TRAPPED ON BOTH SIDES IN KIESTWOOD

Texas OGAP scientific models show that emissions from natural gas wells can travel five miles. FIVE MILES in all directions will impact a lot of people in Oak CLiff and Grand Prairie, where drilling will likely soon commence.
I am most concerned about the Kiestwood area of Oak Cliff, which could receive a double dose of toxic emissions from both Executive Airport and Mountain Creek Lake.
The potential "gun range" drilling site in GP is not so far away either.
When my grandmother built our family home in Kiestwood in 1956, the modern pink brick house was "out in the country." Tall trees were felled to build the hilly lane and acorn-covered lots-literal woods off Kiest Blvd.
Now the area is likely in the midst of the oil and gas industry, if proposed natural gas wells are dug nearby.
This will certainly help southern OC property values increase, and draw more middle income taxpayers who want to rehab large, aging homes, won't it?
But at this point, I am more concerned about the health of my beloved Kiestwood family members.
Really! Call out the environmental justice experts and health advocates in this time of emergency. Label us a minority community, call us the "hood," if it will help. After all, we do have our share of folks from all racial groups and economic levels; we can't hide our badge of poverty, crime, and struggle.
Speaking of poverty and struggle...Cliff dwellers who can barely afford health care (or have none) need to avoid drilling chemicals such as benzene like the plague. Does TXO/Exxon plan to show tangible care for Cliffers breathing their toxic air from a rig gone wrong? A tiny part that slips or cracks? A valve that leaks?
24 hour air monitoring and free clinics with free diagnostic tests, drugs, and hospitalization would be fair-along with long term care and funeral expenses could sweeten the deal.
Maybe then a quick drill before EPA takes the permits away would seem less lucrative.

Dallas City Council, YOU need to protect the public, which is your DUTY, your sacred trust. Protect us now.