Hogan endorses Zim Zimmerman

Yesterday several key Hogan supporters and Gary met with Zim Zimmerman at Zim's headquarters on Camp Bowie Blvd. We asked for the meeting for the purpose of briefing Zim on our concerns for the City and District 3. The meeting lasted about two hours. At the conclusion of the meeting Gary endorsed Zim for City Council.

Coming soon to a street near you.

This is what will be happening in Fort Worth when there are 3000-5000 gas wells and 200-500 miles of gas gathering pipeline network in the city. This will be the legacy of Mike Moncrief and Carter Burdette, both of whom knew or should have known that this danger would be visited upon the citizens. Look at the size of this fire that began as an explosion. Chesapeake and XTO plan to put pipelines like this within 10 feet of the foundations of homes. Even if buried 20 ft deep, as they have claimed they would do, there would be no safety from this kind of holocaust, because such explosions routinely blast craters. One such crater in Palo Pinto County in recent years was reported to be the size of a football field.

This danger is the reason why there has been so much outside money dumped on Eric Fox's campaign. Moncrief does not want any independent thought on the City Council.

Election reflections--Star-Telegram 5-15-09

I want to express my deepest thanks to my supporters and friends for their vote of confidence. It is a humbling experience to run for public office and have others believe in you, your vision, passion and desire to serve your city and community.

I also want to commend them for being among the 6.39 percent of Fort Worth residents who took the time to exercise their right to vote and have a voice in their government. It is a sad commentary on our society that this most precious right is ignored and dismissed by the remaining 93.61 percent.

I want to thank the people I met at the forums and as I took my campaign door-to-door in the neighborhoods of District 3. I had the opportunity to share my vision but, more importantly, to hear your concerns and ideas. I think I speak for all of the candidates in this race when I say hearing from you is what drove our spirit to the next door and the next person we hoped to represent and serve.

I am proud of the campaign we ran. All the candidates in District 3, although different in many ways in their basic ideology, remained respectful. I may have lost this race but I am so honored and proud of the 403 who believed in me with their votes.

— Gary Hogan, Fort Worth