Which side of the road are you on?

Have you ever driven through Weld County before and noticed the toxic wasteland that riddles its once beautiful agricultural area? Did you notice the more than 20,000 active oil and gas wells that are mere feet from homes, hospitals, playgrounds, dairy farms and more? While keeping this in mind, let's not forget that 43% of all operator spills in Weld County resulted in groundwater contamination and millions of gallons of toxic liquid industrial waste has never been recovered from the environment. Those toxic chemicals are still in the environment.

Weld County has been a poor leader in preventing adverse environmental and human health impacts from the largely unregulated oil & gas industry. Although Weld County purports its receiving tens of millions in revenue from mining activities, still one of every four children go hungry according to the Weld County Food Bank. Property values will plummet, groundwater contaminations will continue to rise, and there is no doubt that the residents of  Weld County are discreetly being 'gassed' from the hundreds of tons of volatile organic compounds and hydrocarbon vapors that are being released annually.

The industry and the state continue to say: 'There are no adverse health effects, they are anecdotal, and the air is fine.' This statement is without merit on all levels. The people that are experiencing burning eyes, sore throats, headaches, GI problems, and more are not being listened to. They are 'observing' these types of issues while physically being in Weld County. The 'observations' appear to subside when the person has an extended stay outside of Weld County. Anecdotal?

Question: Which side of the road do you want to live on? The  un-colonized side, or the toxic unregulated wasteland? If you are a resident of Larimer County and want to help protect it from fracking, please contact me to get started. fractivist@ gmail dot com

One last thing: Governor John Hickenlooper, you cannot have 'both' without putting a fence around 'one.'

Shane

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email fractivist@ gmail dot com to help save Larimer County.




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East Boulder County United to Submit Lafayette Community Rights Act to Ban Oil and Gas Extraction

For Immediate Release:

East Boulder County United to Submit Lafayette Community Rights Act to Ban Oil and Gas Extraction

Contact:
Cliff Willmeng (303) 478 – 6613
Merrily Mazza (720) 556 – 1286
Rick Casey (303) 345 – 8893

Where: 1290 S. Public Road, Lafayette Colorado, Lafayette City Hall
When: Tuesday, July 9, 11:00 am
What: Press Conference and Rally

East Boulder County United will conclude its petition and signature drive on Tuesday, July 9th, and submit the Lafayette Community Rights Act officially to the City of Lafayette. The Act will create a community Bill of Rights that will explicitly legislate our community’s right to a safe environment and self-determination, and will ban the extraction of oil and gas, and the disposal of associated waste products within Lafayette city limits. East Boulder County United maintains that modern oil and gas extraction is an inherently dangerous process, and that the rights and safety of our community are superior to the private interests of the oil and gas industry.

Approximately 2000 Lafayette voters signed the ballot initiative--more than double the required signatures required to place the Lafayette Community Rights Act to a direct vote of the community.

After one year of research, education and organizing, it has become clear that modern oil and gas extraction, through its use of hydraulic fracturing, would fundamentally alter the quality of life, property values, community well-being, and public health and safety of Lafayette. East Boulder County United believes that these issues are the highest priorities within any community, and that the people of Lafayette have a fundamental right to determine our future without threat of industrial trespass.

East Boulder County United sees the effort to protect the people and environment of Lafayette from oil and gas extraction as part of the larger movement throughout Colorado to reestablish the superiority of community rights over corporate interests. We explicitly endorse the initiatives in Broomfield, Loveland, and Fort Collins to overcome the threats of the oil and gas industry assert public health and safety as the highest community objective.

East Boulder County United will now begin the campaign to educate our community further on the dangers of oil and gas extraction and advance the discussion of community versus corporate rights. We invite all community members, professional organizations, churches, and local businesses to join us in this effort.

Fort Collins appears to have had a council member fooling the people on the local ban

I am speaking on behalf of fractivist.com an anti-fracking organization located, but not limited to Colorado.

We, the people of Fort Collins, are stunned by what appears to be, a visual case of 'behind closed doors agreements' with the oil and gas industry. If this is true, then it's a sad situation of an elected official being persuaded by industry wealth over the health and welfare of the citizens you are sworn to protect.

A ban is a ban. If you haven't the spine to represent the people and use their tax dollars to fight against the oppressive regulatory body ( Attorney General), from the real adverse impacts of the oil and gas industry, then you should step down immediately.

The health and welfare of the citizens of Fort Collins, Colorado should never take a back seat to any industry's wealth.

As it appears to the public, you may have  flip-flopped and are now working for the special interests of the oil & gas industry. Do you not find it in yourself to recognize good, peer reviewed science to arrive at objective findings that clearly show the toxicity this industry has on the environment and human health? Do you not recognize your decisions may have a direct role in the detrimental outcome of the environment and those inhabiting it?

Your stance has now gone global. Our distribution centers have launched an entire campaign that consist of millions of readers in all 50 states and in dozens of countries.  We want you to answer to the people as to why you choose to not stand for a ban. We want you to recognize you have politically and publicly marginalized yourself. We, the people, will not stop asking you good faith questions as to why you appear to have chosen special interest over the interests of the citizens of Fort Collins.

Our campaign began last night and it may very well  include an official recall of your elected capacity.

In good faith by, and for the people.

fractivist.com
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Gerry 
gerryhorak@yahoo.com 
cityleaders@fcgov.com
970-217-2993