Dallas, TX Emergency Media Advisory (January 10, 2013)
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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 10 th , 2013 CONTACT: Zac Trahan, Texas Campaign for the Environment , 214-599-7840, cell 214-497-6050, [email protected] Cherelle Blazer, Gas Drilling Task Force Member, 214-604-0425 “Citizens Hearing” Decries Gas Drilling Re-Vote Maddened by lack of testimony on gas drilling and refinery proposal near school and soccer fields, community groups lead own public hearing WHAT: Citizen-run public hearing on “do-over” vote to reconsider failed gas drilling applications on city-owned parkland in northwest Dallas WHO: Eloy Treveno, Dallas Homeowners League Jan Schobert, North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance Phil Leven, Old Oak Cliff Conservation League Claudia Meyer, Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance Cherelle Blazer, Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force member Susybelle Gosslee, Dallas League of Women Voters Zac Trahan, Texas Campaign for the Environment Molly Rooke, Dallas Sierra Club Raymond Crawford, Dallas Area Residents for Responsible Drilling Jim Schermbeck, Downwinders at Risk Dozens of other concerned Dallas residents WHERE: Dallas City Hall, Flag Room 1500 Marilla, 6 th Floor WHEN: Thursday, January 10 th , 1:00 p.m. WHY: Incredulous that a second “reconsideration” vote was called on previously denied applications to drill for gas near a school and build a gas processing facility near a soccer field complex, neighborhood, environmental and civic groups held their own “citizens hearing” outside Dallas City Council chambers today. The City Plan Commission is refusing to hear public testimony during this re-vote, but that won’t stop residents from having their say. ###
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Dallas, TX. The Dallas City Planning Commission is reconsidering 3 Specific Use Permits for Gas Drilling and a Shale Gas Processing Plant today at City Hall. These same permits were turned down on December 20, 2012. Public comments are not being allowed. Citizens are outraged.
Transcript of Dallas, TX Emergency Media Advisory (January 10, 2013)
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 10th, 2013 CONTACT: Zac Trahan, Texas Campaign for the Environment , 214-599-7840, cell 214-497-6050, [email protected] Cherelle Blazer, Gas Drilling Task Force Member, 214-604-0425
“Citizens Hearing” Decries Gas Drilling Re-Vote
Maddened by lack of testimony on gas drilling and refinery proposal near school and soccer fields, community groups lead own public hearing
WHAT: Citizen-run public hearing on “do-over” vote to reconsider failed gas drilling applications on city-owned parkland in northwest Dallas WHO: Eloy Treveno, Dallas Homeowners League Jan Schobert, North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance Phil Leven, Old Oak Cliff Conservation League Claudia Meyer, Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance Cherelle Blazer, Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force member Susybelle Gosslee, Dallas League of Women Voters Zac Trahan, Texas Campaign for the Environment Molly Rooke, Dallas Sierra Club Raymond Crawford, Dallas Area Residents for Responsible Drilling Jim Schermbeck, Downwinders at Risk Dozens of other concerned Dallas residents WHERE: Dallas City Hall, Flag Room 1500 Marilla, 6th Floor WHEN: Thursday, January 10th, 1:00 p.m. WHY: Incredulous that a second “reconsideration” vote was called on previously denied applications to drill for gas near a school and build a gas processing facility near a soccer field complex, neighborhood, environmental and civic groups held their own “citizens hearing” outside Dallas City Council chambers today. The City Plan Commission is refusing to hear public testimony during this re-vote, but that won’t stop residents from having their say. ###
