The 2014 elections are over. But in an interview with KERA, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price dropped a little news of her own about next year's election: She plans on running for another term.
For this week’s Friday Conversation, Price sat down with KERA’s vice president of news, Rick Holter, to talk about Tuesday’s election.
This week’s election was a banner day for Republicans across the country, for folks who don’t like fracking in Denton, and for rodeo fans! That’s because voters in Fort Worth approved money that will help build a $450 million dollar arena.
Interview Highlights: Mayor Betsy Price…
…On running for another term: “Absolutely. There’s just a lot to do in Fort Worth and I love what I’m doing and I’ve had great connection with the citizens. And if I have an opponent we’ll just run a good campaign and let the citizens speak.”
…On the $450 million rodeo arena just approved by voters: “It’s not just a rodeo arena, it’s a multi-purpose arena and it’ll be, obviously in five years when it’s open, be named something else. But the idea is 12 to 14 concerts a year, graduations, basketball, but also a nice chance to grow our rodeo and our equestrian events. Had we been a stand-alone city, not closely connected to Dallas and Grand Prairie and all, we would have probably had an arena this size already.”
…On her success at convincing voters to dig into their pockets: “Fort Worth is a very high growth city and our citizens realize the need for the increase. This arena project is not going to hit our bottom line. It is no increased property taxes, 50 percent of this is a gift from the private sector to the public. So citizens see it as a really good deal and we had a great mandate to build it.”
