VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT NYC Looking Upstate To Solve Its Problems By MICHAEL ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Most of you will recall the contentious debate between those who wanted the right to frack for natural gas beneath their property and those who wanted fracking banned. A foundation paid lawyers to visit towns and help them draft language prohibiting the practice of fracking within their jurisdictions under the aegis of “home rule.” Concerned citizens, fearing ground water contamination, pressured the…
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from ANNE REYNOLDS Town Of Richfield Should Abandon Flawed Zoning To the Editor: It seems that a Zoning Commission made up of only three people have proposed a new zoning ordinance that would impact economic development in the Town of Richfield for decades to come. What is unclear is whether or not this plan benefits the whole town or is just a cat’s paw for a small group of residents who oppose a specific clean energy renewable wind project on…