All the people of Denton need to do is look to their south to understand their choices. In Dallas that has chosen to restrict drilling and fracking the city is broke and getting more so while putting more tax pressure on the producers. Over in Fort Worth where they have embraced drilling and fracking the city is flush with money and is vitalizing itself with infrastructure improvements and new construction. FW’s downtown is alive with lots of people living and working there while Dallas’s downtown is a ghost town after dark.
I live about 30 miles south of downtown Denton. Chesapeake has been pumping gas via the fracking method from under my house for about 3 years. The only consequence I have observed from this activity is the fact that I draw a royalty check from them every month! Go FRACKING!