SEC says its ex-Fort Worth official let R. Allen Stanford off hook

Torbenson, Michaels report:
Is Spencer Barasch the man who single-handedly let alleged Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford off the hook three times, costing investors more than $7 billion?


Or is he an honest Dallas defense attorney unfairly blamed for the failings of a government regulator?

The Securities and Exchange Commission's inspector general has a 151-page report that says he was the former. It skewers Barasch, former head of the SEC's enforcement efforts at its Fort Worth office, as a poster child for an agency that critics say missed one of the biggest investor scams of our generation.
http://tinyurl.com/275wpz7

Hutchison promises chamber leaders she'll request earmarks for Trinity River projects in Dallas and Fort Worth

Tom Benning reports:
WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison promised Wednesday to secure federal funds for the Trinity River projects in Dallas and Fort Worth and to see the massive redevelopments through to completion.


"Nothing great ever happens easily. This is not easy," she said. "But it is so important to the development of our two cities that I'm not at all giving up."
http://tinyurl.com/2wyv9lw

Fort Worth tornado's devastation 10 years ago reshaped downtown

Michael Young offers this fine piece remembering the Fort Worth Tornado:

It would eventually be called the Fort Worth Tornado, the most deadly and damaging of 10 twisters that spun from the North Texas sky on March 28, 2000. Its track took it through the heart of downtown, devastating it and ultimately reshaping it.