Fort Worth Let A Church Dictate Their Own Zoning (Dun Dun Dun)

An American Kingdom now controls some of the power levers of America’s 12th-largest city.

Written a little bit about this church before, as it’s adjacent to the neighborhood I live in. They wanted to build a center for women coming out of sex trafficking, which is a great idea on face, but some of the logistics and operational issues involved seemed concerning. Where would they get the women from? How would security be handled? What if these women were considered property to others? Why would you publicize the location of that facility? Why would you put it alongside a freeway? It was confusing, and then in the midst of how confusing the whole process was, their lead pastor — a dude named Landon — would randomly insult my neighborhood of mostly older retired people, including driving around on a Vespa talking about how we were all pro-Palestine woke losers. I don’t know. If you’re not from Texas, it’s probably easy to just roll your eyes and say “Texas…” I’m not, but have been here for a second, so I see both sides.

In November, the city’s Zoning commission voted against the structure, 6–4. But then in December, at a very long Tuesday night meeting, the City Council voted in favor of the church’s building plans, meaning the church has the green light to…