APPLAUSE!! Happy 3rd Anniversary to the Westchester Gasette.

We launched the Westchester Gasette blog on September 8, 2010. It's been a very wild and often strange ride.

Click here to see our very first blog post exactly 3 years ago today.

It's simply a video about land farming elsewhere in North Texas created by Texas Sharon.  It features a very nice, soothing song. 

Thank you for joining us for this journey into gasland over these past 3 years. There's lots of water under that bridge.

Or rather (thankfully) lots of water remaining behind the Joe Pool Lake Dam.

Amen.

Perforating the Horizontal Wellbore: The Documentary

"...ballistics systems that help optimize the value of oil and gas assets."

Our Grand Prairie, TX Gas Drilling Ordinance doesn't appear to address this issue. Since it hasn't been updated since January 18, 2011, we think it's about time for a revision. How many of these PERF Jobs have been conducted already near our communities? Dare we ask? 

Here's what a PERF Gun contains (Be sure to scroll down through ALL 11 pages of our SCRIBD document.)  There are too many skulls and crossbones, in our opinion:

Material Safety Data Sheet (PERF Guns) by Westchester Gasette

Also, click here to read the story and the comments on Bluedaze, today. 

Thank you for stopping by.

100 Years of Shale Gas? Think Again.

Deborah Rogers

Now, click here to see a story on Bluedaze about shale gas royalties.

Ms. Rogers writes for the Energy Policy Forum.

Here's a little background on Ms. Rogers. We thank her for explaining it all so well.

The Power of the Whistleblower

The Story.

"The Problem with the fracking is all the unknowns."

 ~ The Whistleblower

Interesting development today.  Chesapeake will just back away from all of it, for now. What a great idea.

Insurgents R Us

Tonight, Channel 11 reported on the recent industry meeting that was very revealing of how the shale gas industry views the American people. Thanks to Sharon Wilson of the Texas Oil and Gas Accountability Project and Calvin Tillman, the former Mayor of Dish, TX for their efforts.

Link to Video from CBS Channel 11

Westchester neighbors may recall that both Ms. Wilson and Mr. Tillman visited with us during our July 19, 2010 Westchester Town Hall Meeting. 

A BIG Thank You to Channel 11 for their ongoing reporting on the bad behavior and bizarre business practices of this industry.

All Those Indirect Jobs!! Jobs!! Jobs!!

$$$ Drill, Baby Drill $$$
West Jefferson at NW 16th, Grand Prairie, TX

Picture courtesy of Mr. Fred Allen

Fire up the Barbie

Cancer Cluster in Flower Mound, TX?

Link to the Channel 33 Story

Link to the BlueDaze Story (with Maps and More Detailed Discussion)

Dam and Double Dam!

Holy Dinosaurs, Batman!

What in the world is going on?

Well, now we see all the drilling and fracking within close proximity to the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant and the Squaw Creek Dam near Glen Rose, Texas. The map above shows all the horizontal, fracked wells as red circles extending from the pad sites ("completed," or "in production," since the color red indicates either of those possibilities) and all of this is shown on this Texas Railroad Commission GIS Map as being immediately to the West of Comanche Peak and to the West of Highway 144. (see the link to BlueDaze below for all the details).

Link to the detailed story on BlueDaze.

We wonder if the personnel at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant were also notified about this activity with the same non-descript Form Letter USACE received about Joe Pool Lake Dam?

Somebody has a lot of explaining to do!!??

Fear and Intimidation *Update*

Read the amazing story on Bluedaze

(UPDATE:  This story is no longer available on Bluedaze at the link above, but please read an update in the Comments below. ~ October 5, 2014 ~ Westchester Neighbor)

Chesapeake disregards the City of Grand Prairie's 6-Month Moratorium. 

We know for certain that our neighbors in northern Westchester have been "targeted." We're not certain how many others received this mailing in Grand Prairie, TX. The meeting is scheduled during a very busy time for most of us. Tomorrow ~ Tuesday evening (December 7th) beginning at 6 PM. 

It is an attempt to divide neighbors and neighborhoods. Don't be fooled. Get informed. E-mail us if you have questions. westchesterneighbor (at) gmail.com. (The "at" is the "@" sign.) Or ask your question in the comments for this post.

United We Stand. Divided We Fall. 

Westchester-Grand Prairie Community Alliance

Here's the lovely invitation. We wonder if they'll offer dinner since it's so early in the evening. Don't see a menu on the invitation.  Not even snacks or drinks??!!!