Cathy Hirt For Mayor

The 56-year-old mother of three has a long history as a community activist. Hirt supports drilling, but wants air and water testing and more perhaps greater setback restrictions.

At recent neighborhood forums, the crowds seemed to respond most strongly to political independent Cathy Hirt, a former city council member.

Fort Worth needs Cathy Hirt as its mayor. Her platform is simple and direct: integrity and accountability. These goals, along with her past experience and educational background, put her in a unique position to lead Fort Worth into the future.

Fort Worth needs Cathy Hirt as its mayor. Her platform is simple and direct: integrity and accountability. These goals, along with her past experience and educational background, put her in a unique position to lead Fort Worth into the future.

I support Cathy Hirt for mayor. I have observed her working directly with at-risk students when she was involved in the Mediators Achieving Peace program. This project consists of teaching students to become facilitators in their middle schools. She taught active listening, diplomacy, tact and compromise. Cathy can bring these skills to the mayor's office.

All the candidates for mayor say that they want to appeal to more citizen input once they become mayor. But there is only one that has a plan and has already implemented a website for it: Cathy Hirt.

One month into a marathon crosstown campaign, the candidates for Fort Worth mayor must be getting on one another's nerves.

Q: Mayor Moncrief has had such a close relationship with TCU, including implementing "Purple Fridays" and approving a "Go Frogs" sign painted in the grass along the Trinity River. Do you plan on continuing that relationship with TCU and if so, how?

This traveling tent show of a Fort Worth mayoral campaign made its first stop Monday night, and here's what we know so far: Cathy Hirt will not be shy about taking a jab.

FORT WORTH -- Three mayoral candidates sparred over issues including the city employees' pension fund at a forum Monday night sponsored by a west-side neighborhood association.

Cathy Hirt, Jim Lane and Betsy Price have filed for mayor.

Hirt said, "Now it is time to roll up our sleeves and solve our current problems. I am ready to work hard with all of the good people in this town to solve these problems and put Fort Worth first."

The field includes Jim Lane and most likely Betsy Price, Tarrant County's tax assessor-collector. Former council member Cathy Hirt isn't waiting on Moncrief and has kicked off her campaign, though she can't formally file until Feb. 14.  Lane and Price have said they hope Moncrief runs again.

Hirt can appeal to and address the concerns of a broad spectrum of residents: wealthy and poor; Republicans and Democrats; mature areas and new subdivisions; black, Hispanic and white. Roads, drainage, libraries and parks will again become major priorities. And she even advocates term limits.

FORT WORTH — Former City Council member Cathy Hirt, saying she has the political will and leadership to bring people together to solve tough problems, formally kicked off her campaign for mayor of Fort Worth on Sunday.

Former Fort Worth City Council member Cathy Hirt formally announced her intention to re-enter elective politics on Thursday. Hirt, who served on the council from 1996-99, said she will run for mayor of Fort Worth and host a campaign kickoff at 1 p.m. Sunday at the La Mancha Business Center on West Berry.