Opinion: Bucks Legislators Should be Ashamed
The recently approved Marcellus Shale bill strips municipalities of power to protect their people, says the Bucks County Sierra Club.
We are so disappointed in Bucks legislators, Senators Chuck McIlhinney, Bob Mensch and Tommy Tomlinson as well as Representatives Gene DiGirolamo, Paul Clymer, Frank Farry, Bernie O'Neill, Scott Petri, Marguerite Quinn and Kathy Watson for voting in favor of H.B. 1950. This dangerous Marcellus gas drilling bill is disguised as an "impact fee" bill, but is filled with more loopholes for drillers than benefits to Pennsylvania. This bill is now on Gov. Tom Corbett's desk to be signed. The legislators and the Corbett administration negotiated this bill behind closed doors and presented it to the House and Senate without time for legislators and the public to review its contents or comment about it. To say that this is bipartisan …
kristin lauersen
10:11 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
when the drilling starts we'll put Bernadette's name at the top of the list - she won't mind that they drill in her backyard. hope she has health insurance.... more ›