Farmer's wife took him to nearly all
parts of the city, the final 10
miles began this morning on the
south side and continued through the
downtown area in the central
business district, concluding the
walk in front of city hall.
Palmer announced that his first
official act as mayor would be to
get rid of the city's Cadillac,
which the city maintains for
eighteen hundred dollars a year.
He said his feet and his own vehicle
were adequate.
He also outlined some things he has
learned in his citywide trek.
I'd like to thank all the people
that met with me and came out
and talked and blew their horns and
waved their hands and told me about
the problems in Fort Worth.
You learn a lot about Fort Worth
while walking a hundred miles
through it.
You learn that there's a lot of
farming goes on inside the city,
a lot of animals inside the city.
There's a prairie dog village down
in south east Polli.
He learned serious things like the
fact that people in South Riverside
don't believe they're getting
adequate police protection and
people and stop sex think they need
a fire station in their area.
He learned that on the south side of
town, their apartments being
rented that have substandard
signs on the buildings and the slum
landlords are alive and well in Fort
Worth. Despite what we've tried to
do on the city council in the
last two years.
At one point, House Majority Leader
Jim Wright dropped by and what
perhaps was a symbolic effort to
show his impartiality.
I will say tonight that an
appreciation dinner for my friend
Cliff Overcatch.
And I do appreciate my friend
Cliff Overcash, and I also
very much appreciate my friend Hugh
Palmer.
Palmer says he plans other
innovative campaign approaches
before the April 2nd election.
And his words, you've got to be
creative when the other guy's about
to spend one hundred twenty five
thousand dollars.
The Texas New York City came by to
say hello today.