Tarrant County’s Red River [Water] Shoutout Suffers Setback: In the latest battle in the North Texas Water Wars (which will surely heat up in the next decade or so), Tarrant Regional Water District filed a law suit meant to tap resources in Oklahoma, but that effort was rejected by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Now Tarrant, as well as other local water districts, will have to consider purchasing water from Oklahoma and developing other in-state resources.
Study Relates Safer Intersections to Red-Light Cameras: Must to Tim’s chagrin, a study has concluded (sub. req.) that red-light related crashes have decreased at intersections where cameras intended to catch red-light runners have been installed. In all, crashes fell by 27 percent, and Dallas saw a 38 percent decline.
Local 9-11 Roundup: Among yesterday’s local memorials, fire fighters climbed 110-story Renaissance Tower; drivers of a truck filled with pyrotechnics for a Discovery Channel show brilliantly parked the vehicle at DFW Airport, prompting a bomb scare; and the Bush Presidential Center announced it would like to gather 9-11 stories.
Good News and Bad News — Monday Sports Roundup: The bad news? Dirk’s German national team has crashed out of the Euro championships. The good news? C.J. Wilson nabbed his 16th win yesterday in a routing of the A’s that puts the Rangers 2.5 up on the Angels. The Cowboys? I don’t know. Something of late makes me enjoy Jerry’s misfortune. I know. It’s terrible.