Ever since I read the FW Weekly cover story "He Won't Pipe Down" about Steve Doeung's heroic battle against the City of Fort Worth and Chesapeake Energy, to save his home from being stolen via yet one more case of eminent domain abuse in Texas, one part of Steve's story bothered me, almost more, than the eminent domain abuse.When Steve Doeung did not give in to Chesapeake Energy's strongarm pressure tactics and made clear he was going to fight them, the City of Fort Worth sent in a gang of thugs made up of Code Violation Inspectors, accompanied by Fort Worth Police Gestapo Stormtrooper Agents.
Now, there might be those who think it outrageous that I refer to the Fort Worth Police as Gestapo Stormtroopers. Well, it is not outrageous. It is accurate.
The state, in the form of the City of Fort Worth, sent agents to intimidate a person who was rebelling against the state's fascism. Entering Steve's home, writing citations, scaring his daughter with their angry demeanor. Gestapo Stormtroopers is a perfect metaphor.
What I want to know is who ordered the Gestapo raid on Steve Doeung's home? This is a guy who survived the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, made it to America, with the rest of his family, and in an extremely short time has managed to become a classic All-American Hero of the Epic Sort. The idea that this guy would be the victim of Nazi-like terror, while living in the Land of the Free, well, it just aggravates me.
And while he is battling the fascist Fort Worth regime, he is also battling Lyme Disease.
The fact that the City of Fort Worth would use such a tactic is yet one more example of what happens when you have a city government corrupted by Conflicts of Interest. When you have a mayor who is a lackey for the natural gas drilling industry, that is running roughshod over the Barnett Shale region.
Did someone from Chesapeake Energy call up Mayor Mike Moncrief and tell him they wanted him to send in some of the city's Stormtroopers to scare Steve Doeung into submission? How did this raid come about? Did FW Weekly try and find out and ran into yet one more stonewall?
And now, another instance of Gestapo tactics taking place in increasingly fascist Fort Worth. That being my experiences with Express Energy Services. At the end of this blogging I'll list all the links to my bloggings about Express Energy Services.
Saturday's was the worst, where the Express Energy thugs crossed a serious line and committed what amounted to an assault. Saturday morning I'd blogged that I was going to check in on the Express Energy operation and see if I could find the non-existent meters that are supposed to be part of the operation.
I was taking pictures when two Express Energy goons got out of their White Darth Vader Truck. Okay, no harm in that. It is what happened next where a line was crossed. The guys in the truck must have called another guy in another White Darth Vader Truck and told him I have no idea what.
That guy in the second truck came towards me, at a high rate of speed, driving on the no motorized vehicles allowed, public, paved, pedestrian Trinity Trail. I jumped off the trail after the game of chicken had gone too far. At that point I was both mad and a little scared.
I continued walking, taking pictures. That truck quickly turned around and headed back towards me. I was off the paved trail, aiming my camera at him. He stopped about 100 feet from me.It was obvious to both myself and Big Ed, who was appalled to experience in person, the bizarre incidents I'd been blogging about, that the guy in the truck was trying to intimidate us.
Why? Who gave the order to do so?
The guy in the second truck was not hurrying down the trail to conduct any business with the other 2 guys, that was made clear when he quickly turned around and headed back towards us.
I did not realize, til Big Ed told me later, that the Terror Truck had crossed to the other side of Beach Street and was watching us from the road that runs to the gas drilling operation.
Again why? I have also learned, from a couple of my own agents, that the White Darth Vader Truck is breaking another law by not having a license plate on its front bumper. Are those Fort Worth Code Compliance people and Fort Worth Gestapo Agents going to stage a raid on the Express Energy operation?
No. That won't happen. Thanks to that Conflicts of Interest situation that prevents the law from operating the way it is supposed to operate.
In chronological order below are the bloggings that has Express Energy Services going all Karen Silkwood on me....
Mess of 6 Pumps Getting Ready To Steal Trinity River Water?
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief Or One Of His Lackeys Thinks I'm A Clueless Reactionary
The 2010 Cold Orwellian World Of Fort Worth Texas
I Have Had Me An Orwellian Big Brother Encounter With Express Energy On The Trinity River in Fort Worth
More Questions In The Increasingly Orwellian World Of Fort Worth Texas
West Texas Chief Operative CT2's Report On Express Energy Services
A Sunday Surprise At the Fort Worth Beach Street Trinity River Gas Driller Pump Site
Another Visit With Express Energy Services At Gateway Park Where Water Is Now Being Removed From The Trinity River
A Saturday Shootout With Express Energy On The Trinity River In Fort Worth
Mayor Moncrief does exactly as he is told.
ReplyDeleteI wish these tools would start acting like our neighbors instead of an occupying military force.
ReplyDeleteDo the natural gas people volunteer for any of the cleanups like the Brush Bash?
I don't want to escalate this beyond what it already is and I am holding my tongue. That said, some natural gas company jerk in a pickup truck better not try to intimidate me in my town.
I understand if you don't want to post my comment.
This reminds me of the quote by slavery fighter Fredrick Douglass that goes something like the measure of a society is the level of mistreatment that it will allow. Based on that wise point, our society around here is not measuring up very well and is becoming more and more fascist-like, as you have often charged. It's one thing to cower in the face of overwhelming aggression and force presented by a clear enemy, but it is cowardice and downright foolish for people living in a free society to knowingly allow the corruption of their government--of,by, and for the PEOPLE--and the corrosion of their precious rights and liberties. Thomas Jefferson did say something about revolutions being required every few generations in order to keep America strong and viable.
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