BY PATRICIA ORTIZ & CODY THORN
Keller calls special election for Place 4 Keller officials voted to call a special elec- tion for the Place 4 council seat at a regular meeting Feb. 17. In a nutshell The city must have a special election for the seat after council member Tag Green resigned to run for the mayoral spot, accord- ing to a news release. Keller’s rules require that Green resign due to the amount of time left on his term, which ends in 2028. He is running for mayor in the local May election. The candidate elected to the Place 4 position will finish out Green’s current term. Three candidates are running for the Place 4 seat and will also appear on the May 2 ballot. They are Elda Rata, Russ Medeiros and Jarrett “Doc” Armstrong.
Fort Worth tightens housing rules for sex offenders
The city of Fort Worth increased residency restrictions aimed to reduce opportunities for con- tact between registered sex offenders and children by restricting where such offenders may reside in relation to areas where children commonly gather. The motion passed during the Feb. 24 council meeting after being tabled at the Feb. 10 meeting. Current situation Council voted 9-0 to update the registry dis- tance from 1,000 feet to 2,000 feet, with council members Chris Nettles and Elizabeth Beck absent from the meeting. There are 3,201 registered sex offenders in Fort Worth and 2,454 had a victim who was 17 or younger, the presentation states. “The fact there’s any opposition to this is quite surprising,” District 4 council member Charlie Lauersdorf said. “If it protects even one child [in] the next 30 or 40 years, it is completely worth it.” The changes mean a registered sexual offender cannot move within 2,000 feet of schools,
Sex offender ratio in major Texas cities
City
Sex offender : resident ratio
1 : 231 1 : 299 1 : 305 1 : 331 1 : 345 1 : 417 1 : 427
Houston San Antonio Dallas
Lubbock
El Paso
Fort Worth
Austin
1 : 1,286 1 : 1,490 1 : 2,028
Plano
Arlington Keller
SOURCE: CITY OF FORT WORTH/COMMUNITY IMPACT
daycares, public parks and playgrounds, pools and libraries. Those already residing in that range are grandfathered in, according to the presentation.
Fort Worth City Council OKs more than $14M in drainage work in Districts 10, 7
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