VOTING FOR CCPD IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020. Early voting is June 29 - July 10, 2020.
This is an important issue you'll want to familiarize yourself with.
View the CCPD Q&A Presentation with Police Chief Ed Kraus
in the link below.
The concern is the 10 year extension of the program vs. a savings of a half percent in the sales tax from 8.25% to 7.75%.
https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/CCPD/
Fort Worth Weekly
Vote Against Proposition A and Re-imagine Public Safety
The city’s Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) is on the ballot right now, and with it comes an opportunity to put our morals on paper. Fort Worth spends nearly $1 million per day on policing, with a combined $267 million from the city’s general fund and $80 million annually from the CCPD. Prop A would renew CCPD funding for another 10 years, creating a $1 billion tax burden in addition to a very large annual police budget.
Only 6% of CCPD funds go toward community programs. By voting against Prop A, we can create some space in our budget for the things that truly make safer and stronger communities
Fort Worth’s police budget continues to grow year after year, despite cuts to other critical areas and claims that there is no money to invest in improving food security, access to health care, and other basic needs.
As we invest less in our communities, our demand for policing increases and cycles of violence are perpetuated. Disrupting harm and violence requires investing in alternatives to policing that actually make us safer, like mental health care, community de-escalation, and transformative justice.
In the wake of the murders of Atatiana Jefferson, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many more minorities, we have to ask if police are keeping us safe.
We know policing costs Fort Worth close to $350 million every year. What else is it costing us? What aren’t we investing in? What kinds of safety are we ignoring?
To build toward a future free from violence together, we need real input in our city spending, investment in programs that nurture and support our neighborhoods, and alternatives to policing that strengthen community bonds and facilitate accountability.
Vote against Prop A on July 14 to defund CCPD. Picture a future Fort Worth with us where everyone has what they need. Imagine a future in which policing is unnecessary. Let’s create a public safety budget that gets us closer.
— Jen Sarduy and Lizzie Maldonado, Ft. Worth Weekly
Jen Sarduy lives in Fort Worth, where they organize at Re+Birth Equity Alliance.
Lizzie Maldonado is a community organizer and director of the Fort Worth harm reduction organization O.D. Aid.
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:
There has been no proper advertising of this election. Why?
Originally, there was a Citizen Select Committee that oversaw the CCPD budget. City Council disbanded that committee six years ago. The budget is now under City Council's exclusive control. Why?
Council Member Moon District 4
Please vote 'FOR' Prop A (CCPD) in the city-wide election.
The Fort Worth Crime Control Prevention District (CCPD) is up for election. Early Voting has started and the official Election Day is on 7/14.
The Crime Control Prevention District funds:
Fort Worth has led the way on:
As a city, we need to continue to work to ensure equity in our policing and criminal justice system. All FW residents and all neighborhoods need a community policing presence to ensure public safety for every person. Community policing requires dollars.
Please, vote ‘FOR’ the renewal of the CCPD Budget.
Thank you,
Councilman Cary Moon
http://www.carymoon.com/
ALL THE LATEST POOR LEGISLATION, MONEY GRABS AND TRAMPLING OF CITIZENS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
UPDATED 7/7/2020
This is an important issue you'll want to familiarize yourself with.
View the CCPD Q&A Presentation with Police Chief Ed Kraus
in the link below.
The concern is the 10 year extension of the program vs. a savings of a half percent in the sales tax from 8.25% to 7.75%.
https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/CCPD/
Fort Worth Weekly
Vote Against Proposition A and Re-imagine Public Safety
The city’s Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) is on the ballot right now, and with it comes an opportunity to put our morals on paper. Fort Worth spends nearly $1 million per day on policing, with a combined $267 million from the city’s general fund and $80 million annually from the CCPD. Prop A would renew CCPD funding for another 10 years, creating a $1 billion tax burden in addition to a very large annual police budget.
Only 6% of CCPD funds go toward community programs. By voting against Prop A, we can create some space in our budget for the things that truly make safer and stronger communities
Fort Worth’s police budget continues to grow year after year, despite cuts to other critical areas and claims that there is no money to invest in improving food security, access to health care, and other basic needs.
As we invest less in our communities, our demand for policing increases and cycles of violence are perpetuated. Disrupting harm and violence requires investing in alternatives to policing that actually make us safer, like mental health care, community de-escalation, and transformative justice.
In the wake of the murders of Atatiana Jefferson, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many more minorities, we have to ask if police are keeping us safe.
We know policing costs Fort Worth close to $350 million every year. What else is it costing us? What aren’t we investing in? What kinds of safety are we ignoring?
To build toward a future free from violence together, we need real input in our city spending, investment in programs that nurture and support our neighborhoods, and alternatives to policing that strengthen community bonds and facilitate accountability.
Vote against Prop A on July 14 to defund CCPD. Picture a future Fort Worth with us where everyone has what they need. Imagine a future in which policing is unnecessary. Let’s create a public safety budget that gets us closer.
— Jen Sarduy and Lizzie Maldonado, Ft. Worth Weekly
Jen Sarduy lives in Fort Worth, where they organize at Re+Birth Equity Alliance.
Lizzie Maldonado is a community organizer and director of the Fort Worth harm reduction organization O.D. Aid.
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:
There has been no proper advertising of this election. Why?
Originally, there was a Citizen Select Committee that oversaw the CCPD budget. City Council disbanded that committee six years ago. The budget is now under City Council's exclusive control. Why?
Council Member Moon District 4
Please vote 'FOR' Prop A (CCPD) in the city-wide election.
The Fort Worth Crime Control Prevention District (CCPD) is up for election. Early Voting has started and the official Election Day is on 7/14.
The Crime Control Prevention District funds:
- School Resource Officers
- Neighborhood Patrol Officers
- Crisis Intervention
- Non-lethal weapons
- Body cameras
- Code Blue
- & much, much more
Fort Worth has led the way on:
- Banning choke holds
- Body camera requirements
- Use of Force Continuum
- Comprehensive Training on de-escalation
- Cultural Diversity training
- Comprehensive Reporting
- and more in the pursuit for better community policing.
As a city, we need to continue to work to ensure equity in our policing and criminal justice system. All FW residents and all neighborhoods need a community policing presence to ensure public safety for every person. Community policing requires dollars.
Please, vote ‘FOR’ the renewal of the CCPD Budget.
Thank you,
Councilman Cary Moon
http://www.carymoon.com/
ALL THE LATEST POOR LEGISLATION, MONEY GRABS AND TRAMPLING OF CITIZENS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
UPDATED 7/7/2020
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October 9, 2018*"Fort Worth City Councilwoman Gyna Bivens joined property owners for a last minute news conference Tuesday afternoon, calling on developers to hit pause.
"We're adding a lot of concrete in this city," said Bivens, who explained she and the property owners were not anti-development. "But sometimes you just gotta take a break and let common sense go into play."
"Bivens said she would ask for policy changes." -5NBCDFW
https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/weather-connection/some-fort-worth-property-owners-call-for-new-development-moratorium/78053/
Have you seen any policy changes or less flooding?
"We're adding a lot of concrete in this city," said Bivens, who explained she and the property owners were not anti-development. "But sometimes you just gotta take a break and let common sense go into play."
"Bivens said she would ask for policy changes." -5NBCDFW
https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/weather-connection/some-fort-worth-property-owners-call-for-new-development-moratorium/78053/
Have you seen any policy changes or less flooding?
2015 Star-Telegram interviewed all candidates and publicized their interviews with fair reporting.
2019 Star-Telegram interviewed all the candidates and they decided which candidate we should choose.
Which happens to be:
The candidates that vote to renew the City of Ft. Worth's $300,000 contract with the Star-Telegram.
The candidate that voted for that renewal? Gyna Bivens.
No wonder the city denied this picture as part of a citizen presentation 10/15/19 and 10/22/19.
Star Telegram Mailed Over 40,000 Copies to register voters in District 5. Is this appropriate?
Yet citizens are denied their 1st Amendment rights, under our Constitution, by the City Council
and Mayor Price.
Where is the transparency? Zoning signs don't list what is being built? Citizens don't even know what is being built in their own neighborhood.
Candidates should not be endorsed by any newspaper. This is a dangerous practice and one used in countries that don't have a Bill of Rights to protect citizens' freedoms.
And notice the Star-Telegram picture is a picture of Ms. Bivens and a bunch of developers breaking ground. They say a picture tells a thousand and this one sure does.
2019 Star-Telegram interviewed all the candidates and they decided which candidate we should choose.
Which happens to be:
The candidates that vote to renew the City of Ft. Worth's $300,000 contract with the Star-Telegram.
The candidate that voted for that renewal? Gyna Bivens.
No wonder the city denied this picture as part of a citizen presentation 10/15/19 and 10/22/19.
Star Telegram Mailed Over 40,000 Copies to register voters in District 5. Is this appropriate?
Yet citizens are denied their 1st Amendment rights, under our Constitution, by the City Council
and Mayor Price.
Where is the transparency? Zoning signs don't list what is being built? Citizens don't even know what is being built in their own neighborhood.
Candidates should not be endorsed by any newspaper. This is a dangerous practice and one used in countries that don't have a Bill of Rights to protect citizens' freedoms.
And notice the Star-Telegram picture is a picture of Ms. Bivens and a bunch of developers breaking ground. They say a picture tells a thousand and this one sure does.
Proposition 2 was passed with less than 1% of the vote. An amendment should be put on the ballot to require at least 20% of the voters. Yet, it takes more than 20% to repeal a council member. Do you feel you are fairly represented by 1% of your neighbors?
WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 2020 TO REQUEST THE CITY OF FT WORTH AMEND THIS LEGISLATION.
To add 2 additional council members on the strength of less than 1%,that voted for does not apply good common sense. It requires 20% of a single district to remove 1 council member from office and we are going to add 2 on less than 1%,vote?
If 20% cannot find the urge to vote for two additional council members where is the need for 2 additional council members at $25,000.00 per year salary?
Meanwhile our police force is understaffed and not properly trained.
We have eight council members that do not answer legitimate questions.
Mayor Betsy Price logic: "the city is growing and we need more council members."
This formula applies when hiring police & fire employees not City Council members.
Contact the Mayor (817) 392- 6118
(Betsy.Price@fortworthtexas.gov)
Request that (Proposition: 2) be on the 2020 ballot for amendment to require at least a 20% vote.
Join our e-mail list for information Concerning
Term limits, Campaign Finance Reform, Zoning Reform, Code Compliance Reform
WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 2020 TO REQUEST THE CITY OF FT WORTH AMEND THIS LEGISLATION.
To add 2 additional council members on the strength of less than 1%,that voted for does not apply good common sense. It requires 20% of a single district to remove 1 council member from office and we are going to add 2 on less than 1%,vote?
If 20% cannot find the urge to vote for two additional council members where is the need for 2 additional council members at $25,000.00 per year salary?
Meanwhile our police force is understaffed and not properly trained.
We have eight council members that do not answer legitimate questions.
Mayor Betsy Price logic: "the city is growing and we need more council members."
This formula applies when hiring police & fire employees not City Council members.
Contact the Mayor (817) 392- 6118
(Betsy.Price@fortworthtexas.gov)
Request that (Proposition: 2) be on the 2020 ballot for amendment to require at least a 20% vote.
Join our e-mail list for information Concerning
Term limits, Campaign Finance Reform, Zoning Reform, Code Compliance Reform
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"Panther Island was never a flood control project so it's absolutely no surprise that federal funding has once again been denied," Putnam said. "It's time to properly investigate the origins of this project, what happened to the approximately $400M of taxpayer money that has already been spent." - 5NBCDFW
https://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/fort-worths-panther-island-project-denied-again-for-more-federal-funds/2308807/ |