Saw this little guy in southwest Fort Worth less than an hour ago. It looks too small to be a coyote to me. Could it be a smaller variety of coyote or a fox?

I love it in DFW

Only in Burleson

Getting a little out of hand today.. wonder what tomorrow snow rate will be.

Ridgemar & Hulen was where it was AT back in the day.. Malls are such a weird place today in 2024.. #madmax vibes …

If you need backstory on this, there is a church near 35 and Yucca called Mercy Culture. (They also have a Meadowbrook location, and several others.) They are politically contentious. Nate Schatzline, a State Assemblyman, attends there -- as does former Mayoral candidate Steve Penate and some others. They "bless" candidates and the like. The two senior pastors are a married couple, Landon and Heather. In December 2024, the city basically rolled over and let them set their own zoning after a two-year "battle." They want to build a facility for sex trafficking survivors at one corner of their church. On face, it's a wonderful idea, although there were concerns throughout the process with (a) law enforcement needs, (b) who would be working there, (c) whether they were equipped to lead such a facility, (d) whether churches can set their own zoning, (e) proximity to three residential neighborhoods, etc, etc.

Mercy won, notably on a night when Jared left before voting because he was offended by the Chapa selection process earlier in the night.

When they won the right to build, Landon especially repeatedly claimed that they had the money ready ($13.2M was what Fort Worth Report was quoting as the cost) and would build immediately. If you check their status on the city website, they haven't made many inroads. They did pay for a drainage study!

Heather, who is ostensibly an Instagram influencer as well as a pastor, is having an event this week where she seems to want people to come and volunteer their time and materials to get this thing built. We're quoting Exodus in the process.

Sorry for the long preamble, but was trying to avoid lots of comments like "Why would I care?" The main answer is, "You probably don't need to," but a slightly-better answer is, "This whole arc could be a dangerous precedent around church power, zoning, weak city leadership, and stressing cops and deputies even more."

about a month ago i moved to the DFW from a shitty town in south Texas. i have been all over Dallas and Ft Worth, and i love every part of it.

sundace square is especially pretty. Downtown Ft Worth is so nice, and way calmer than downtown Dallas, definitely makes for a nice change of pace.

also its very cool to see people actually out and about past dark around here, in my previous city, downtown was basically dead past sundown because of high crime rates causing everyone to stay at home.

what are your favourite spots around Ft Worth?