I side with the cities on this one. Just as the states should have the rights guaranteed them in the constitution, cities should also have the right to govern themselves to a degree. If the people of a city (Denton, in this case) vote against frac’ing, then so be it.
I should not have the ability to sell my mineral rights taken by a local liberal dictator.
Do you think the local municipality should be allowed to ban SUV or electrical power not generated by solar and wind?
“I side with the cities on this one. Just as the states should have the rights guaranteed them in the constitution, cities should also have the right to govern themselves to a degree. If the people of a city (Denton, in this case) vote against frac’ing, then so be it.”
This is about property rights. If I have mineral rights within a city limits and am excluded by a local ordinance from enjoying these, I should be fairly compensated by whoever is restricting them.
BTW, I believe you are making this up about ‘rights’ for cities in this state to manage their own affairs. What goes for the US Constitution does not go for Texas’ cities. The rights of Texas in the US Constitution are EVERYTHING not expressly mentioned that are the domain of the feds. Cities have no say in any of that. As far as what the Texas Constitution says about things, the state is even reserved the authority to permit all bingo games(see Art 3 Sec 47(b) in http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/pubslegref/TxConst.pdf)