in Dirty Ol' Town?
TXSharon has the recap.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
TONIGHT
Reminder - the time to save our city is NOW.
The League of Neighborhoods is hosting an open forum and panel discussion on the effects of oil and gas drilling on air quality at 7 p.m. Thursday at University Christian Church, 2720 S. University Drive, Fort Worth
The League of Neighborhoods is hosting an open forum and panel discussion on the effects of oil and gas drilling on air quality at 7 p.m. Thursday at University Christian Church, 2720 S. University Drive, Fort Worth
Water Wars
The sad story rages on. The Tarrant Regional Water District was created to reduce flooding and provide clean, adequate water supply. What are they up to instead? Suing folks for eminent domain for Trinity Uptown and suing Oklahoma to take their water. Seems like their time and our money could be put to better use.
Sounds like a federal judge thinks the same thing.
Articles from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and KTEN.com.
Sounds like a federal judge thinks the same thing.
Articles from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and KTEN.com.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Turkey's Ready
The FW Weekly has their annual Turkey Feast out. See WHO was voted the biggest Turkey's. You won't be surprised. Same stories residents have been talking about for years...
Part of our favorite of the many The Weekly served up.
Sigh. Mayoral turkey again?
He earned it for his recent comment expressing deep concern for how the good people in the Fort might be affected by dangerous emissions pouring out of all those gas wells he's embraced. "Identifying the impacts of gas drilling on our neighborhoods and on the health and safety of our citizens remains a top priority," he intoned. The statement followed the disclosure that the state environmental agency had found elevated levels of the carcinogen benzene in the air around gas wells and compressor sites.
This is a guy whose family has made a lot of money off gas and oil wells for decades. He had to have known what was coming when the first landmen showed up bearing promises of mailbox money - knew or should have known that neighborhoods would be disrupted and streets torn apart by well-support truck traffic. He should have known that the "salt water" those trucks were supposedly carrying was in fact dangerous chemical waste. He had to have known that wells would need gathering lines and compressor stations and delivery lines and that those lines could be taken by eminent domain. He had to have known that gas would be flared off into the air we breathe and that the monthly royalty checks paid to most mineral-rights-owning residents would be in the $5 to $10 a month range. He had to have known that gas wells produce dangerous hydrocarbons, that wells and pipes explode occasionally, and that compressor stations produce a constant low-frequency hum that drives some people absolutely crazy.
But he didn't say a word about those things. And then he stacked the drilling ordinance task forces of 2006 and 2008 with industry supporters and took away the panel's power to deal with things like environmental impacts.
Now, when even the state can no longer pretend there aren't poisons aplenty in the air all over the Barnett Shale, he sends out a memo saying he's all for protecting us.
Part of our favorite of the many The Weekly served up.
Sigh. Mayoral turkey again?
He earned it for his recent comment expressing deep concern for how the good people in the Fort might be affected by dangerous emissions pouring out of all those gas wells he's embraced. "Identifying the impacts of gas drilling on our neighborhoods and on the health and safety of our citizens remains a top priority," he intoned. The statement followed the disclosure that the state environmental agency had found elevated levels of the carcinogen benzene in the air around gas wells and compressor sites.
This is a guy whose family has made a lot of money off gas and oil wells for decades. He had to have known what was coming when the first landmen showed up bearing promises of mailbox money - knew or should have known that neighborhoods would be disrupted and streets torn apart by well-support truck traffic. He should have known that the "salt water" those trucks were supposedly carrying was in fact dangerous chemical waste. He had to have known that wells would need gathering lines and compressor stations and delivery lines and that those lines could be taken by eminent domain. He had to have known that gas would be flared off into the air we breathe and that the monthly royalty checks paid to most mineral-rights-owning residents would be in the $5 to $10 a month range. He had to have known that gas wells produce dangerous hydrocarbons, that wells and pipes explode occasionally, and that compressor stations produce a constant low-frequency hum that drives some people absolutely crazy.
But he didn't say a word about those things. And then he stacked the drilling ordinance task forces of 2006 and 2008 with industry supporters and took away the panel's power to deal with things like environmental impacts.
Now, when even the state can no longer pretend there aren't poisons aplenty in the air all over the Barnett Shale, he sends out a memo saying he's all for protecting us.
Finally...
The Fort Worth City Council and Mayor Moncrief have finally decided to call for a report on what gas drilling is doing to our air.
Maybe they should've listened to the Gas Drilling Task Force, or the countless citizens that have been asking the same questions for years.
Again, another Texas woman, Chris Hawes from WFAA, leading the charge on this one with her Barnett Shale reporting.
Keep making noise! Elected officials have to listen to We The People, whether they want to or not...it's just a matter of time.
Maybe they should've listened to the Gas Drilling Task Force, or the countless citizens that have been asking the same questions for years.
Again, another Texas woman, Chris Hawes from WFAA, leading the charge on this one with her Barnett Shale reporting.
Keep making noise! Elected officials have to listen to We The People, whether they want to or not...it's just a matter of time.
Calvin Fans
Another reason to love DISH, TX mayor, Calvin Tillman.
I have been asked on several occasions, by folks around the country to come and talk about the air study here in DISH. It seems a bit odd to me, but it appears that tiny DISH, TX has been the only municipality to perform a study such as this. I will happily share our story here in DISH with anyone who would like to hear about. I firmly believe that the only way to change the current situation is stand together. I further believe that helping you, where ever you may be, will also help us hear in DISH. Therefore, if you are interested in hearing about our story please contact me directly to discuss the possibilities. I will not accept funding for any travel expenses, but also need to know that my presentation would make a difference. Please give me a call or email for details.
tillman4council@aol.com
"Those who say it can not be done, should get out of the way of those that are doing it"
I have been asked on several occasions, by folks around the country to come and talk about the air study here in DISH. It seems a bit odd to me, but it appears that tiny DISH, TX has been the only municipality to perform a study such as this. I will happily share our story here in DISH with anyone who would like to hear about. I firmly believe that the only way to change the current situation is stand together. I further believe that helping you, where ever you may be, will also help us hear in DISH. Therefore, if you are interested in hearing about our story please contact me directly to discuss the possibilities. I will not accept funding for any travel expenses, but also need to know that my presentation would make a difference. Please give me a call or email for details.
tillman4council@aol.com
"Those who say it can not be done, should get out of the way of those that are doing it"
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