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Denton fracking ban campaign most expensive in city history
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/10/09/denton-fracking-ban-campaign-most-expensive-in-city-history/
October 9, 2014
Campaign contributions have poured into Denton this election season over the city’s proposition to ban hydraulic fracturing within its borders.
Documents filed with the city secretary show that two political committees have raised a little over $282,000. That’s the biggest total in Denton’s history, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle.
The group opposing the ban, Denton Taxpayers for a Strong Economy, has out raised the other side nearly 5-to-1, more than $231,000. The group, with support from energy companies drilling in Denton and an in-state industry trade group, has spent more than $185,000.
That’s compared to the group in support of the ban, Pass The Ban, which has only spent about $8,450.
According to the Record-Chronicle, both groups have tried to label themselves as “grassroots campaigns.” A Denton Taxpayers press release claimed that 98 percent of its contributions came from “individuals and businesses paying taxes in Denton.” The statistic comes from the fact that the campaign’s three biggest contributors, Devon Energy, XTO Energy and Enervest Operating, who together contributed about $225,000, all have wells within Denton city limits, according to city documents.
Easy solution for Denton - buy the MINERAL RIGHTS and choose not to drill.
Oh yea, that costs money, lots of it.
I've considered the Wetlands Act unconstitutional. Yet it exists on all levels.
Coming down to vote next week. Is there any traction there on the Article V Convention project?
The Constitution only deals with the government's relationship with people.