Longmont takes action
cforseThe Longmont City Council voted unanamously in December to place a 120 day moritorium on oil and gas drilling within city limits. The decision comes on the heels of citizen demand that the city take action and protect residents from potential harmful side effects of modern oil and gas drilling operations. "ROAR" (citizens for Responsible Oil and Gas Regulation) is a group of local citizens that are leading the charge. CforSE is asisting the effort by canvassing and generating hundreds of letters and statements of support to city council members.
This is a very loud and visible issue. Many people in Longmont will be inspired to vote based upon council's decision, especially if gas wells begin to pop up in city parks and open spaces. The current regulations allow drilling to occur as close as 350 feet from any occupied building! How big is your neighborhood park?
Please visit www.longmontroar.org for more info and to get involved in the action!
Reader Comments (2)
On Saturday, Jan. 14th (before the outcome of the Broncos game was determined), Jared, Alex, Zak, Derek, and Andrew knocked on 300 doors in south Longmont talking to people about keeping oil and gas development out of city limits. They signed up 69 supporters, recruited 31 contributing members, and generated 29 letters to councilmembers Santos and Samoury. Out of 110 respondents, 87 said that they don't want fracking within city limits. That's 79%, which is actually a little bit lower than the response from other areas of town. Clearly, the majority of residents do want industrial oil and gas production to be sited on City parks and other open spaces within town.
On Sunday the CforSE crew knocked on an additional 300 doors, signed up 82 supporters, 32 members, and 15 letters to Katie Witt and Alex Samoury. 82% of respondents agreed that oi and gas development does not belong in our neighborhoods.