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In news just in from Colorado, seems that our food chain is now officially THREATENED by the push for Natural Gas using the dangerous industrial practice that is commonly referred to as FRACKING. We already know that fracking will poison our water...well, farmers in Colorado who in the past have been the winning bidders for unallocated water were outbid by Natural Gas bidders...which means the water our farmers rely upon for crops is NOT THERE, is now OWNED BY FRACKING COMPANIES.
Northern Water Conservancy District runs the auction which sells off unallocated water from the Colorado River Basin, and the bidding is open to any one who has a beneficial use for the water...so, polluting some 500,000 to 5 million gallons of water (per well) with lethal and cancer causing chemicals, pumping it thousands of feet down into the ground to EXPLODE ROCKS is a BENEFICIAL USE? Furthermore, that water which would normally feed back into the environment is LOST FOREVER, unlike water used to water crops that in turn feed people.
Also not factored into this equation...farmers were outbid at the auctions, so there is the reality of lost food sources, but as prices for this dwindling resource (FRESH POTABLE WATER) continue to soar as the (un)Natural Gas industry demand for water increases, there is the very real fear of the price for food going up to a point where folks just will not be able to afford to buy it. In just one year the price for the water at this particular auction has risen on average six dollars per acre-foot from $22 last year, with some of the (un)Natural Gas industry's winning bids going as high as $35.
Ask yourselves America...are you willing to pay higher prices to feed your family so that companies like Cabot, Exxon and Chesapeake Energy can ship Natural Gas overseas to China? Are you willing to see streams, rivers and lakes sucked dry in the name of oil and gas company profits?
This is a fight that average Americans can win, but only if we all join forces and speak with a united voice at every level of government. Right now, a letter is sitting at the townhall in Fallsburg, NY. Said letters asks Steve Vegliante and the town board to ban fracking in our small community...every community in America, the citizens in those communities should be seeking similar bans.
If you live in the geographical footprint of the town of Fallsburg, contact Steve Vegliante, ask him and the other board members to move forward in changing our zoning laws to ban fracking. Write letters to the editor, call your local, state and elected officials asking that they ban the practice of fracking. Get involved before it is too late...the cost to our environment, water supplies and our health is too great, and as this latest story shows, get involved in this battle before you cannot even afford to feed your children.
Anti Frackers...Demand a FRACKING BAN
Government Contacts!
Government Contacts!
Sullivan County Government Center
100 North Street
Monticello, New York 12701
Telephone: (845) 807-0435
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TOWN OF BETHEL
Board Meetings:
2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:30 PM
3454 Rt. 55/P.O. Box 300
White Lake, NY 12786
www.town.bethel.ny.us
FAX: (845) 583-4710
bethelclerk@hvc.rr.com
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TOWN OF CALLICOON
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Monday, 7:30 P.M.
19 Legion Street, P.O. Box 687
Jeffersonville, NY 12748
FAX: (845) 482-5030
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TOWN OF COCHECTON
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Wednesday, 7:00 P.M.
Town Hall: (845) 932-8360
FAX: (845) 932-7938
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TOWN OF DELAWARE
Town Board Meetings:
3rd Wednesday, 7:00 P.M.
104 Main Street, P.O. Box 129
Hortonville, NY 12745
FAX: (845) 887-5228
www.townofdelaware-ny.us
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TOWN OF FALLSBURG
Town Board Meetings:
2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 P.M.
P.O. Box 830
South Fallsburg, NY 12779
Fax: (845) 434-8835
www.townoffallsburg.com
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TOWN OF FORESTBURGH
Town Board Meetings:
1st Thursday, 7:00 P.M.
P.O. Box 114
Forestburgh, NY 12777
FAX: (845) 794-0678
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TOWN OF FREMONT
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Wednesday, 7:00 P.M.
FAX: (845) 887-6605
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TOWN OF HIGHLAND
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Tuesday, 7:00 P.M.
FAX: (845) 557-0257
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TOWN OF LIBERTY
Town Board Meetings:
1st Monday, 4:00 PM, 3rd Monday, 7:00 PM
120 North Main Street
Liberty, NY 12754
FAX: (845) 292-1310
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TOWN OF LUMBERLAND
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Wednesday, 7:30 P.M.
FAX: (845) 856-6080
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TOWN OF MAMAKATING
Town Board Meetings:
1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 P.M.
2948 Route 209
Wurtsboro, NY 12790
www.mamakating.org
FAX: (845) 888-5677
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TOWN OF NEVERSINK
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Wednesday, 7:30 P.M.
P.O. Box 307, 273 Main Street
Grahamsville, NY 12740
FAX: (845) 985-7686
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Town Board Meetings:
1st Thursday, 1:30 PM & 3rd Thursday, 7:30 PM.
95 Main St., P.O. 964
Livingston Manor, NY 12758
FAX: (845) 439-3775
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TOWN OF THOMPSON
Town Board Meetings:
1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 P.M.
Phone: (845) 794-2500FAX: (845) 794-8600
4052 Route 42
Monticello, NY 12701
www.townofthompson.com
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TOWN OF TUSTEN
Town Board Meetings:
2nd Monday, 7:00 P.M.
210 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 195, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
FAX: (845) 252-7509
Website: www.tusten-narrowsburg.org
E-mail: tustentownclerk@hvc.rr.com
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VILLAGE OF BLOOMINGBURG
13 North Rd./P.O. Box 341
Bloomingburg, NY 12721
FAX: (845) 733-1741
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VILLAGE OF JEFFERSONVILLE
17 Center Street
Jeffersonville, NY 12748
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 555, Jeffersonville, NY 12748
Phone: (845) 482-4275
Fax: (845) 482-5298
Village Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 A.M.-Noon, 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
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VILLAGE OF LIBERTY
167 North Main Street
Liberty, NY 12754
Phone: (845) 292-2250
FAX: (845) 292-2376
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VILLAGE OF MONTICELLO
2 Pleasant Street
Monticello, NY 12701
Phone: (845) 794-6130
FAX: (845) 794-2327
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VILLAGE OF WOODRIDGE
P.O. Box 655
Woodridge, NY 12789
Phone: (845) 434-7447
FAX: (845) 434-0916
E-mail: woodridge12789@yahoo.com
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VILLAGE OF WURTSBORO
7 Pennsylvania Ave.P.O. Box 157, Wurtsboro, NY 12790
Phone: (845) 888-2522
FAX: (845) 888-2816
Village Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 9:00 A.M. -3:00 P.M.
