The Debate Over Fracking In Southlake

I’ve been writing on deadline for the last few days, so I haven’t been on the blog much. Now that I’m out of that particular pain cave, I wanted to draw attention to the most recent Dallas Observer cover story, by my friend Brantley Hargrove, about the long drilling battle in Southlake. See, Southlake proved an interesting fracking litmus test in the on-going drilling discussion. The residents there, by and large, don’t need energy company money the way people in other places do. (Read Paul Kix’s D Magazine cover story from 2007.) Parents that have long been strong supporters of “pro-business” Republican politicians have been forced to question their own beliefs–and many have been called hypocrites. These are interesting times for Perfect City, U.S.A.