<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Palatino Linotype', serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://writtenwordspokenword.blogspot.com/2014/11/14392-reasons-for-mora-county-to-stand.html">http://writtenwordspokenword.blogspot.com/2014/11/14392-reasons-for-mora-county-to-stand.html</a></span></font></div><div style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 17px; "><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; "><span style="font-size: 15px; "><span style="color: black; "><br></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 17px; "><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; "><span style="font-size: 15px; "><span style="color: black; ">On </span><span style="color: black; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Monday, November 23</span></span><span style="color: black; "><sup style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">rd</span></sup></span><span style="color: black; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">, Swepi, the subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell currently suing Mora County to overturn its historic anti-fracking ordinance, filed with the Court a document entitled "Supplemental Evidence Regarding Justiciability." The filing had 10 exhibits attached, which list Swepi's oil and gas leases in Mora County, information that had not been previously provided, and it changes the picture significantly. It appears that Swepi has substantial leases in Mora!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 17px; "><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 15px; ">According to Mora County's pro bono attorney, Jeffrey Haas, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 20px; ">“The document was filed because Judge Browning was skeptical about whether Swepi had shown a sufficient interest in Mora County to prove standing to object to the constitutionality of the ordinance.” </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 20px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 20px; ">Karina's comment:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 20px; ">I'm not a lawyer, but to me this is good news for us, if the oil/gas companies do not already have leases in the county. Then they would not have "sufficient interest" in Mendocino county to have standing to object to our ordinance. Is this a correct interpretation, Charles?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 20px; ">K</span></div></body></html>