Meeting to build the campaign to prevent the leasing of Allegheny County Parks for Fracking.
Public Parks are OUR Parks. County plans to start fracking at Deer Lake Park!
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and some members of Allegheny County Council are hoping to lease Allegheny County Park land for fracking. Several groups, including Marcellus Protest and South Hills Area Against Dangerous Drilling (SHAADD) believe that we as residents need to draw a line at the County Parks - there should be no fracking *on or under* the areas where the public goes for recreation, exercise, and takes their children to play.
For now, Mr. Fitzgerald has called for bids to frack only Deer Lakes Park - but he is quoted as saying that he's wants to look at leasing any County land, so now is the time to become involved and say "No Fracking On OUR Public Lands."
The issue is not on a County Council meeting agenda yet, so we are optimistic that our voices can have an effect on the process. (The vote to allow fracking at the Airports did pass by 9-4, after all. Only a few votes would have to switch, and at least that many who voted yes had serious misgivings.)
The issue is not on a County Council meeting agenda yet, so we are optimistic that our voices can have an effect on the process. (The vote to allow fracking at the Airports did pass by 9-4, after all. Only a few votes would have to switch, and at least that many who voted yes had serious misgivings.)
10:00 a.m. at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church - Room 234 (116 S Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206).
`SHAAD is also asking that you
Here's what we are asking you to do.
1. Call your County Council Member, and the two at-large members, DeFazio and Heidelbaugh. (Contact information is here) *Your phone message doesn't have to be long* - keep it simple, for example: "My name is______, I'm your constituent, and I'm asking you to vote NO on leasing any County Park land for fracking."
NOTE: We have heard that many Council members never read their email, so we're asking you to please CALL.
2. *Forward this message* to your friends, and ask them to do the same.
3. If you use social media, Facebook, Twitter, create a post asking the Allegheny County residents you know to join you in making their voices heard.
Let's get out in front of this issue, and maybe prevent it from even coming up for a vote, if we can make our voices heard loudly enough. SHAAD will be working with other groups to find other ways to do this; stay tuned!
1. Call your County Council Member, and the two at-large members, DeFazio and Heidelbaugh. (Contact information is here) *Your phone message doesn't have to be long* - keep it simple, for example: "My name is______, I'm your constituent, and I'm asking you to vote NO on leasing any County Park land for fracking."
NOTE: We have heard that many Council members never read their email, so we're asking you to please CALL.
2. *Forward this message* to your friends, and ask them to do the same.
3. If you use social media, Facebook, Twitter, create a post asking the Allegheny County residents you know to join you in making their voices heard.
Let's get out in front of this issue, and maybe prevent it from even coming up for a vote, if we can make our voices heard loudly enough. SHAAD will be working with other groups to find other ways to do this; stay tuned!
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