Posts Tagged ‘gas’
Tea Bags, Tobacco, and Revolution
John Q. PublicTo the editor: If I’m going to join the “revolution” that Gayle Reaves so eloquently described in the opener to your Best of 2009 edition (“Long May We Wave,” Sept. 30, 2009) – a revolution a...
Sacrificed to Shale
PETER GORMANLloyd Burgess owns the Lucky B horse farm in Denton County. He made a good living raising and boarding horses there from 1993 until 2006, good enough to pay for a $350,000, 45-stall barn a few years back. These days though, it&...
Worth the Paper They’re Written On
DAN MCGRAWA little more than a year ago, the Barnett Shale gravy train was shooting through North Texas at blinding speeds. Even while some residents were accusing the city council of surrendering Fort Worth’s future and environmen...
Best Of 2009 People and Politics
Fort Worth Weekly StaffClick here to read more and see who won best Sportscaster, Morning News Show, Hot Local Celebrity, and more.
Learning to Love Big Gas
Don YoungIn his Aug. 26 Fort Worth Weekly report, “The Big Takeover,” Peter Gorman wrote about all the bad publicity that natural gas extractors have been getting lately. But the industry isn’t worried: It has found ot...
Tasers: Homicide Vehicles
StaticA well-earned tip of the hat to Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani, whose long-awaited decision on the April 18 cause of death of 24-year-old Michael Patrick Jacobs Jr. – who died shortly after being jolted tw...
Cut Out
DAN MCGRAWFor those outside the ‘hood, the perception of late night youth programs at city community centers is that of older teenagers shooting hoops — you know, would-be gangbangers who are staying off the streets and away ...
The Big Takeover
PETER GORMANIt’s been a tough spring and summer for the gas drilling industry’s public image.
Compressed Anger
Peter GormanA minor change in a Fort Worth zoning regulation could have major repercussions. The Fort Worth City Council a few weeks ago made what looked like a small change to zoning rules, but it’s one that could have major implica...
Canary in the Coal Mine Gas Field
Pablo LastraRichard Wilkinson spent his early years wildcatting all over Texas in search of oil. During a stint in the Army in the ’50s, he fired high-caliber warning shots at Russian airplanes wandering into North Pole airspace. H...