Gas rig vote

Or rigging the gas vote?

The industry not speaking at the packed Denton Council meeting was a sure sign the vote was going to swing their way.  One council member was absent and one had a pair, making the vote 5-1.

The council chamber holds a little over a 100 people, it was standing room only.  Many residents spoke, some were asked to leave.

What all citizens should be asking is why on earth any municipality would remove “air and water monitoring”?  Especially if said municipalities sole existence is to protect those that elected them.

WHO exactly makes up the gas well inspection division?

Those amendments included increasing the setback for protected uses to 1,200 feet, increasing insurance liability coverage, and requiring compressor stations be subject to setbacks, noise and screening. Air and water monitoring were taken out of the ordinance, but Watts amended the motion to ensure that gas well inspection division would take up the task.

http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130116-city-approves-new-drilling-rules-in-late-night-vote.ece