REPORT ON THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
MORGANTOWN LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
At the annual Morgantown League of Women Voters meeting today,
it
shouldn't be too hard to figure out what the major topic of
discussion
was about. Both Barbara Fleischauer and Charlene Marshall
were in
attendance (Amanda Pasdon is a member, too). Legislators can
be
members but they can't serve on Board positions.
The Natural
Resources committee convened after the meeting. We will
have a
spokesperson at both Tuesday evening's City Council meeting and
the Wednesday
morning's County Commission meeting. Our approach will be
to ask for
both an injunction and a City ban like the one Wellsburg just
passed that
includes extending the ban 1 mile from City's boundaries
which is allowable
under State law if a City feels it is under threat.
The sentiment is that
Morgantown should have an ordinance ban, and that
Morgantown's Lawyer is
incorrect in his assertion that such an ordinance
would have no legal teeth
because of Home Rule. Morgantown LWVWV thinks
as many organizations as
possible should be pushing for an injunction.
The Morgantown LWV is going
to advertise in the newspaper (LTE) that we
will be present at both the City
Council and County Commission.
The news now is that drilling will begin
on Wednesday so we still have a
tiny bit of time. Fracking starts at a
later date.
-Jonathan Rosenbaum
mvcac = MonValley Clean Air Coalition