As a fitting end-cap to the cavalcade of national news coverage of Joel Burns’ now-legendary city council speech from last Tuesday, Burns’ husband JD Angle joined him via sattelite on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Chris O’Donnell. When asked if he was surprised by his fellow councilmembers’ supportive response to his speech, Burns had effectively conveyed Fort Worth’s unique character trait in our ability to hold civilized city council meetings unlike other cities who are well-known for their divisiveness.  View the clip here.
Straight from his appearance on NBC’s Today Show, Fort Worth District 9′s esteemed city councilman Joel Burns flew to Los Angeles to tape a segment for The Ellen Show on Tuesday. Â During its airing on Wednesday afternoon, downtown’s Simply Fondue was kind enough to open their doors early for a crowd of constituents and downtown friends as they had the show on their screens. Â You can view Burns’ Ellen appearance here.
On October 18, 2010, In News, By admin
From what is certainly the most-viewed Fort Worth City Council clip ever, Joel Burns appears on The Today Show and discusses with Matt Lauer his “It Gets Better” speech and how it’s skyrocketing to over a million views in under one week has spread the word about this campaign in unprecedented proportions. Â 
The clip can be viewed here.
On October 16, 2010, In News, Uncategorized, By admin
Our now world-famous city councilman has been all over the Internet, television and radio discussing his touching speech he made during last Tuesday’s city council meeting. We have the audio posted here of Mr. Burns’ interview with Melissa Glass from NPR’s All Things Considered.
