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PRESS RELEASE:   COLUMBUS, OH,
WILL VOTE ON CITIZEN INITIATED
COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE
HEADED FOR BALLOT

 
 
August 22, 2108
 
THE PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE CODIFIES THE RIGHT TO CLEAN WATER, AIR, AND SOIL AND PROHIBITS GAS AND OIL EXTRACTION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
CONTACT:
Carolyn Harding, Co-organizer
614-893-6314
Bill Lyons, Co-organizer
(614) 551-6194
 
 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 
10:30 am
 
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
1700 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH 43229
 
At a special meeting of the Franklin County Board of Elections (BOE), Friday, August 24 at 10:30am, the Columbus Community Bill of Rights attorney Terry Lodge will present the legal arguments in support of the Columbus Community Bill of Rights ordinance to clear its passage on the November ballot. Once on the ballot, all Columbus voters will have a voice in protecting their water.
 
After the citizen-led initiative qualified with enough signatures and was approved by the Columbus City Council to go on the ballot, a single Columbus citizen, Loretta A. Settlemeyer filed a protest with the BOE. It has been discovered that she is a legal assistant at the law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP, a firm that has been involved in other attempts by residents throughout the state to protect their communities from oil/gas projects. Her attorneys will present her case as to why her single voice should be allowed to take away the voices of all other Columbus voters.
 
Two different Columbus city attorneys on three different occasions have determined that the Columbus Community Bill of Rights initiative passes the legal requirements set forth by the Columbus City Charter. On July 30, 2018, the Columbus City Council ordered and provided for the submission of the initiated ordinance to the electors at the November 6, 2018 election. Settlemeyer never voiced her objections at any of the three city council meetings when the Community Bill of Rights initiative appeared on the agenda.
 
This is the third rescheduled BOE hearing. Each postponement has delayed the decision to put this hard-won citizen-led initiative on the November ballot. 
 
Volunteers and supporters of the Columbus Community Bill of Rights will be attending this pivotal hearing and decision at the Franklin County Board of Elections. 
 
See following Press Release following City Council’s decision:
 
 
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PLEASE JOIN US ON FRIDAY MORNING AT 10:30AM
 
 
Download and listen to WGRN's public service announcement:

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THIS IS IT!!!
THE FINAL STEP TO PROTECT COLUMBUS CITY RESOURCES
from radioactive oil/gas extraction waste
 
 
WE NEED MONEY to build our campaign that will successfully convince at least 51% of the people who vote at Columbus polls on November 4th, to enact our protective ordinance.  it is a given that the oil & gas industry will invest $millions to ensure that this does not get voted into enactment.  It is truly a David & Goliath endeavor for us.
 
We raised over $900 at our Rambling House fundraiser on August 13th.  That is a great START to raising funds we need in the next 75 days until election day. 
 
Over that past year, our ALL VOLUNTEER ARMY has gathered over 18,000 signatures, resulting in more than 12,000 valid ones!!!!
 
If you would like to help us forge our campaign through to the Columbus electorate, please consider donating on our website.  Our webmaster, Amy, has made it infinitely easier to donate on our newest website, using PayPal or a credit card.
 
CLICK on our logo below to visit our website, where you can find our 'Donate' link at the bottom of the page. 
WE ALL HAVE COME THIS FAR, AND WE ALL NEED TO ENSURE SUCCESS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND CHILDRENS' CHILDRENS' CHILDREN!
 
 
Fracking Water use Skyrockets,
Creating 1,440% More Toxic Waste Water
 
[Excerpt:]
The study found that if gas and oil prices rise and production increases to the levels of the early 2010s, when fracking first took off, water use and wastewater production could multiply 50-fold for gas drilling and 20-fold for oil extraction by 2030.  Even if future drilling rates stay at 2016 levels, the study predicts "a large increase of the total water use for both unconventional oil and shale gas basins," with a surge in wastewater creation to match.
 
To conduct the analysis, the researchers compared well information from the U.S. Energy Information Agency and state environmental and natural resource agencies to data collected by the services DrillingInfo and the FracFocus Chemical Disclosure Registry.  The data set covered six years and more than 12,000 individual wells.
 
 
CLICK on the above image or HERE to read the HuffPost article.
The Guardian:  UK fracking push could fuel global plastics crisis, say campaigners
 
[Excerpt:]
However, last year the Guardian revealed that a huge boom in the US shale gas industry has resulted in a L180bn investment in plastic production facilities by fossil fuel giants such as ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell Chemical - contributing to a 40% rise in global plastic production over the next decade.
 
 
CLICK on the above image or HERE to read the HuffPost article.

Reminder to register for the September 29th

'Growing Roots and Rights for Just Communities Conference'

in Columbus

 

CLICK on the above image or HERE to read more.
 
 
 
Please visit our website.  We have alot of information on our fracking issue pertaining to the Columbus area. If you visit our 'Help Out' page,you can read meeting minutes from previous meetings, as well as download materials we use for petitioning.  The password to the Organizing Meetings page is "helpout".
 
Remember, this is OUR
Participatory Representative Democracy
If we don't use it, we lose it

 
 
You can download and read the 2017 language of our Columbus Community Bill of Rights from our website.  Click on the large symbol above to access our website, or on the link below. 


 
Toxic Radioactive Waste Doesn’t Belong Here
Protect our Home, our Families, our Rights!
 
 
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