Absences force cancellation of Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting
The Tarrant County commissioners meeting was canceled Tuesday because three members of the five-member court were absent.
Commissioners Roderick Miles, Matt Krause and Manny Ramirez were not present. Their staffs did not immediately respond to the Star-Telegram’s question about why they were missing.
Crystal Betts said she drove from Saginaw to raise her sign for the commissioners to see.
Betts was disappointed three of the commissioners weren’t present, but at least County Judge Tim O’Hare read her “We will vote you out” sign, she said.
“It’s their job. They make a lot of money to be here, and they can’t show up,” Betts said. “I guess they had something better to do. I don’t know. It’s unfortunate. You know, people do take time off of their jobs, and they take time out of their lives to come out here.”
The county was scheduled to decide on a $250,000 contract for Public Interest Legal Foundation to represent the county, the commissioners court and O’Hare in a lawsuit over the redistricting.
The court was also set to hear a briefing about the operational impact of the redistricting and a briefing about the LGBTQ historical marker that O’Hare blocked from being placed in Fort Worth.
O’Hare said the next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 1.
This story was originally published June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM.