Texas Law Bans Cities From Banning Fracking and Drilling

May 22, 2015

  • May 22, 2015 at 1:25 pm
    RetiredUW says:
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    Yep, good old GOP. The party of small government…

    • May 22, 2015 at 3:27 pm
      Jon says:
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      I think that Libertarians would carry that torch more than the GOP.

      The GOP is the party of insanely rich lobbyists.

      • May 26, 2015 at 12:51 pm
        bob says:
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        Uh. No.

        Bill Gates. Warren Buffet. Two of the richest men in the world, insanely anti Republican.

        Warren Buffet directly got involved with the Keystone Oil in order to make sure his train track companies could instead transfer it.

        A fresh democrat Ohio Senator passed regulations that favored one over the other in the case of UPS and Fed Ex. The lobbyists in the Blue won out in that one.

        In Oregon DHT delivery was pushed out of the state, by blue lobbyists.

        Building code regulations favoring comcast in Seattle, another blue insanely rich lobbyist action.

        You’re just plain wrong on this one.

        • May 26, 2015 at 3:40 pm
          You win bob says:
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          bob always wins the internets. i suggest you do not try and have a discussion with him – let alone a debate. he is always right and everyone else is childish and insulting and doesn’t argue properly.

          as he demands all the time, we should just apologize to him for anything he feels we did to wrong him. i’ll start. i’m sorry. can we play nice now?

    • May 26, 2015 at 12:53 pm
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      • May 26, 2015 at 1:00 pm
        David says:
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        This law limits the ability of people to organize at a local level and pass ordinances banning activities that negatively affect their community’s quality of life.

        The GOP can’t keep claiming to be the party of small government when they go around passing laws protecting business interests at the expense of the people.

  • May 22, 2015 at 3:13 pm
    What The says:
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    So he pushed thru law to stop Cities and their Residents from being able to have control of their own property that they have worked hard for all their lives. Then turns around and says it all about protecting their rights??? Did I read that correctly?

    • May 26, 2015 at 11:22 am
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      • May 26, 2015 at 12:38 pm
        David says:
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        Your right to use and develop your land ends when doing so causes earthquakes and groundwater contamination for the surrounding area.

        People should be perfectly free to petition their city government and pass municipal ordinances banning activities that affect their quality of life.

        I can’t count the number of townships in my area that have noise ordinances. Fracking and drilling are much more detrimental activities to the community than some kids blasting rap music next door.

        • May 26, 2015 at 4:38 pm
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          My favorite bit on this particular topic was the oil commission in Nebraska claiming that fracking waste waste water was “perfectly safe” to the community.

          So the community brought a glass of fracking waste water in for the councilors to drink.

          Not surprisingly–they wouldn’t step up.

  • May 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm
    Jon says:
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    It almost makes you yearn for the return of Rick Perry…

    • June 2, 2015 at 1:22 pm
      insurance is fun! says:
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      Uhh, well, no it actually doesn’t…except maybe for that secession idea of his.

      Texas, please secede.

  • May 27, 2015 at 2:21 pm
    Celtica says:
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    What? Texas has laws?

    • June 3, 2015 at 5:45 pm
      Bob says:
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      Oh sure it does,like the one that states if a man and a woman get divorced they still get to be brother and sister.



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