Pro-Fracking End Run At Dallas City Planning Commission Draws Rage Of Local Residents
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Angry shouts disrupted a Dallas City Plan Commission meeting today when a controversial natural gas fracking project killed weeks ago was reintroduced. The protests actually forced a recess of the meeting. The coalition of environmental and homeowner groups felt they had no say in the matter and felt they were undone by a legal trick. “Shame, shame, shame,” they cried at one time and held up handmade signs with the word “shame” written on them.
“It’s a sham; it’s a complete farce,” said Zac Trahan, who admits the protest was organized after fracking opponents learned a parliamentary maneuver would allow the Plan Commission to revisit a fracking vote that was originally defeated.
“They put this back on the agenda knowing there were two people who voted for it last time who couldn’t be here today, and if you noticed that final vote: 6-5? Well, that would have been 7-6 if those two people had been here.”
The issue involves a controversial natural gas recovery system called hydraulic fracturing, nicknamed fracking. It would be used in the L.B. Houston sports complex near the Dallas border with Irving.
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