Conly For Common Sense

Conly For Common Sense Fort Worth has been my home for 37 years. I’ve raised a family here, built a career here, and watched our city grow.

I’m running for City Council in District 6 to give back and to make sure our neighborhoods, families, and taxpayers come first.

08/24/2026

Tomorrow, I’ll be speaking before the Fort Worth City Council about public trust, transparency, and accountability.

Over the past several weeks, I’ve reviewed public records involving Councilmember Chris Nettles, Haven of Purpose Child Care Center, Purpose Driven Ministries, and a recent Texas Department of Agriculture collection matter involving nearly $800,000.

These are serious issues, and they deserve to be handled seriously.

I’m not going to City Hall to make accusations that the records don’t support. I’m going to present documented facts, ask legitimate questions, and request that City leadership determine whether further clarification, correction, disclosure, or review is appropriate.

Public officials should be held to the same standard we expect from everyone else: tell the truth, disclose what is required, and answer reasonable questions when public records raise concerns.

That shouldn’t be partisan. It shouldn’t be personal.

It should simply be common sense accountability.

I’ll be at the Fort Worth City Council meeting tomorrow.

Alert 🚨 NEW PUBLIC RECORD: TDA DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNCILMEMBER CHRIS NETTLES WAS SUSTAINEDI’ve continued reviewing the...
08/21/2026

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NEW PUBLIC RECORD: TDA DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNCILMEMBER CHRIS NETTLES WAS SUSTAINED

I’ve continued reviewing the records filed in the State of Texas lawsuit against Purpose Driven Ministries, and one document deserves separate attention.

A Texas Department of Agriculture record contained in the court filing states that TDA’s proposed disqualification of Purpose Driven Ministries and Christopher Nettles from future participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program was sustained. D-1-FM-26-006578-(31980).pdf

That is significant.

This was not simply a proposed action that disappeared. According to TDA’s own record, the proposed disqualification was SUSTAINED.

This comes in the same matter where TDA says Purpose Driven Ministries was required to repay $787,872.77 in disallowed expenses, that the organization had an opportunity to appeal, and that TDA’s determination was upheld and became final. D-1-FM-26-006578-(31980).pdf

The State of Texas is now suing to collect that debt.

There are still important things these records do not tell us. The documents I have reviewed so far do not establish fraud, theft, or criminal conduct, and they do not yet explain precisely what conduct caused Councilmember Nettles’ disqualification.

But that makes the next question even more important:

Why was a sitting Fort Worth councilmember disqualified from future participation in a federally funded child-nutrition program, and why has the public not been given an explanation?

Councilmember Nettles deserves the opportunity to answer that question.

Fort Worth residents deserve the answer.

Public records first. Conclusions second.

A New Public Record Concerning Chris Nettles Purpose Driven MinistriesI have continued reviewing publicly available reco...
08/20/2026

A New Public Record Concerning Chris Nettles Purpose Driven Ministries

I have continued reviewing publicly available records concerning organizations associated with Fort Worth Councilmember Chris Nettles.

On August 6, 2026, the State of Texas filed a civil lawsuit against Purpose Driven Ministries in Travis County District Court. The case is listed as a Debt/Contract matter and remains open.

Information I have received indicates that the dispute involves Texas Department of Agriculture program funds and an alleged outstanding balance of approximately $794,175.76, including interest.

I want to be very clear about what I am—and am not—saying.

Councilmember Nettles is not personally named as the defendant in the court docket I have reviewed. Purpose Driven Ministries is the defendant. And a civil lawsuit is not proof of criminal wrongdoing.

I am working to obtain the State’s Original Petition and the underlying TDA records so that we can see exactly what the State alleges, how the amount was calculated, and what response Purpose Driven Ministries has made.

These are significant public records involving an organization closely associated with an elected official, and I believe taxpayers deserve transparency and accurate information.

I will continue to follow the documents wherever they lead—including when those documents provide context or information favorable to Councilmember Nettles.

Public records first. Conclusions second.

08/15/2026

Public Records Raise Questions About Councilmember Chris Nettles’ Daycare

Over the past several weeks, I have been reviewing public records concerning Haven of Purpose Child Care Center, which is associated with Fort Worth City Councilmember Chris Nettles.

I want to be careful about what these records do — and do not — show.

Texas Health and Human Services records show that Haven of Purpose entered voluntary suspension beginning July 23, 2024. During that suspension, the operation was specifically required not to care for children. The suspension ultimately resulted in the operation being closed on April 17, 2026.

HHSC records from 2025 repeatedly show zero children enrolled, zero staff employed, and that the provider was not caring for children.

Yet public-facing materials have continued to describe Haven of Purpose as an ongoing childcare operation. Councilmember Nettles’ campaign materials state that he has “owned and operated” Haven of Purpose since 2014, while the ministry website continued to advertise daycare hours.

There is also a financial-disclosure question.

Councilmember Nettles’ 2026 Personal Financial Statement, which covers calendar year 2025, identifies him as self-employed and lists his occupation as: “Owner of Childcare & Afterschool.”

That statement, standing alone, does not prove anything improper. Someone can still own a business, receive income, or conduct related business activity even when a licensed childcare operation is suspended.

But when HHSC records show no children enrolled, no staff employed, and no childcare being provided during 2025, I believe taxpayers are entitled to ask a simple question:

What childcare or afterschool business activity was Councilmember Nettles reporting during 2025?

I want to emphasize something important: the records also show that Haven of Purpose was, at various times, a legitimate licensed childcare operation. I am not claiming otherwise. Nor am I accusing Councilmember Nettles of fraud, perjury, or any crime.

I am simply comparing what the public records say with what the public has been told.

Public officials should be able to answer reasonable questions about statements made on official websites, campaign materials, and sworn financial disclosures.

If Councilmember Nettles has an explanation that reconciles these records, I believe he should have every opportunity to provide it.

This is not about personalities. It is about transparency, accountability, and making sure the public record is accurate.

Out of respect for Mr. Nettles privacy I will not post the records here. They will be available upon request.

Fort Worth is now considering a property tax rate increase of roughly 3 cents.This comes after the City’s projected budg...
08/14/2026

Fort Worth is now considering a property tax rate increase of roughly 3 cents.

This comes after the City’s projected budget gap grew from about $49 million, to nearly $77 million, and then even higher as the proposed FY2027 budget was developed.

Before asking residents to pay more, I believe City Hall owes taxpayers some direct answers:

Why did the gap keep growing?

Why were earlier revenue projections so far off?

What spending has been cut, delayed, or reprioritized?

What administrative costs, consulting contracts, travel, and discretionary expenses have been reviewed?

And most importantly, why should taxpayers be asked to make up the difference before every reasonable effort has been made to control spending?

This is exactly why I have been saying Fort Worth should budget based on the dollars we actually have — not the dollars we hope will be there.

Whether the City calls it a property tax increase, a new fee, or a rate increase, the money still comes out of the same household budget.

Fort Worth families are expected to live within their means.

City Hall should be expected to do the same.

Higher taxes should not be the first answer to a growing budget problem. Fiscal discipline should be.


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08/12/2026

After more than 6 hours of waiting, this speaks for itself...

Tonight was unacceptable.Fort Worth residents showed up for a City Council meeting that was supposed to begin at 6:00 p....
08/12/2026

Tonight was unacceptable.

Fort Worth residents showed up for a City Council meeting that was supposed to begin at 6:00 p.m. Council opened the meeting, then immediately disappeared into executive session for nearly an hour.

Then residents waited.

And waited.

Some people waited 6½ hours for the opportunity to speak during public comment.

After making residents sit there for more than six hours, the Council then voted 8–3 to reduce registered speakers’ time from 3 minutes to just 1 minute.

Think about that.

The public gave up an entire evening to participate in their city government, and the response from the majority of this Council was to give them less time to be heard.

The screenshot below shows exactly who voted for it.

This is bigger than one meeting. It is about whether City Hall sees public participation as something to encourage—or something to manage, restrict, and hurry along.

Residents are not an inconvenience.

They are not a box to check on an agenda.

They are the people this government works for.

If Council members can sit through hours of meetings, presentations, closed-door discussions, and staff briefings, then surely the residents who pay the taxes, fund the budget, and live with the consequences of these decisions deserve more than 60 seconds.

Fort Worth deserves better than this.

And people should remember this vote.
These officials voted to reduce speakers time after waiting 6.5 hours:
Mayor Mattie Parker
Council member Crain
Council member Hill
Council member Beck
Council member Martinez
Council member Lauersdorf
Council member Nettles
Council member Jamieson

Thank you council member Hall, Peoples & Flores for having the courage to vote against restricting the residents time.

08/12/2026

Tonight, after residents waited more than six and a half hours to speak at Fort Worth City Hall, Councilmember Chris Nettles proposed reducing general public comment to just one minute.

One minute.

At that point, I said there was no meaningful way to deliver the remarks I had prepared about the City’s growing budget gap, the flawed budget survey, and the need for real fiscal discipline.

So I reminded the Council of something else:

In October, they will receive a 100% pay raise.

But tonight, after residents waited for hours, Councilmember Nettles proposed cutting the public’s speaking time by more than half because the meeting had run long.

That is unacceptable.

The Council controls the agenda.
The Council controls the schedule.
The Council controls how long presentations and discussions run.

The public does not.

Residents should not be treated as an inconvenience simply because City Hall is tired.

If you ask citizens to sit through an all-day meeting, wait until nearly midnight, and then reduce their opportunity to speak to sixty seconds, you are sending a very clear message about whose time matters.

I had a speech prepared tonight about a projected budget shortfall that has grown from roughly $49 million to nearly $77 million.

The Council may not have had time to hear it.

The people of Fort Worth will.

I’ll be publishing it.

08/11/2026

What They Said at City Hall
Episode 1: The Budget Gap


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