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Tarrant County Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons held a press conference outside the John Peter Smith Hospital on June 19, 2026 calling for an outside investigation of county jail inmate Mack Greer\u2019s death, which had happened about 24 hours prior.<\/p>\n
Rachel Royster<\/p>\n
rroyster@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n
Fort Worth had plenty to comment on last week. From a council member blasting police union endorsements to a sheriff clashing with a commissioner over a jail death, these five stories drew the biggest conversations on star-telegram.com between Oct. 19 and Oct. 25, 2026.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what your neighbors were debating \u2014 and where you can jump in.<\/p>\n
A council member calls police union endorsements \u2018very telling\u2019<\/p>\n
Fort Worth City Council member Chris Nettles didn\u2019t hold back after the Fort Worth Police Officers Association endorsed every Republican candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot. On Facebook, Nettles \u2014 who represents District 8 \u2014 called it \u201cvery telling\u201d and said a \u201cmajority of these endorse[d] candidates are the reason Fort Worth is in the shape it is.\u201d The POA represents more than 1,700 officers and backed candidates in nearly 40 races, including Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott and Tim O\u2019Hare.<\/p>\n
\u00bb\u00bb Read the story, see the comments<\/a><\/p>\n Sheriff Waybourn vs. Commissioner Simmons over a jail death<\/p>\n After independent investigators found no wrongdoing in inmate Mack Greer\u2019s June 17 in-custody death, Sheriff Bill Waybourn called Democratic Commissioner Alisa Simmons \u201cso irresponsible\u201d for holding a press conference the next day claiming Greer \u201csuffered fatal head injuries.\u201d The medical examiner ruled Greer died of complications from moyamoya disease, a rare condition that narrows the brain\u2019s arteries. Simmons, running for Tarrant County judge, pushed back and said she helps families get answers the sheriff\u2019s office won\u2019t provide.<\/p>\n \u00bb\u00bb Read the story, see the comments<\/a><\/p>\n Daniel Pullin abruptly out as TCU chancellor<\/p>\n Just over a year into the job, Daniel Pullin resigned as TCU\u2019s chancellor. Former chancellor Victor Boschini \u2014 who led the university for more than 20 years \u2014 is back, effective immediately. TCU\u2019s statement didn\u2019t give a reason for Pullin\u2019s exit or details of any separation agreement. Pullin had been pushing an ambitious plan to grow enrollment, expand the campus and earn the coveted \u201cR1\u201d research designation.<\/p>\n \u00bb\u00bb Read the story, see the comments<\/a><\/p>\n RFK Jr. drops into JPS with a kidney plan<\/p>\n U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. landed at JPS Health Network on Oct. 20 to roll out a national kidney care plan focused on preventing kidney failure, improving dialysis and reforming transplants. \u201c(The) organ transplant program had a monopoly that ended up corrupting the system,\u201d Kennedy said. The visit drew extra attention because of Kennedy\u2019s history as an anti-vaccine activist. Tarrant County\u2019s measles-mumps-rubella vaccination rate for kindergartners dropped from nearly 94% to nearly 93% in the past year, while conscientious exemptions rose from 5.3% to 6.8%.<\/p>\n