'Folks, Things Are Fixing To Change:' Whitley Discusses Tarrant County's Past, Future At First Of Final Addresses 

Arlington TX

01 April, 2022

6:43 PM

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By Rachel Behrndt, Fort Worth Report April 1, 2022 With a reputation for refusing to mince words, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley took the stage to address an audience of county leaders about his 26 years as the top elected official and the future of the county. He left the audience with a warning to be informed because, he said, "things are fixing to change." The county government is losing decades of experience, he said. But the departing Tarrant County judge is especially concerned about increasing partisanship in his final months. "Right now we don't have civility in our elections. The parties are being run by the extremists," Whitley said. Those comments were directed at the Republican nominee for county judge, Tim O'Hare, Whitley told the Fort Worth Report. O'Hare used parts of opponent Betsy Price's record of bipartisanship against her throughout the race, Whitley said. 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.