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Re: denton city council plans to lobby against OC
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:52 pm
by nightmare
JSThane wrote:If the city of Denton was pro-revenue, they'd cut red tape for fracturing, instead of attempting to ban it. Oil brings in BIG bucks.
No, this smacks of CA/NY-style nanny-state "know better than you because I'm better" insistence on ever-increasing gov't control on what is supposed to be a free populace.
Even when we disagree with tactics some pro-gun groups use, they're better neighbors than the antis.
Re: denton city council plans to lobby against OC
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:07 am
by JSThane
nightmare wrote:JSThane wrote:If the city of Denton was pro-revenue, they'd cut red tape for fracturing, instead of attempting to ban it. Oil brings in BIG bucks.
No, this smacks of CA/NY-style nanny-state "know better than you because I'm better" insistence on ever-increasing gov't control on what is supposed to be a free populace.
Even when we disagree with tactics some pro-gun groups use, they're better neighbors than the antis.
This is true. Some of the more "ouspoken" members of our tribe tend to be the gunnie equivalent of the drunken uncle stumbling over your lawn gnomes and causing embarrassment, but you never worry about him SWAT-ing you or pulling the media version of a drive-by on your house.