Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1993 Page: 3 of 12
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At this point, actions will speak
louder than words for the city
Body language.
People who study that kind of
thing say that's the subtle—and
sometimes not so subtle—message
communicated to those around us by
the sum of our bodily actions.
Or maybe it's the square root of
our bodily actions. The mathemati-
cal formula is irrevelent. The impor-
tant thing to remember is that our
body language doesn't always go
along with what we speak. And people
tend to disregard what we say when
our actions—or their interpretation
of our actions—are in conflict with
our words.
The same is true of governments.
The city of Burleson has indi-
cated on numerous occassions re-
cently that it wants to actively pursue
a broader industrial base for Burle-
son. Words like tax inceptive and
enterprise zone have been thrown
around repeatedly. Concepts such as
"user friendly" have been applied to
city processes and staff members.
I don't doubt that these words are
sincere. I’ve known and observed
most of the city council members and
city staff members too long to doubt
their honesty or their integrity.
But a lot of other people might
have their perceptions of those same
qualities reinforced if thccily's words
and the city's actions were more of a
single accord.
A notable example is the current
stalemate that exists between the city
and Franklin Manufacturing and Sup-
ply (FM&S),
This one's not going to remain
on dead center for long and, regard-
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to be delivered that week, Karen, the
day before the fire, called and raised
our coverage from $800,000 to $1.2
1^1000," Durham said.
The insurance was $1.2 million
on the structure and $400,000 on the
contents. With the district courts fire
and the subsequent fire that destroyed
the Hill County courthouse in Hills-
boro, the commissioners voted to raise
the insurance c i the existing county
buildings. The insurance on the court-
house was raised to $7.5 million and
the insurance on the juvenile center
was raised from $1.2 mflnon to $ 1.5
million.
Magee said he would look into
what it would cost to duplicate the
district courts building on the same
site and present it to the comission-
ers, probably in in executive session,
at the Jan. 11 meeting. The construc-
tion manager said he would notify his
subcontractors that the contracts will
be terminated due to the fire.
■Chamber burglary
staff members. Hc'sadmittedasmuch
and it's not my purpose to defend br to
defame the man. The bottom line is
that many people sincerely believe
that the city is pulling a power play to
make an example of Mr. Franklin's
business and that, by doing so, we're
effectively running off what we say
we're willing to go to great lengths to
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I’d be the last person to promote
industrial growth at any cost and that’s
not what I’m suggesting now. You
can’t, defend principles at any cost
either because somewhere down the
line you run into that famous law of
diminishing returns.
That may be where we arc now
losses.
There are always two sides to
every story, and the city may well be
99 percent right in this one. But, if so,
it hasn't done a very good public rela-
tions job with its side of the story
because the word out on the street is
that the city is the bad guy in this one.
At issue here is a proposed ex-
pansion of FM&S with the addition
of perhaps as many as 50 more jobs
(the plant on South Highway 174
currently employs 28). Atleastapor-
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the floodway.
And,of course, there’s the touchy
issue of the paved parking lot. A city
ordinance says there will be one there.
N.L. Franklin, owner of the com-
pany, says otherwise, citing not only
the expense, but the futility of main-
taining a paved lot under the weight
of the trucks that would use it.
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Open
Monday thru Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
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of computer paper in Lori's office,"
Cook said. "The fax machine was in
the main office and the computer and
printers were in Lori's office.
Tire Packs were found in the wet
grass behind the chamber. It appears
as if the suspcct(s) drove around the
neighboring baseball diamond and
up to the back of the building to gain
entry. The suspect(s) smashed a win-
dow on Story's office on the west side
of the building to gain entry. The
Letter to the editor
building was not equipped with an
alarm system.
The computer and its programs
had "everything" on them, according
to Cook, including the chamber's
newsletters and financial reports.
They also used it as a word procesor
to type both letters and labels. They
are now relying on an old typewriter
to do that for them.
The computer that was stolen is
not the system that the chamber re-
ceived, via a grant, from Southwest-
ern Bell.
He says he's not getting a fairX and at this point the city may need to
shake from the city and is threatening bend a little more than it might have
Discount store helps kids
have merrier Christmas
Many individuals, organizations,
and businesses provide for children
at Christmas but Kmart in Burleson
has a unique approach.
They invited children who are
victims of crime and/or family vio-
lence and who are currently receiv-
ing services at the Johnson County
Family Crisis Center to come to a
breakfast held at the store. "After
breakfast each child was given money
to purchase gifts for the rest of their
family.
Employees took each child on a
shopping trip in the store then helped
them wrap their purchases. The morn-
ing was complete with Santa and his
helper presenting each child with a
gift.
The crisis center would like to
congratulate this store and its em-
ployees for remembering that it is as
important for these children to be
able to give gifts to their parents and
siblings as it is to receive gifts for
themselves. It was obvious that these
employees cared about making this a
memorable Christmas for these fami-
lies.
Thank you Kmart, for caring.
—MOLLY WOODBURY
Program director
Johnson County Family
-Crisis Center
to pull up stakes and move else where,
preferably toaplace that puts agreater
value on his taxes and on the jobs he
has created.
At this juncture, it would likely
require speedy and decisive action on
the part of the city—generally not an
attribute of any city—in order to
change his mind. That's bad enough.
What’s even worse is the potential for
a ripple effect because of the black
eye the city is getting around the
Mctroplcx over the incident.
Many of the business owners
along that stretch of Highway 174
have horror stories to tell about their
dealings with the city and none arc
shy about telling them. Some admit
to discouraging other businesses from
locating in Burleson; a few’have
hinted privately that they, too, are
considering moving outside the city.
With competition so fierce for
new industry, this is not the kind of
scenario we need repeated through-
out the boardrooms of the Metroplcx.
We can belong to all the industrial
commissions that exist; we can have
the most active industrial develop-
ment committee in the nation; we can
even provide attractive industrial sites
with a stale of the art infrastructure
system; but if we have the reputation
of being hard-nosed and arbitrary in
our dealings with existing industries,
it's not going to do a bit of good.
Perhaps Franklin has been a little
overzealous in his reaction to city
had it actively and aggressively pur-
sued a resolution to the situation
months ago.
City officials need to sit down
with Mr. Franklin and make a good-
faith effort to find a way to keep the
company in Burleson. If a paved
parking lot is the big holdup, the city
should be willing to give a little on
this one. FM&S is certainly not the
only industry in Burleson without a
paved parking lot so it would hardly
be setting a precedent.
If there's more to the entire situ-
ation than meets the eye, then the city
needs to play its hand so everybody
can see.
It's not enough just to be right in
this case. It's vital that the city ap-
pear to be right as well.
That way we won’t be sending
conflicting signals between what we
say and the body language we use
while we’re saying it.
—JAMES MOODY
Thank You
To all those who participated in the Burleson
Ministerial Alliance Auxiliary Holiday Friend
Project. Because of your efforts 127 families
with 338 children had a merrier Christmas.
Individuals, organizations, schools, churches
and businesses donated over$J,600.00,15,000
pounds of food and wrapping paper.
Our heartfelt thanks to those who took angels
from the trees, who donated food, toys or time
to the project. A special thanks to Bransoms,
Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Burleson BPW Club, Po-
lice Union #79, and First United Methodist who
sponsored the Angel Trees.
God Bless All of Youl
Marty Metheny & Peggy Gibson
Co-Directors *
Noise Compatibility Study
Public Workshops
for City of Fort Worth Airports
The public is invited to participate in a series of public workshops
iuary 12,13 and 14 for Fort Worth's three airports - Alliance,
icham and Spinks. The meetings are part of a continuing noise
compatibility study being conducted by the City of Fort Worth in
cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
During the informal, open-house style meetings, citizens will
have an opportunity to review information on existing airport noise
levels, future airport noise levels and identified incompatible land
uses. In addition, citizens will be able to discuss and give input into
possible noise reduction measures to be addressed in the next
phase of the study.
These workshops are the fourth in a series of public meetings
planned for the Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 Airport
Noise Compatibility Study. Representatives from the City of Fort
Worth Aviation Department, the FAA and City's consultant
Greiner, Inc., will be on hand to explain details of the study and to
answer questions. Workshops will be held as follows:
• Alliance Airport: Tuesday, January 12,4-7 p.m.
Education Center/Continuing Education Bldg.
Justin (on Hwy. 114,3 miles west of I-35W N.)
• Meacham Airport: Wednesday, January 13,4-7 p.m.
North Tri-Ethnic Center
2950 Roosevelt, Fort Worth
• Spinks Airport: Thursday, January 14.4-7 p.m.
Tarrant County Precinct 1 Garage
. 800 Crowlpy-Rendori Rd. (FM 1187), Fort Worth
For farther Information, contact: City of Fort Worth 150 Noise Study, Meacham
Airport, 4201 N. Main, Fort Worth, Texas 76106-2736, (817) 871-5400.
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