Two Fort Worth ISD coaches have written letters, obtained by The Dallas Express, detailing their experiences of abuse from Fort Worth Councilwoman Elizabeth Beck.
FWISD Coach Carley Long accuses Beck of targeting her job, insulting her team members, and bullying her because Beck’s daughter did not attend tryouts and was not part of the team.
“I want to bring it to your attention that while I have been coaching this volleyball season, City Council Women Elizabeth Beck has continuously targeted me by threatening my job and calling my team members and I dirty names. Ms. Elizabeth Beck has bullied me because her daughter did not come to tryouts but demanded her daughter be on the team when her daughter was offered to be a manager or practice player. To say the least, her daughter is a practice player. While I have no issues with her daughter, I am concerned that Ms. Beck is using and abusing her power as a councilwoman to prove a point that she is better than us or that she can do whatever she wants,” Long wrote.
Long also wrote in the letter sent to Mayor Parker that Beck called her a “White skinny dumb bitch.”
“In a phone call, she called me a ‘white skinny dumb bitch’ to my athletic director and let her know that she was coming for us. This type of behavior is not acceptable, and it shouldn’t be allowed for her to skip over the chain of command just because she is a councilwoman,” Long wrote.
Athletic Coordinator Akua P. Twumasi also acknowledged being threatened by Beck in a separate letter and wrote that she has seen how Beck has treated Coach Long.
“She’s been called names and had her job threatened. At every turn, her authority as the Head Volleyball Coach, and the trusted leader of our program, has been challenged,” Twumasi wrote.
“Most recently Councilwoman Beck has even threatened to ‘come for me’ because I corrected her inaccurate account of my own statements. In my humble opinion, she is out of line, I do not believe the authority given to her as a public servant includes berating, threatening, and demeaning school employees,” Twumasi wrote.
The Dallas Express reached out to Elizabeth Beck’s office but did not receive a response.