Another reason...

to LOVE Texas Women...

See the article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram by Deborah Rogers calling for a moratorium on gas drilling in Fort Worth.

It includes your invitation to help save our city -

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


Drilling has occurred at unprecedented rates in densely populated areas — near our homes, our schools, our medical facilities. It was allowed without ever conducting a study to determine the consequences of such activity on our neighborhoods, our health and our welfare, and without ever putting into place a system of ongoing monitoring or controls. Short-term gain won out over long-term responsibility to local residents.

There is no historical precedent for this. We now know that we have been exposed to a known human carcinogen. If further testing comes back showing sulfur compounds in addition to benzene, then we have a greater problem ahead. While no one disputes the economic benefits of the Barnett Shale, the gas must be produced responsibly.

Breaking News

Not really...

The FW Weekly pointed out the issues with open records request months ago. Looks like the Fort Worth Star-Telegram just caught up with the Fort Worth Way.

Texas Women...

We love 'em!

They get good info and they share it with all.

Check out a sinkhole surrounded by injection wells in Wink, Texas.

And TXSharon has video on the Bushland, Texas explosion and upcoming lawsuit.

Stay tuned...

Help is on the way??

Congress tells the EPA to revisit fracing. Let's hope they are listening. Read about it @ Propublica.

Thanks to our contributors for keeping the information flowing!

THANK YOU

To ALL our veterans.

With deepest gratitude,

Texas Lone Star

Key word - AGAIN

Read about the issues in Aledo with disposal well, again. Article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

When will it end?

To drill or not to drill

Depends on if you already own the land or not, within the Urban Villages.

See the Fort Worth Star-Telegram daily newspaper for the article on last night's council vote!

Where will YOU be Tuesday?

City Hall of course.

Don't miss it. Bring your friends, bring your neighbors!

Make some noise, take back your city!

Is it noon yet?

Almost. Lots of Wild West talk over on The Outlaw's blog these days. We like it! We're listening.

See what Durango and Don Young have to say about Al Armendariz becoming our EPA Administrator!!

And Durango was out and about taking pictures again, you can't fence him in.

If you missed the information on the recent Texas pipeline explosion, Durango also has a post for that. You can bet the people on Carter Avenue did not miss the pipeline explosion news.

Ditto

Another Letter to the Editor in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram daily newspaper about the Trinity Uptown scam.

Are you kidding?

Would you really describe the Trinity Uptown as a "flood-control project"? If it were truly for flood control, the cost of improvement was estimated at $10 million. Instead, after local politicians and developers saw dollar signs and joined in, it has exploded into a $909 million economic development bill that taxpayers have to fund. With a difference of $899 million, flood control seems to be an afterthought!

When I hear a mayor or official say "eminent domain will only be used as a last resort," it makes me laugh. That phrase is code-speak for "start packing your things up." The Trinity Uptown and Arlington’s new Cowboys Stadium are two of several local examples of property owners losing their land to larger business owners. How is a stadium with restricted access an example of "public use"? How does one justify taking a person’s auto-salvage yard and handing the land over to a future restaurant owner?

As land continues to be developed, these cases will become even more commonplace. Yes, property owners, especially the working class and the powerless, do need protection from eminent domain abuse. But, if these massive tourist projects are simply going to be disguised as flood control or "blight elimination," what is the point?

— Linda A. Lancaster, Arlington