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Up now, Pamela Durant(sp?), a Naples resident who said she lived about 1,000 ft from Collier Hogan well.
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11/23/2015 4:30:35 PM
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Peter Cangialosi: The amount of oil is not worth risking our water supply. (Echoed previous speaker's comment there.)
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11/23/2015 4:29:41 PM
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Peter Cangialosi, who is enviro director for Estero Council of Community Leaders: I don't trust FL DEP to regulate.
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11/23/2015 4:27:53 PM
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Peter Cangialosi: Rep. Rodrigues said he hasn't heard opposition from Estero residents and left when he had a chance. (Gets laughs)
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11/23/2015 4:27:04 PM
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Same speaker: Mr. Rodrigues said bills change -- so how many changes will be made to this bill "up there" that we won't know about?
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11/23/2015 4:25:48 PM
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Another speaker (I'm sorry, I didn't get her name): Small amount of oil that would be produced is not worth risking water.
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11/23/2015 4:25:10 PM
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Former Commissioner Judah: It is arrogant of Rodrigues to say local government has authority over zoning but not water.
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11/23/2015 4:21:35 PM
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Former Commissioner Judah: Rodrigues could have said he will champion your concern about pre-emption and he did not.
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11/23/2015 4:20:51 PM
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Former Commissioner Judah: It's absurd to say that what goes into the ground in Florida will not come back up & harm our water supply
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11/23/2015 4:20:17 PM
OK, can I just say that Mayor Batos brings the zings? He just zinged former Commissioner Ray Judah, who is here. Everyone laughed.
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11/23/2015 4:18:49 PM
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Ruth McGregor: It speaks volumes that Rep. Rodrigues isn't here.
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11/23/2015 4:14:36 PM
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Estero resident Patty Whitehead: This is a pre-emption game ... our home rule trumps his statements here.
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11/23/2015 4:13:50 PM
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Holly Rauen: We can't let the state dictate to us what we should do here.
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11/23/2015 4:06:13 PM
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Holly Rauen, Happehatchee Center VP: Sorry that Rep. Rodrigues isn't here to listen; Others in the audience answer with "Amen"
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11/23/2015 4:05:38 PM
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Conservancy of SWFL argues that both acidization and acid fracking should be included
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11/23/2015 4:04:03 PM
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After Vice Mayor question, Conservancy of SWFL: Says house bill would not have addressed what happened in Collier Hogan well.
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11/23/2015 4:02:30 PM
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Per Conservancy of SWFL: Collier Hogan Well waste water trucked across the state to Miami area.
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11/23/2015 4:01:08 PM
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I'll let you know if he comes back, of course.
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11/23/2015 3:55:21 PM
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Overheard Phil Douglas, Estero resident: "That was an insult."
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11/23/2015 3:54:55 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues is done with his presentation. He gets applause. He walked right out. Gone.
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11/23/2015 3:54:24 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: I believe Bonita Springs would have a difficult time if its fracking ban is challenged
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11/23/2015 3:50:19 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: The Bonita Springs ordinance was drafted w/ a political agenda, not scientists & includes acidization, which is wrong.
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11/23/2015 3:49:34 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: The state has the $ to hire the scientists who can review and make permitting decisions
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11/23/2015 3:48:50 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: Regulation of oil and gas has belonged to the state for 70 years; state will not cede that.
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11/23/2015 3:46:28 PM
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Vice Mayor Levitan: Would your bill have prevented what happened in the Collier Hogan well? Rodrigues says Yes, absolutely.
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11/23/2015 3:45:46 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: I am doing the right thing to address fear that exists; cities would keep zoning powers/cld regulate light and noise
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11/23/2015 3:42:37 PM
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Councilor Errington: I am "extremely concerned" abt our water -- what if we wake up one day and our water is poisoned? (paraphrased)
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11/23/2015 3:37:32 PM
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Councilor Errington: If pre-emption goes into effect, it would be bad for Estero; I don't want trucks hauling waste water thru Estero
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11/23/2015 3:36:04 PM
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Councilor Errington: This bill has created fear and fear creates anger -- and we don't want this in our community.
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11/23/2015 3:35:20 PM
Comment from a reader: Thoughts?
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11/23/2015 3:34:21 PM
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Councilor Errington: What happens in this time of terrorism, when someone could remotely change the chemicals being put in the wells?
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11/23/2015 3:30:21 PM
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Councilor Errington: Frac Focus, outside group mentioned in bill to keep track of chemicals, does not have a good reputation.
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11/23/2015 3:29:38 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: I don't think we should govern by fear; I haven't heard from people in Estero; Let's get the scientific study done.
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11/23/2015 3:29:01 PM
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Councilor Errington asks why he thinks this a good idea, against the wishes of people in Estero
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11/23/2015 3:28:22 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: There's no property in Estero big enough to drill; the only way they can get in is from outside
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11/23/2015 3:27:14 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: Acidization is done safely in FL and is not the same as acid fracking; that language is inaccurate
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11/23/2015 3:25:04 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: Terms that aren't interchangeable are being used in local fracking bans; acidization and acid fracking are different
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11/23/2015 3:24:22 PM
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Now we're on to village council questions
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11/23/2015 3:20:07 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: If you truly believe our environment is important, support that and be willing to lose the tax money to support solar
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11/23/2015 3:19:39 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: The most significant enviro bill is not fracking, it's one about removing tax barriers from commercial props for solar
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11/23/2015 3:19:03 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: If home rule is your issue, it would be mine, reach out FL League of Cities
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11/23/2015 3:17:59 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: We do not have the language yet; Sen. Richter is expected to present it in January
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11/23/2015 3:17:27 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: {re-emption language in the bill now will not be the final language; FL League of Cities working on draft language
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11/23/2015 3:16:51 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues: He has never taken a bill to a floor in the language that it was filed in; process is about negotiation and compromise
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11/23/2015 3:16:08 PM
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Rep. Rodrigues talking abt pre-emption that would make state law supercede local ordinances;
"Oil and gas has been reserved to state"
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11/23/2015 3:15:24 PM
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