However, that wasn’t the case in Culver City. This failure, as well as presentations by anti-natural gas activists to delay the vote, would have stopped most responsible governments from further action. With this as background, it’s easy to understand why the original vote failed. It turns out there was good reason for that request as half of the board hadn’t even read the legislation the school board resolution sought to support. It’s telling that the Board’s resolution was brought against the advice of its president who urged the body to delay the vote. The hastily organized resolution urged the state to take action on AB 972, a bill that seeks to place a moratorium on a process that has been employed in over 1.2 million oil and natural gas wells since 1947 without incident. Of course, haste makes waste as most folks know – and the actions of Culver City’s school board demonstrate that in spades. The development, originally reported by the Culver City Observer, will provide a good lesson to returning students this year – namely that it is important to conduct independent research and gain at least partial understanding of what’s being discussed before inserting yourself into a discussion. Especially when that discussion centers around a highly technical, and highly regulated, process whose safety has been confirmed by over 65 years of experience and government officials like EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and regulators in over 16 U.S. PT) An interesting development in Culver City last week: the City’s School Board opted to weigh in on the use of hydraulic fracturing in California and Culver City in particular.
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