Live updates from Maryann Batlle

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by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:44:58 PM

#SWFL Lawyer @ralfbrooks , who works w/ Conservancy of SWFL, gives some suggestions to clean up ordinance language (baaed on Levitan ?s)

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:44:45 PM

#SWFL Note: That was a paraphrase. He didn't say legit. That's all me.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:41:23 PM

#SWFL Vice Mayor Levitan keeps asking if the ordinance "where as" clauses are factually accurate, because, if not, the ordinance isn't legit

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:41:09 PM

#SWFL Peter Cangialosi, Estero Council of Community Leaders Enviro Director: You are not alone -- brings up tallahassee.com/story/news/201…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:34:06 PM

#SWFL Vice Mayor Levitan is asked for the geologist's professional opinion on Estero's proposed ordinance.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:30:01 PM

#SWFL Mayor Batos discourages audience applause; reminds folks to keep their feelings on each speaker to themselves.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:29:04 PM

#SWFL Geologist from Cape Coral: FL's limestone allows for ease of movement underground; casings can fail and are not iron clad

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:26:20 PM

#SWFL Speaker now, Geologist from Cape Coral: Potentially hazardous chemicals, including known carcinogens, used during fracking.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:25:18 PM

#SWFL Estero resident speaking now: Climate change is a concern, too.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:23:22 PM

#SWFL Former Lee Commissioner Ray Judah speaking now: Thanks Estero's village council for courage.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:21:25 PM

#SWFL We're on public comment. First Estero resident to speak does not support Rodrigues-Richter fracking regulation bill.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/2/2015 3:18:59 PM

Follow reporter @maryannbatlle as she shares updates from Estero Village Council as it discusses fracking. bit.ly/1Ip12Ph

by Naples Daily News via twitter retweeted by maryannbatlle 12/2/2015 3:15:25 PM

Good times and in bad, my loyal readers keep me going. Much, much love and respect. Thanks, y'all. #SWFL ????????????????????

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/1/2015 4:59:08 PM

#SWFL We're adjourned

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/1/2015 3:20:28 PM

#SWFL Lee Chairman Mann: If there are more opportunities to use trapping and hunting, we should.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/1/2015 3:13:19 PM

#SWFL First speaker: Trapping hogs is not enough near his gated community; he wants bow and arrow hunting allowed in nearby slough

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/1/2015 3:11:16 PM

#SWFL First speaker: Hog hunting. He lives in a gated community in south Fort Myers. Feral hogs have caused damage.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/1/2015 3:09:36 PM

#SWFL Lee County's commission meeting is moving along. Public comment.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 12/1/2015 3:08:36 PM

#SWFL Also, we adjourned a while back. Apologies!

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 6:06:38 PM

#SWFL Mayor Batos asks if anyone wants to speak about anything else. No one from public. No one on council.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 5:18:02 PM

#SWFL Phi Douglas, Estero resident: Water is our most important commodity; If Rodrigues wanted to hear from Estero, he should have stayed.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 5:13:08 PM

#SWFL I'm hearing the word water more than oil.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 5:10:24 PM

#SWFL So, what I'm hearing: People don't trust DEP to protect them, want to guarantee water isn't poisoned, offended by pre-emption

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 5:09:50 PM

#SWFL Lawyer: We don't want wells that close to our elementary schools, referring to naplesnews.com/news/lee-activ…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:59:18 PM

#SWFL Lawyr that has worked with Conservancy: You can legally regulate fracking in your community.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:57:28 PM

Total tangent. But ... twitter.com/GMA/status/668…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:54:29 PM

#SWFL There will be an election and I hope you people remember this, said Bev McNellis, Estero resident

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:51:25 PM

OK I'm not typing the word someone just said.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:48:38 PM

#SWFL Also, another Mayor zing. Adds some levity.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:45:17 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy: It's better to get the ban passed expeditiously if we try to keep the ones passed.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:44:56 PM

#SWFL Vice Mayor Levitan: We can pass a resolution to go on the record to say we oppose the bills, but can they pre-empt an ordinance?

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:44:17 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy: The state can't limit your zoning powers

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:43:05 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy: Local governments are allowed to restrict or prohibit well stimulation as part of your land use power

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:42:39 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy: Rodrigues-Richter bills' definitions are too narrow and they have failed to improve those bills.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:40:47 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy: We have the science that differentiates acidization well cleaning from stimulation.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:39:49 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy: Rodrigues-Richter bill does not address all forms of fracking-like extraction that uses dangerous chems

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:39:02 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker: Stay the course and move forward to consider a well stimulation ban

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:38:02 PM

#SWFL Jennifer Hecker, Conservancy of SWFL: Fracking is a very real and present threat.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:37:32 PM

#SWFL Karen Dwyer: Florida DEP kept Collier Hogan well issue secret for months

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:36:53 PM

#SWFL Karen Dwyer: Water used in fracking can never be reused, unlike ag water. We know DEP won't protect us -- overworked and underfunded

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:36:26 PM

#SWFL Karen Dwyer: Only local governments can protect water with a ban, because Tallahassee and D.C. won't.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:35:38 PM

#SWFL Karen Dwyer: The Richter-Rodrigues bills would allow fracking and would protect chemicals from disclosure

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:35:00 PM

#SWFL Karen Dwyer, a Collier resident who fought Collier Hogan well: Your ban would not stop them from drilling oil, just fracking method

by maryannbatlle via twitter 11/23/2015 4:34:20 PM