Live updates from Maryann Batlle

#SWFL Peter Cangialosi: The amount of oil is not worth risking our water supply. (Echoed previous speaker's comment there.)

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:29:41 PM

#SWFL Peter Cangialosi, who is enviro director for Estero Council of Community Leaders: I don't trust FL DEP to regulate.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:27:53 PM

#SWFL Peter Cangialosi: Rep. Rodrigues said he hasn't heard opposition from Estero residents and left when he had a chance. (Gets laughs)

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:27:04 PM

#SWFL 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?

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:25:48 PM

#SWFL Another speaker (I'm sorry, I didn't get her name): Small amount of oil that would be produced is not worth risking water.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:25:10 PM

#SWFL Former Commissioner Judah: It is arrogant of Rodrigues to say local government has authority over zoning but not water.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:21:35 PM

#SWFL Former Commissioner Judah: Rodrigues could have said he will champion your concern about pre-emption and he did not.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:20:51 PM

#SWFL 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

by maryannbatlle via twitter 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.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:18:49 PM

#SWFL Ruth McGregor: It speaks volumes that Rep. Rodrigues isn't here.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:14:36 PM

#SWFL Estero resident Patty Whitehead: This is a pre-emption game ... our home rule trumps his statements here.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:13:50 PM

#SWFL Holly Rauen: We can't let the state dictate to us what we should do here.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:06:13 PM

#SWFL Holly Rauen, Happehatchee Center VP: Sorry that Rep. Rodrigues isn't here to listen; Others in the audience answer with "Amen"

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:05:38 PM

#SWFL Conservancy of SWFL argues that both acidization and acid fracking should be included

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:04:03 PM

#SWFL After Vice Mayor question, Conservancy of SWFL: Says house bill would not have addressed what happened in Collier Hogan well.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:02:30 PM

#SWFL Per Conservancy of SWFL: Collier Hogan Well waste water trucked across the state to Miami area.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:01:08 PM

#SWFL I'll let you know if he comes back, of course.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:55:21 PM

#SWFL Overheard Phil Douglas, Estero resident: "That was an insult."

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:54:55 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues is done with his presentation. He gets applause. He walked right out. Gone.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:54:24 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: I believe Bonita Springs would have a difficult time if its fracking ban is challenged

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:50:19 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: The Bonita Springs ordinance was drafted w/ a political agenda, not scientists & includes acidization, which is wrong.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:49:34 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: The state has the $ to hire the scientists who can review and make permitting decisions

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:48:50 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: Regulation of oil and gas has belonged to the state for 70 years; state will not cede that.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:46:28 PM

#SWFL Vice Mayor Levitan: Would your bill have prevented what happened in the Collier Hogan well? Rodrigues says Yes, absolutely.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:45:46 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: I am doing the right thing to address fear that exists; cities would keep zoning powers/cld regulate light and noise

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:42:37 PM

#SWFL Councilor Errington: I am "extremely concerned" abt our water -- what if we wake up one day and our water is poisoned? (paraphrased)

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:37:32 PM

#SWFL Councilor Errington: If pre-emption goes into effect, it would be bad for Estero; I don't want trucks hauling waste water thru Estero

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:36:04 PM

#SWFL Councilor Errington: This bill has created fear and fear creates anger -- and we don't want this in our community.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:35:20 PM

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by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:34:21 PM

#SWFL Councilor Errington: What happens in this time of terrorism, when someone could remotely change the chemicals being put in the wells?

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:30:21 PM

#SWFL Councilor Errington: Frac Focus, outside group mentioned in bill to keep track of chemicals, does not have a good reputation.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:29:38 PM

#SWFL 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.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:29:01 PM

#SWFL Councilor Errington asks why he thinks this a good idea, against the wishes of people in Estero

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:28:22 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: There's no property in Estero big enough to drill; the only way they can get in is from outside

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:27:14 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: Acidization is done safely in FL and is not the same as acid fracking; that language is inaccurate

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:25:04 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: Terms that aren't interchangeable are being used in local fracking bans; acidization and acid fracking are different

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:24:22 PM

#SWFL Now we're on to village council questions

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:20:07 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: If you truly believe our environment is important, support that and be willing to lose the tax money to support solar

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:19:39 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: The most significant enviro bill is not fracking, it's one about removing tax barriers from commercial props for solar

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:19:03 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: If home rule is your issue, it would be mine, reach out FL League of Cities

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:17:59 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: We do not have the language yet; Sen. Richter is expected to present it in January

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:17:27 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues: {re-emption language in the bill now will not be the final language; FL League of Cities working on draft language

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:16:51 PM

#SWFL 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

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:16:08 PM

#SWFL Rep. Rodrigues talking abt pre-emption that would make state law supercede local ordinances;
"Oil and gas has been reserved to state"

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 3:15:24 PM