North Central Texas Communities Alliance: Urgent Meeting

NOVEMBER 2010

Greetings Friends,

NCTCA has been a Partnering organization with Sierra Clubs throughout the State, and with all of the other advocate and environmental organizations represented in ACT statewide.  This hearing is an excellent opportunity for you to get the most current information on the upcoming Sunset Review Hearings and learn how the process works.  The two agencies that most directly impact and regulate the gas drilling and pipeline industry in Texas - the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) and the TX Commission on Environmental  Quality (TCEQ) are going to be reevaluated for their performance, and how they are (or are not) serving the citizens of Texas!

At this Town Hall, you will be given 3 minutes for oral comments, and will also be able to submit your written statements. Also, there will be handouts with important facts that you should know about these agencies, and suggested changes and improvements.

Also, NCTCA is going to have SIGN-UP SHEETS at the Town Hall for persons who are interested in the possibility of riding a chartered bus to Austin for the Public Testimony Hearings for RRC & TCEQ that will take place on either Dec. 15th or 16th (date has not yet been finalized by Sunset Review Committee).

PLAN ON JOINING NCTCA this coming Thursday, Nov. 11th at 6:30 pm for our FIRST BIRTHDAY Celebration!

See our EBLAST this weekend!

Hats off...

To Hunter Wilder.

Don't know WHO he is?  We didn't either until the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Watchdog told us.

Kudos Mr. Wilder, we need more like you!

You're Hunter Wilder, a fellow from Azle, who showed how standing up for yourself is never a lost cause. You're no lawyer, for sure, but if you're half as good a financial planner as you are at building dioramas and defending yourself, you're all right.

Joel Burns busy speaking out

Last month Joel Burns spoke out on bullying, this week he tells that Fort Worth is running out of room for wells.   Read the comments from THE PEOPLE in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, they have some ideas for where a well or two could go.  Also, read about the latest fiasco with the Fort Worth gas drilling study.

He cited a litany of residents' concerns, including air pollution from wells and compressor stations, heavy truck traffic and resulting damage to roads, noise and dust from drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations, and the potential for explosions and water pollution.


In some areas, there are five to 17 or more wells per square mile, Burns said.

Most attendees at the conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center are from outside Texas, and many are from countries with little or no shale-gas drilling. Burns' audience appeared highly interested to learn that there was such robust drilling activity in the 17th largest city in the U.S., with more than 700,000 people.

In hindsight, Burns said, city officials could have done more to keep residents informed during the early stages of Barnett drilling.

YOU don't get a choice...

Read about what the Fort Worth Public events department is up to concerning catering at Will Rogers Memorial Center in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  Also read how the businesses and THE PEOPLE feel about not having a choice. 

YOU have a choice come May.

Is it a coincidence that the company expected to profit while the others are squeezed out is named Trinity Food and Beverage?

No input

That's how we do things here in Cowtown.

Read about the latest wasteful boondoggle shell game on Durango.

Then, show up on Wednesday.

Fort Worth Overhaul

We don't need a fake Ethics Committee, we just need folks with ethics.

Read about the Fort Worth judge and his ethics on WFAA.com.

What do you think the City's response was?

Again, you can't make this stuff up.

Human resources reviewed the complaints — and McDonald's response — and in a memo released to News 8, the HR manager said that, based on documentation from both sides, the case didn't warrant further review.

Fort Worth Way crosses another city line...

This time, Flower Mound.

The FW Weekly gives you the scoop...from gas drilling, political firing to butt pinching.  No, we didn't make that up. 

It's like the Fort Worth Way, you can't make this stuff up.

Fort Worth makes the list...

But not the news?
Fort Worth was ranked #6 on the list of cities going to run out of water.  It was reported on Yahoo, days ago but we seem to find no mention of it in the local "media".  WHY?  ASK. 

Is it because businesses look at water supply before choosing to locate to an area?  Does the local media think business owners don't read national news?

Don't miss it, YOU can't afford to.  Neither can your family or friends.  Spread the word.  After all, it's YOUR water.

Welcome Home!

Richard Connor has bought back the Fort Worth Business Press.

We can't wait for Mr.Connor to be back in Texas!  WHO is he?  A man who isn't afraid to tell the truth.

Read the Fort Worth Star-Telegram article here.

And don't miss what he wrote about our water three years ago, too bad our "leaders" weren't listening.  Funny, that's what he said.

If we've told you once...

We've told you a million times.  VOTE.

There are a billion reasons to do so.