It was in the Ithaca Times. On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Simon St.Laurent <[email protected]> wrote: > It was in the Dryden Courier. I've not seen it online, though. > > Thanks, > Simon > > On 10/30/11 3:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> The posts I've seen don't state where the Guest Opinion was posted >> In a message dated 10/28/2011 9:34:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Guest Opinion >> >> The 39th Richest American vs. the Town of Dryden >> >> By Martha Robertson, Town of Dryden >> >> When the Town of Dryden amended its zoning on August 2 to strengthen >> its ban on heavy industry, including gas drilling, about a dozen >> communities in New York had already passed similar bans. >> >> However, Dryden was the first to be sued by the gas industry. Why? >> The answer seems to be in plain sight, on the Dryden Safe Energy >> Coalition website (http://drydensec.org/). >> >> The lead article, called "Leaders Attend No Ban Conference," >> describes DSEC's invitation-only gathering of sixty leaders from the >> oil and gas industry in Binghamton on August 22. The purpose was to >> "discuss legal strategies for pushing back against, and legally >> combating" the bans on hydrofracking passed by the towns of Dryden, >> Ithaca, Ulysses, Middlefield, and other municipalities. >> >> DSEC founder Henry Kramer moderated the meeting and is quoted: "We >> are bringing together landowners, farmers, and industry in common >> cause to overturn bans and unpaid takings. We have knowledge that a >> test case challenging a ban is already getting underway... that >> could set definitive precedent for New York State...." (emphasis added) >> >> There are too many coincidences to ignore: >> >> • Was the Anschutz Exploration lawsuit against Dryden the "test >> case" that emerged out of that meeting? >> >> • The suit was filed just as election season was beginning, in a >> town where fracking is the dominant political issue. >> >> • On September 26 Anschutz' lawyer, Tom West, said on WSKG's Capitol >> Pressroom: "...we're going to find out...Election Day. Because >> that's when the Town Board and Town Supervisor are up for >> election....we'll find out whether a majority of people in the Town >> are in favor of drilling, or not, because those elections are going >> to decide the fate of that issue." >> >> • Besides being the founder of DSEC, Kramer is prominent in the >> Dryden Republican Committee. He is on record warning the Town Board >> that a ban would bring a lawsuit. >> >> Did Kramer's group encourage Anschutz to sue Dryden first, hoping >> they could flip not only the ban, but also the election? >> >> Anschutz Exploration is owned by Philip Anschutz, the 39th richest >> man in America according to Forbes. He holds leases with 7% of >> Dryden's residents, on about 40% of Dryden's land. Who controls >> Dryden? Whose town is it? >> >> >> >> -- >> The white man builds big house, cost much money, like big cage, shut >> out sun, can never move; always sick. Indians and animals know >> better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if >> he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine, and good water. >> (Flying Hawk <http://quote.robertgenn.com/auth_search.php?authid=3053>) >> > > > -- > Simon St.Laurent > http://simonstl.com/ > > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom > Shelley, at [email protected]. >
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