Why? Are you afraid the best chance frackers have is by undermining the will of concerned citizens represented by their local municipalities?

It ain't happening anyway. Your question is moot.

I figured you wouldn't give a straight answer because you know I'm right.

So your telling me you think your side would win a statewide referendum?

Yes, especially if those who live in the protected NYC and Skaneateles Watersheds aren't allowed to vote.

Maybe each county (or watershed) should decide (by voting) for themselves if they want to be fracked. I think I could almost be persuaded to vote to have Long Island fracked if it would lower my taxes.

Not surprised. You're arrogant enough to actually believe that.

Statewide referendum. The ultimate cheapshot attempt to usurp municipal protection over their lands and water.

That's my point rj1. People who are not affected by this dangerous procedure would tend to vote to have it done somewhere else. If people who are affected and seeing the windfall are the ones deciding, my bet is this will be defeated every time.

Statewide referendum. The ultimate cheapshot attempt to usurp municipal protection over their lands and water.

I agree. Hydrofracking in no way should be based on popular vote. The current survey in the Finger Lakes Times has LESS THAN 30% of those responding are in favor of hydrofracking.

You're against it because you know you would lose.

Wrong.

I'm against your suggestion of a statewide referendum, nothing more a lever to override local laws and ordinances designed to to protect our environment.

There should be no local laws on enviromental concerns. That's the job of the DEC not some uninformed local yocals who have no clue what they are talking about and only rely on hysteria pumped up by a bunch of wacko websites and people trying to be somebody and who are on a power grab. As far as a referendum it should be statewide because all these dumb local actions effect everybody statewide.

Congratulations. You've been nominated for the most ignorant and self-serving post of the day.

No wonder you changed your screen name from 'Brainman'.

Setting aside the fact there is no documented case of hydrofracking contaminating ground water, and that there is such a thing as property rights (including mineral rights to your land), why isnt the anti-fracking crowd all worked up about real pollution such as that which is documented in the article below..


http://fingerlakesdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=16&id=23454