Tom Curtis to Senator Oelslager re: SB 5 and fracking
From Tom Curtis, June 3, 2011
Senator Oelslager,
Thank you again for your recent phone call in response to my concerns about the 2 + 2 wording that Gov. Kasich would like placed back into the budget bill. Your efforts to keep that language out of the budget bill are to be commended and greatly appreciated by every public employee in this state.
I also wish to thank you for not supporting SB5. The fact that you were temporarily removed from the committee because you opposed the bill is deplorable and showcases politics at its worst. That blatant act is just one more indicator that this kind of politics is bringing this state and our country to its knees. What are the people supporting this bill thinking?
As you know, last week the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", in our state parks. This risky drilling process will turn our pristine state parks into industrial parks and will pollute the landscape and possibly the aquifers that pass under them.
You may remember that I attended both of the "fracking" meetings held at Glenoak Middle School earlier this year. After hearing what was presented and what those that have been victims of such a process stated, I am adamantly against such drilling. The risk of polluting the aquifers that are so vital to our very existence is far too high. In my opinion, if our aquifers were to become polluted, due to the "fracking" process, that problem cannot be reversed. From my understanding, it is a fact that the chemicals they use pollute the landscape and will pollute the wells they will use to discard the toxic waste this process produces.
Once again, I ask that your common sense will permit you to help halt this action in the Senate.
I am hopeful that thousands of Ohioians will write their Senators and ask them to vote against the bill allowing "fracking" in our state parks.
Looking forward to your response,
Sincerely,
Thomas Curtis
N. Canton, OH
Senator Oelslager,
Thank you again for your recent phone call in response to my concerns about the 2 + 2 wording that Gov. Kasich would like placed back into the budget bill. Your efforts to keep that language out of the budget bill are to be commended and greatly appreciated by every public employee in this state.
I also wish to thank you for not supporting SB5. The fact that you were temporarily removed from the committee because you opposed the bill is deplorable and showcases politics at its worst. That blatant act is just one more indicator that this kind of politics is bringing this state and our country to its knees. What are the people supporting this bill thinking?
As you know, last week the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", in our state parks. This risky drilling process will turn our pristine state parks into industrial parks and will pollute the landscape and possibly the aquifers that pass under them.
You may remember that I attended both of the "fracking" meetings held at Glenoak Middle School earlier this year. After hearing what was presented and what those that have been victims of such a process stated, I am adamantly against such drilling. The risk of polluting the aquifers that are so vital to our very existence is far too high. In my opinion, if our aquifers were to become polluted, due to the "fracking" process, that problem cannot be reversed. From my understanding, it is a fact that the chemicals they use pollute the landscape and will pollute the wells they will use to discard the toxic waste this process produces.
Once again, I ask that your common sense will permit you to help halt this action in the Senate.
I am hopeful that thousands of Ohioians will write their Senators and ask them to vote against the bill allowing "fracking" in our state parks.
Looking forward to your response,
Sincerely,
Thomas Curtis
N. Canton, OH
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