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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I know Helen. Zoning laws and home rule are different in NY, and certainly lots of folks have chosen to try to use zoning laws to ban, many are also in court (many are not). <BR>
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I think the difference between the approach we’re using is that we’re seeing the problem differently. We say Fracking itself isn’t the real problem, the problem is deeper than that someone else who doesn’t live in Mendocino is deciding whether or not fracking comes our way. The work we’re doing is about addressing the structure of law that says we’re up for grabs to corporate profit and changing the law to put decision making in the hands of the community. We’re laying the groundwork for saying no not just to fracking, but to the idea that someone else can make these decisions for us. <BR>
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On 4/30/14 10:39 AM, "karinajoy" <<a href="karinacotler@gmail.com">karinacotler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Thanks for this article. Very interesting. The more ways we learn to take back our system, the better!<BR>
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This was Barry's suggestion for having a simple anti-fracking ordinance, thru the zoning laws.<BR>
But we wanted a community bill of rights, too.<BR>
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On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Michael St. John wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:8pt'>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>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'> On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 8:31 PM, Mark Safron <<a href="marksafron@att.net">marksafron@att.net</a></SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>> wrote:<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.5pt'><B>One very good reason for being a Charter County. M.S.<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.5pt'><B><FONT FACE="Georgia, Times New Roman">The real secret to beating the Koch brothers: How our broken political system can still be won<BR>
</FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>A duo of activists has quietly bested the energy lobby, helping ban fracking in 172 towns. Here's how they did it<BR>
<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/04/29/the_real_secret_to_beating_the_koch_brothers_how_our_broken_political_system_can_still_be_overcome/">http://www.salon.com/2014/04/29/the_real_secret_to_beating_the_koch_brothers_how_our_broken_political_system_can_still_be_overcome/</a><BR>
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