide accreditation
- Fort Worth begins update to the city’s 2003 Historic Preservation Plan
- World Cup transportation plan successful as 40,000 use rail, charter buses, officials said
- Sasha Bass steps down as new leader takes charge of Fort Worth’s Sundance Square / Fort Worth’s Sundance Square names new CEO as Sasha Bass steps aside
LOSSES:
- Harrison Mantas is leaving the Star-Telegram.
- Food insecurity outpaces regional population growth / 1.4 million in DFW face hunger as Tarrant Area Food Bank braces for funding cuts
- Tarrant confirms first human case of West Nile Virus this year
- Fort Worth firm involved in plans for new Persian Gulf refinery
ACTIONS:
- August 4 - Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court (Petition)
- August 4 - Fort Worth City Council Worksession (Letter)
- August 4 - Nicole Collier's Public School event
- August 5 - Talarico rally in Fort Worth
- August 5 - 817 Gather at the Table -District 8 (RSVP)
- August 11 - Fort Worth’s data center policy vote
- August 17 - Focus Local PAC’s new candidate recruitment event
- August 19 - CDFW’s Transit Academy
- August 25 - Black Mountain data center vote
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