<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><div id="yiv2092203629"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;"><div id="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_22_1398811291244_8"><span id="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_22_1398811291244_18">This article describes a different method by which communities in New York state have been banning fracking - thus far with apparent success. It is interesting to know that the zoning method is being used elsewhere, and that it has survived in the courts thus far. MStJ.<br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_22_1398811291244_10"> </div><div id="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_22_1398811291244_12">Michael St. John
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<br clear="none">www.stjohnandassociates.net</div><div class="yiv2092203629yahoo_quoted" id="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_22_1398811291244_14" style="display: block;"> <div class="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_1_1398811291244_153322" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;"> <div class="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_1_1398811291244_153323" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div class="yiv2092203629yqt4322176554" id="yiv2092203629yqt97762"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 8:31 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron@att.net> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv2092203629y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2092203629"><div><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255, 255,
255);list-style:none;line-height:52px;font-size:19px;background-position:0px 50%;">One very good reason for being a Charter County. M.S.</h1><h1 class="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_1_1398811291244_153326" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);list-style:none;font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:52px;font-size:19px;background-position:0px 50%;">The real secret to beating the Koch brothers: How our broken political system can still be won</h1><h2 class="yiv2092203629yui_3_13_0_1_1398811291244_153327" style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);list-style:none;font-family:BentonSansCondMedium, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:20px;font-weight:normal;">A duo of activists has quietly bested the energy lobby, helping ban fracking in 172 towns. Here's how they did it</h2><div><a
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