Editor’s column wrong about proposed county Bill of Rights

OHCRN
Aug 5, 2015
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By Dick McGinn Aug 5, 2015

On Sunday, a friend stopped me on the street to ask for clarification regarding the proposed Charter for a Bill of Rights for environmental protection from fracking waste, something many Athens residents, myself included, have spent months, and untold hours of grinding hard work, attempting to create.

She had read that it appears our good intentions have been “hijacked by some radical, anarchist” group from Pennsylvania.

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