T-Squared: Our Shale Play
For months, our reporters, photographers and videographers have roamed the far reaches of this giant state to tell the story of Texas’ energy boom. Today we’re happy to launch The Shale Life project, the culmination of that great work.
This 15-part endeavor represents a couple of key firsts for us.
It’s the first Tribune project that’s entirely visual, from a multimedia slideshow inside a Texas “man camp” to a ride-along with overtaxed emergency responders to in-flight video with a crop duster pilot who must now dodge drilling rigs. The project features the faces and the voices of ...
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Dawn Youngs via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I see that you will be having a conversation with two of the candidates for Railroad Commissioner this Thursday morning. I am glad that you are taking a more in-depth view of this issue. I think it is one that Texans need to have some serious conversations about.
I am curious, however, why you have excluded Mark Miller from this event? He is one of the candidates on the ballot. Don't the voters deserve to hear about the experience and policies positions of ALL the candidates they have to choose from?
The Tribune claims that they believe their role to be "promoting greater civic engagement and informed discourse is a direct route to a better and more productive Texas." How does excluding candidates from the discussion serve this purpose?
I am a Texan and a member of the Libertarian Party of Texas. My views and my candidate are not invited into the conversation. Mark Miller for Texas Railroad Commissioner has the knowledge and experience for this job, is the lawfully nominated candidate of an official political party, is on the statewide ballot, and deserves to be a part of this conversation.
Here is the bio from his campaign website:
Dr. Mark A. Miller, PE is a native-born and long-time resident of Texas. In 1972, after graduating with a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, Mark began a career in the oil and gas industry as a petroleum engineer for a major oil company in California. Later receiving a PhD from Stanford University, he taught petroleum engineering at The University of Texas at Austin for 18 years. After leaving UT Austin, Mark established a worldwide petroleum engineering consulting practice. He currently serves as the CEO and CTO of Promethean Technologies Group, LLC, a small company that provides software to the oil and gas industry. Mark has two sons and two grandsons living in Austin, and is an outdoor enthusiast.
I think that if the Tribune wants to be true to its position of promoting greater civic engagement and informed discourse, they need to include all the candidates in this race in their conversation.
Please invite Mark A Miller to your conversation Thursday.
http://markmiller4texas.org/