'This Is Getting Ridiculous:' Fight Over Map Draws Out Ideological Divide On Fort Worth City Council

Arlington TX

24 February, 2022

5:50 AM

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By Rachel Behrndt, Fort Worth Report February 22, 2022 A nearly empty room heard the Fort Worth City Council devolve into nearly three hours of bickering Tuesday, resulting in an impasse that forced the council to advance two new council maps for consideration instead of one. When the council reached an impasse between two proposed maps, multiple council members acknowledged a partisan rift that was forming between the two maps for consideration. "Let's be very clear, we're discussing two maps: one by a more conservative side of the council and one by a more progressive side of the council," District 9 council member Elizabeth Beck said. "We're going to go out to the public and tell them to pick a side, and to date on this council we have all been so proud that we have not done that." A week after the council came to a standstill during redistricting debates, it again failed to find consensus. In the end, the council ended in a place similar to where it began Feb. 15, with two maps created by council members Chris Nettles, a Democrat, and Cary Moon, a Republican. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.