It is always surprising to learn of the depth of experience of some of our elected officials. Art Bobian, who is chairman of the Huerfano Board of County Commissioners, is one example. I have found that he: "...retired in 2002 from the American Cancer Society where he held a variety of positions including National Field Representative covering 15 states in the western part of the nation. He also held the position of Assistant Vice President for Internal Communications for the National Home Office in Atlanta, and finished his career as a Regional Vice President for Southern California. Art has also served as President of La Plaza de Los Leones, an organization devoted to providing scholarships to Huerfano County students while promoting awareness of Hispanic contributions to the area."http://spcf.net/about-us.html. Therefore I want to assemble copies of articles mentioning carcinogens that appear on the victims list website, http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/, printed and in a folder for Art Bobian to read.
I also want to introduce an idea here that to gain maximum support in the county, we combine lease map information with household locations to form an alert to have present state of children's health documented in locations within 500 feet of potential drilling.
Our concerns have much in common with the Hispanic community and Catholic Church, and their children's health could be a crucial element in a campaign for fracking danger awareness in Huerfano County.
I think it is important to be seen as strongly FOR Heurfano County, and for us to be respectful and caring in our attitude towards even those with whom we now disagree because they presently favor Shell's designs on our county. Education of parents on fracking dangers is essential.
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