Tuesday afternoon, at a press conference in New York City, with Boone Pickens, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the President of the American Lung Association (ALA), Stephen Nolan, the ALA endorsed the Pickens Plan.

“The American Lung Association applauds Mr. Pickens’ goal of harnessing cleaner energy alternatives because cleaner energy will make our air healthier to breathe,” Nolan said. He also said the ALA is “enthusiastic about engaging in this effort to build further support for the Pickens Plan. Cleaner energy, such as the wind and solar power that the Pickens Plan recommends, is a solution that we support.”

Photos by Ed Reed, Office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg

The Pickens Plan calls for increasing power generation through the use of wind and solar farms in the Great Plains and the Southwest which will free up natural gas (now used to generate about 22 percent of the electrical energy produced in the U.S.) to be used as a transportation fuel instead of imported diesel.

Mayor Bloomberg said “Hosting this event with the American Lung Association gives us the perfect opportunity to congratulate Boone on the growing support for his plan, and also to show him how New York City is putting some of its key concepts into action.

“New York has long been recognized as a national leader in the acquisition of low-emission vehicles, and our fleets make use of compressed natural gas, hybrid and solar power and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel to keep the City running,” Mayor Bloomberg said.

To read the full release by the American Lung Association, click HERE.

Click here to view the full press conference.

– The Pickens Team

The Texas Legislative Conference, a non-partisan organization of Texas business and political leaders has named T. Boone Pickens as its “Texan of the Year.”

The Conference pointed to Boone’s “ambitious, self-funded grassroots campaign (the Pickens Plan) aimed at reducing the nation’s dependence on imported oil” as a principle reason for the award.

The group also noted “Pickens’ generosity as a philanthropist, making contributions of more than $600 million to date. The Pickens Foundation is focused on improving lives through grants supporting educational programs, medical research, athletics and corporate wellness, at-risk youth, the entrepreneurial process and conservation of wildlife initiatives.”

To read the coverage of the “Texan of the Year” announcement click HERE

– The Pickens Team

After Boone’s conversation with the people attending the Barclays meeting, he held a press conference with business writers. If you spend any time around Boone, you know that he is not one to stand behind a lecturn and take questions. As you can see by this photo, Boone likes to stroll around and answer reporters’ questions informally.

We wanted to bring two comments to your attention because we hink they speak volumes. First, Boone said in response to a question about what he thought about the results of the election:

“I always think change is better than the status quo. That’s why young people get what I’m trying to do.”

Then, later, Boone was asked if the political will to develop an energy/alternative fuels plan will weaken with falling gas and oil prices. Boone said,

“It’s the same crisis, only cheaper.”

– The Pickens Team

Hey Army!

Another week, another city. We hitched up the T. Boone Express and flew it into New York City for a meeting put on by Barclays Capital which is the investment division of Barclays Bank, PLC over in London.

Matter of fact, if you look up Barclays Bank you see that their head office is at “1 Churchill Place, London. I don’t know if that’s the best address in London for a big commercial bank, but it seems like a pretty good one, to me.

Anyhow, they asked me to come and speak at this conference which they’re putting on for men and women in New York who are in the business of trading commodities futures. This, as I think you know, has not been a very good time for folks in that particular business.

But, I went and chatted with them about the Pickens Plan and why it is the only

way to quickly move down the percentage of foreign oil we’re using.

I told them what you’ve heard me say a hundred times - and I’ll say another hundred times: You can’t move an 18-wheeler with a battery. The only domestic fuel available to substitute for foreign diesel is domestic natural gas.

These are pretty smart people, but they understood that I’ve been doing this a lot longer than they have and when I say that as soon as we see signs that the world’s economies are beginning to move, that oil and gas will move up right quick.

The Obama transition team is moving quickly to get the team in place so that when President-elect Obama becomes President Obama at noon on January 20, he’s ready to go.

Keep the pressure on, Army. We’re marching forward!

– Boone

Tell us what steps East Tennessee is taking to secure America’s energy independence.
We’ve created the Knox County Green Team.

What’s that?
We’re looking at every way possible that we can reduce energy consumption and not hold ourselves hostage to foreign oil producers. We’re taking some very practical steps such as campaigns to turn out the lights, turn down the heat, back off on the air-conditioning, and things like that. We’re using some hybrid cars in our fleet.

What sort of a difference can the Green Team make?
When you’re a community of 400,000 and have over 80 school buildings it can go a long way toward helping us meet our budget requirements. It also enables us to spend more dollars on the things that are important like public education, public safety, parks and recreation, and less dollars on energy sources.

Is the Green Team limited solely to Knox County facilities?
We’re trying to take it not only inside the workplace but outside the workplace as well. So we’ve encouraged our county employees to become a member of the Green Team. Sign up for the Green Team and the Tennessee Valley Authority comes and does an energy audit of your home. You also agree to use certain recyclables and make personal steps as well to make America more energy independent.

It sounds like Knox County is taking a multifaceted approach to tackling its energy needs.
I think a lot of times we look for one big initiative that’s going to solve all our concerns. I don’t think life works that way. In this particular case I think we have to use lots of different steps to get back our energy independence.

Practical solutions can often have far-reaching effects.
That’s right. For years we’ve had struggles in our area with air quality control. Our air is cleaner now than any time it’s been in the past 20 years, and there’s a reason for that. We’re using cleaner fuels, more efficient fuels, and we’re also trying to reduce the number of trips that people take in their vehicles around town. So again, it’s some very practical steps that we’re taking and we’re seeing some great efficiency.
And also one thing that I think is oftentimes overlooked is that if you’re using more efficient fuels and cleaner fuels, it helps the environment compared to strictly using petroleum and coal.

Last question. Are you a Green Team member?
I’m proud to be a member

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED, CONDENSED, AND EDITED BY ERIC O’KEEFE

 Hey, Army! I have two pieces of news to share with you.

First, on Wednesday we met with Carol Browner who is the former EPA Commissioner under President Clinton but - more important - she is the head of the Energy Transition Team for President-elect Barack Obama.

We met with her and her team for an hour in the transition offices in Washington, DC which gave me the time to outline the Pickens Plan and answer the questions they had about it.

I’ve told you from the beginning that this was not a Republican deal or a Democratic deal. It is an American deal and I feel pretty good about the way things are moving in Washington.

I feel good the way things continue to move outside of Washington, too. Today we got the news that Idaho Governor Butch Otter has signed the Pickens Energy Independence Pledge.

That brings the number of sitting Governors who have signed the Pledge to 13. To prove my point there are seven Republicans and six Democrats. Can’t get any closer to a tie than that when you have an odd number!

The Governors who have signed are:

    Richardson (NM)
    Huntsman (UT)
    Henry (OK)
    Schweitzer (MT)
    Sebelius (KS)
    Pawlenty (MN)
    Gregoire (WA)
    Carcieri (RI)
    Perry (TX)
    Barbour (MS)
    Srtrickland (OH)
    Sandford (SC
    Otter (ID)

We hitched up the T. Boone Express this morning and hightailed it back from Washington, DC to Texas, stopping in Austin. The University of Texas runs a “New Members Seminar” for newly-elected members to the State House and Senate. They asked me to come by and talk about the Pickens Plan which I did.

It is important to be able to acquaint new members of the State Legislatures to the Plan because we need them to understand the benefits while they still have fresh eyes and want to know how to get things done.

Here I am just before I swung around and attacked the White Board to explain the Pickens Plan.

– Boone

We hitched up the T. Boone Express for a lunch speech to the first annual Oklahoma Wind Conference in Oklahoma City.

Now, anybody who thinks this economy has damped down the entrepreurial spirit out here in the Midwest, needed to be at this conference. There were well over 1,000 people meeting with all parts of the wind energy business - from consultants to established wind companies.

I know there’s a lot of interest in wind and natural gas among you members of the New Energy Army. But one of the tests of whether we’re keeping the energy issue alive is to see how the press is covering us. Well, I’ll tell you, I think every news camera from Wichita Falls to Tulsa must have shown up to cover our press conference.

So, the Pickens Plan is still important news and a lot of the credit goes to you for your hard work in keeping the problem of foreign oil on the front burner where ever you live.

The speech itself was packed. In fact, my guys told me that there were over 1,000 people in the hall plus overflow crowds in the hallway outside and in the exhibition areas where they could hear me over speakers, but they couldn’t see me.

At the Oklahoma City Convention Center they have those big screens so the folks in the back can see you.

This is getting to the point where I think a bunch of the folks I’m talking to have heard pieces of the speech before, so I try to bring in new stories and new ways of saying it.

But it always comes down to this: The Whiteboard.

I was afraid people who were more than two tables back wouldn’t be able to see it, but the camera followed me over to the whiteboard so I went ahead and showed them the deal. Here, I’m listing the sources of domestic energy:
    Oil
    Coal
    Natural Gas
    Bio-fuels
    Hydro
    Nuclear
    Wind
    Solar

And as you know - I’m for anything American.

Then the T. Boone Express took off for Washington, DC. I had a discussion about energy with Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal which was attended by about 100 Washington-based journalists.

If you want to watch the C-SPAN coverage of this debate, click HERE

Tomorrow. More meetings, more events. More moving America away from foreign oil!

– Boone

Boone here,

As you all know, I’ve been pushing my plan to get us off foreign oil to anyone and everyone who will listen, and that includes the leaders of some of the biggest companies in the country like Wal-Mart. These folks operate the world’s largest retail organization. Like me, they’re in business to make a profit. But they’re also forward thinkers and they’re all for developing domestic energy sources, which is why I was so pleased to see the news in last week’s papers that they were working with Duke Energy to use wind power to provide up to 226 million kilowatt-hours of power. Beginning next spring, all that energy will end up going to 360 of the company’s stores and distribution centers in Texas.

Wind and solar are domestic, they’re renewable, and they’re ours. Best of all, Wal-Mart won’t have to pay a penny more than they’re already paying right now. In the process, they’ll be helping all of us get one giant step closer to ensuring our energy security.

The Dallas Morning News is carrying an article this morning about Wal-Mart and T. Boone Pickens teaming up to make Wal-Mart more energy efficient.

A Thanksgiving week article by Elizabeth Souder started with: “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. could become the poster child for the Pickens plan.”

Boone told the Morning News that “he has met with Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott about converting the company’s fleet of 7,200 trucks to natural gas.

“A Wal-Mart spokesman said the company is considering the idea, as well as other alternative fuels. Those are key planks in Mr. Pickens’ plan to get the U.S. off foreign oil.”

Wal-Mart announced earlier that it has struck a deal with Duke Energy to buy 226 million kilowatt-hours a year “enough to power 18,000 homes” for its Texas facilities.

Click HERE to read the entire article.

Natural gas, wind & Wal-Mart. Sounds like a plan. A Pickens Plan!

– The Pickens Team

This is the time of the year where “lists” start showing up. The most, the least, the largest, the smallest, the best, the worst … you know them and, if you’re like us, you like having friendly arguments over whether Beyonce or David Cook should be ranked higher on the music lists. Or how Beyonce and Enya can be on the same list.

Two lists we’d like to bring to your attention one has Boone among the largest charitable givers in the nation. According to “http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1124_biggest_givers/17.htm”> Business Week Magazine T. Boone Pickens ranks 16th in the nation who has donated move than $700 million over the past four years to various academic, social, and health-related charities.

When someone tells you “Boone is in this for the money,” you can point out that “the money” he’s in it for are the many charities he and his wife, Madeleine, support.

The second list which came to our attention was one from the editors of the website sikantisearth.com who write: “From our writings of the past year, we compiled our own list of people who already started to make their green life reality.”

The list ranges from a high school teacher in Sante Fe, New Mexico to a twelve-year-old who has developed a new solar cell to T. Boone Pickens for his work on wind energy.

Speaking of donating, as we all begin to think about what to get our friends and colleagues for Christmas, we would like to suggest buying and giving copies of Boone’s book, “The First Billion is the Hardest” published by Random House.

As Boone reminds folks at every book signing, all proceeds from sales of the book go to the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas and to the Fisher House which “provides a home away from home that enables family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time — during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.”

If you want a great gift of a great book which will help two great causes, then you might think about giving copies of “The First Billion is the Hardest” for Christmas.

– The Pickens Team

Boone spoke to the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce luncheon honoring the 25th anniversary of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (”The T”). In 1988 The T board committed to moving to compressed natural gas (CNG) to power its fleet of in-town buses. Today nearly every vehicle - including utility vehicles - run on CNG.

The T sent a CNG bus to Dallas for Boone to take Boone and reporters to the event.

After the speech Boone spoke with Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Mitchell Schnurman about the current state of alternative energy.  Schnurman wrote an article titled, “Despite Obstacles, Pickens is not Giving up on Wind Energy.”

Here are some excerpts:

In spite of falling oil prices and a sagging economy,

Pickens is not backing off plans to build a giant wind farm in West Texas, although the project is being delayed at least a year. Pickens can’t get financing, not with credit markets so tight, and he says government has to step up to keep the momentum moving on alternative fuels.

“They’re going to have to lead, there’s no question about that,” Pickens said.

To end our dependence on foreign oil, he proposes that compressed natural gas be widely used as a transportation fuel and that wind power and other alternatives become major sources for electricity.

Schnurman noted that Boone has not backed away from, just delayed his plans to build a windfarm in Pampa, Texas

He unveiled a plan for a $12 billion wind farm about an hour from Amarillo. About six months ago, he ordered 687 wind turbines from General Electric at a cost of about $2 billion, and he expects delivery in 2010.

Last week, President-elect Barack Obama appeared on CBS’ 60 Minutes and was asked whether energy - in the face dropping prices - is more or less important.

“It’s more important,” Obama said. “This has been our pattern. We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down, and suddenly we act like it’s not important, and we start, you know, filling up our SUVs again.

“And as a consequence, we never make any progress,” Obama said. “It’s part of the addiction. all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.”

To read the entire article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, click HERE.

Boone here,

Please take a minute or two and click here to check out Barack Obama’s transition website. He’s asking people to tell him what they think. It’s a perfect opportunity for each one of us, including me, to tell him and his people about our plan and why we believe it’s important to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Two times during the campaign, President-elect Obama said, “for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East. We will do this. Washington has been talking about our oil addiction for the last 30 years.”

He gets it! He knows what the problem is. Now we just have to make sure his people know that the Pickens Plan is the answer.

I’m headed to the ranch for Thanksgiving with my family — and hopefully a couple days of rest. But when I get back, we’ll roll up our sleeves and get back to business.

In the meantime, have a great week and know that I’m grateful for all you’ve done, and that our country is going to be a better place because of the work we’re doing together.

-Boone

PS Click here to let me and the rest of the Army know what message you left for President-elect Obama on his transition website.

To date 168 Mayors have signed the Pickens Pledge, joining T. Boone Pickens’ national campaign to reduce foreign oil imports by utilizing abundant domestic resources including wind power and natural gas. From Las Vegas, NV, to Bismarck, ND, to Philadelphia, PA, mayors from cities large and small, East to West and throughout the heartland agree that the Pickens Plan is the best answer to solving the greatest issue facing our nation today: energy dependence.

Following is the list of all mayors in the United States who have signed the Pickens Pledge:

Alabama
Don Kyle, Mayor, Decatur
Charles Penhale, Mayor, Helena
Leon Smith, Mayor, Oxford
Charles Murphy, Mayor, Robertsdale

Arizona
Jack Hakim, Mayor, Bullhead City

Arkansas
Mike Dumas, Mayor, El Dorado
Dan Coody, Mayor, Fayetteville
Mark Stodola, Mayor, Little Rock

California
Art Madrid, Mayor, La Mesa
Armando Lopez, Mayor, Parlier
Ron Beilke, Mayor, Pico Rivera
Ronald Loveridge, Mayor, Riverside
Gavin Newsom, Mayor, San Francisco
Marty Blum, Mayor, Santa Barbara
Ryan Coonerty, Mayor, Santa Cruz
Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor, Saratoga
Osby Davis, Mayor, Vallejo

Colorado
Farris Bervig, Mayor, Alamosa
Lionel Rivera, Mayor, Colorado Springs

Connecticut
Paul Formica, Mayor, East Lyme
Peter Tesei, Mayor, Greenwich
Joseph Jaskiewicz, Mayor, Montville
Kevin Cavanagh, Mayor, New London
Paul Sweet, First Selectman, Plainfield
Allen Bacchiochi, First Selectman, Stafford
Daniel Malloy, Mayor, Stamford

Delaware
James Ford, Mayor, Lewes

Florida
Albert Jones, Mayor, Dania Beach
Mickey Marse, Mayor, Freeport
Mary Lou Hildreth, Mayor, Keystone Heights
Christopher Bull, Mayor, Marathon
Bill Barnett, Mayor, Naples
William Mischler, Mayor, Pinellas Park
Andy Steingold, Mayor, Safety Harbor
Norman Edelcup, Mayor, Sunny Isles Beach
Gary Matzner, Mayor, Village of Pinecrest

Georgia
Rowland Eskridge, Mayor, St. Marys
JG Carter, Jr., Mayor, Tifton
Donnie Henriques, Mayor, Woodstock

Idaho
Nancy Chaney, Mayor, Moscow

Illinois
Patrick Kitching, Mayor, Alsip
Donald Sandidge, Mayor, Alton
Donald Peloquin, Mayor, Blue Island
John Miller, Mayor, Collinsville
Peter Silvestri, Mayor, Elmwood Park
James Sexton, Mayor, Evergreen Park
Gail Mitchell, Mayor, Fairview Heights
Michael Belsky, Mayor, Highland Park
Rich Hofeld, Mayor, Homewood
Mick Wisslead, Mayor, Macomb
Andre Ashmore, Mayor, Matteson
Gary Graham, Mayor, O’Fallon
Gerald Bennett, Mayor, Palos Hills
Mark Schwiebert, Mayor, Rock Island
Richard Hyde, Mayor, Waukegan
Lane Harrison, Mayor, Zion

Indiana
James Brainard, Mayor, Carmel
Sally Hutton, Mayor, Richmond
Jon Costas, Mayor, Valparaiso
Al Baldwin, Mayor, Vincennes

Iowa
Rodger Holm, Mayor, Clinton
Charles Allen, Mayor, Newton

Kentucky
Elaine Walker, Mayor, Bowling Green
William Thomason, Mayor, Leitchfield
David Cartmell, Mayor, Maysville
Joetta Calhoun, Mayor, Mt. Washington

Louisiana
Euguene Smith, Mayor, Arcadia
Harold Rideau, Mayor, Baker

Maine
Laurent Gilbert, Mayor, Lewiston
Bruce Chuluda, Mayor, Westbrook

Maryland
Ellen Moyer, Mayor, Annapolis

Massachusetts
William Scanlon, Mayor, Beverly
Michael Tautznik, Mayor, Easthampton
Christine Forgey, Mayor, Greenfield
Joan Meschino, Mayor, Hull
Michael Boulanger, Mayor, Westfield
Susan Kay, Mayor, Weymouth

Michigan
Jerry Ellis, Mayor, Farmington Hills
Jerry Ludwig, Mayor, Jasckson
Cameron Priebe, Mayor, Taylor

Minnesota
Michael Maguire, Mayor, Eagan
Gary Peterson, Mayor, Columbia Heights
Richard Lehman, Mayor, Bemidji
Don Ness, Mayor, Duluth
Bjorn Skogquist, Mayor, Anoka

Missouri
James Woestman, Mayor, Carthage
Darwin Hindman, Mayor, Columbia
William Jenks, Mayor, Rolla
Len Pagano, Mayor, St. Peters

Montana
John Engen, Mayor, Missoula

Nebraska
Mike Fahey, Mayor, Omaha

Nevada
Oscar Goodman, Mayor, Las Vegas
Susan Holecheck, Mayor, Mesquite

New Jersey
Paul Medany, Mayor, Deptford
John Bencivengo, Mayor, Hamilton
Richard J. Gerbounka, Mayor, Linden
Michael Fressola, Mayor, Manchester
Anthony Suarez, Mayor, Ridgefield
Pat Lepore, Mayor, West Paterson

New Mexico
Harry Mendoza, Mayor, Gallup

New York
Satish Mohan, Mayor, Amherst
Matthew Ryan, Mayor, Binghamton
Damian Ulatowski, Mayor, Clay
John McDonald, Mayor, Cohoes
Thomas Gallagher, Mayor, Cortland
James Sottile, Mayor, Kingston
Paul Dyster, Mayor, Niagara Falls
Lawrence Soos, Mayor, North Tonawanda
Elizabeth Neville, Mayor, Southold
Ronald Pilozzi, Mayor, Tonawanda
John Ramundo, Mayor, West Haverstraw

North Carolina
William Bell, Mayor, Durham
John Grogan, Mayor, Eden
Alfonzo King, Mayor, Goldsboro
Yvonne Johnson, Mayor, Greensboro
Raymond Pennington, Mayor, Lumberton

North Dakota
John Warford, Mayor, Bismarck

Ohio
Tom Orr, Mayor, Cambridge
David Berger, Mayor, Lima
Donald Culliver, Mayor, Mansfield
Scott Schertzer, Mayor, Marion
Bob Diebold, Mayor, Newark
Ralph Infante, Mayor, Niles
David Koontz, Mayor, Norton
Martin Zanotti, Mayor, Parma Heights
Georgine Welo, Mayor, South Euclid
John Agenbroad, Mayor, Springboro
Carleton Finkbeiner, Mayor, Toledo

Oklahoma
T.L. Gramling, Mayor, Altus
Gene Brown, Mayor, Duncan
Philip Siberts, Mayor, Henryetta
Mick Cornett, Mayor, Oklahoma City
Mike Brown, Mayor, Weatherford

Oregon
Robert Severson, Mayor, Hermiston

Pennsylvania
Stephen Reed, Mayor, Harrisburg
Jayne Young, Mayor, Landsdowne
Michael Nutter, Mayor, Philadelphia
Thomas McMahon, Mayor, Reading
Robert Lucas, Mayor, Sharon
Richard Yoder, Mayor, West Chester

Rhode Island
Charles Moreau, Mayor, Central Falls
Dennis Canario, Mayor, Portsmith
Scott Avedisian, Mayor, Warwick

South Carolina
Mary Clark, Mayor, Camden
Joseph Riley, Mayor, Charleston
Floyd Nicholson, Mayor, Greenwood
Kevin Johnson, Mayor, Manning
Doug Echols, Mayor, Rock Hill

Tennessee
Darrell Helton, Mayor, Jefferson City
Michael Ragsdale, Mayor, Knoxville
Bobby Gene Spivey, Mayor, Smyrna

Texas
Roy Floyd, Mayor, Bonham
Alan Smith, Mayor, Burnet
Donald McMannes, Mayor, Humble
Judith Hetherly, Mayor, Lampasas
Bill Whitfield, Mayor, McKinney
John Harper, Mayor, Rowlett
Ronald Wilkinson, Mayor, Waxahachie
Buddy de la Rosa, Mayor, Weslaco

Utah
Lewis Billings, Mayor, Provo
Russ Wall, Mayor, Taylorsville

Washington
Mark Lamb, Mayor, Bothell

Wisconsin
Jack Chiovatero, Mayor, New Berlin
Don Richards, Mayor, River Falls
Ronald Krueger, Mayor, Watertown
Kristine Deiss, Mayor, West Bend

Wyoming
Timothy Kaumo, Mayor, Rock Springs

The Texas Monthly Magazine is the premier magazine of its type in the Lone Star State. Editor-in-chief Evan Smith has written an op-ed piece about Boone Pickens suggesting that he be named the Dallas Morning News “Texan of the Year.”

Mr. Smith’s blog “T. Boone Pickens is my pick for Texan of the Year” is an honest and humorous look at Boone and Boone’s work for and in Texas.

“The energy magnate,” Smith writes, “could have chosen to sit on his behind, watch his beloved Oklahoma State Cowboys thrash around on the football field, and generally enjoy life. Instead,” Smith continues, “he decided to write yet another memoir – his third – and to promote, with great fanfare, his eponymous plan to reduce and hopefully eliminate America’s dependence on foreign oil through wind turbines, natural gas-powered cars and the like.”

You can read the entire op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News by clicking HERE.

– The Pickens Team