Idiocy On The East Side

I comment frequently on the lack of rational thought in Big D. Not that there are not irrational people in Cowtown, it's just the ones in Big D seem to make more noise. But in the interest of equal opportunity blog-bashing, I thought I'd mention the idiots that showed up yesterday at Sagamore Hills Baptist Church.
About 20 people showed up yesterday to picket the church as people were arriving for services. Their beef? Like just about everyone else in town that has any amount of available land, the church has signed a lease to allow natural gas drilling on 51 acres of land they own.

Now putting aside for the moment the idea that people should be allowed to do what they want with their private property, lets consider this. Years ago the church contracted to sell this same tract of land to a real estate developer. The developer's plan was turned down by the City Plan Commission and he walked away from the deal. Why did the City Plan Commission turn down the plan? Community Protest. Had these same blusterous protestors allowed the land to be developed for residences years ago, there would be no possibility of drilling for gas today. We can only assume that there is no use for the 51 acres that these busybodies would find acceptable.

Here's a tip for these backward thinking meddlers. Get a clue. There is a legal term for land that remains vacant forever: Public Park. If you are dead set against letting the church do anything with their property, get the Czar of the east side, Becky Haskin to buy it for a park.