president and task force member, Joan Walne, mostly agreed with Biegler. "Just so I'm perfectly clear; I've never advocated for drilling on park land," she said, indirectly responding to criticisms from citizen activists saying she was not doing enough as board president to protect the parks. "What I do advocate is a governance issue ... and I think the council should be given the opportunity to evaluate with stringent guidelines and in only instances that seem appropriate."

A few task force members worried this would leave too much latitude in the decision-making process, but others continued looking to Walne, who said she believed council and the Park Board could handle the issue as long as it was restricted from commonly used parks, environmentally sensitive areas and if part ofthe revenue went back to the city's Park and Recreation Department department for mitigation and improvement.

An older man and a younger woman stood solemnly and began reading a script: "The Dallas gas drilling task force has complied with industry desires and ignores the voices of the people. ... Polluting water and air fills corporate coffers and poisons people in the name of greed."

Task force chair Lois Finkelman called upon security to escort them out. The task force then filed out of the room, appearing to protest the protesters.

"I'm fragile," the older man said as security guards held onto him under the armpits and whisked him from the room. Asked his name as he walked to the elevator, he said, "George Nolan's the name; 71's the game." Referring, of