Fraudulent, Failed Fracking petition
After a petition urging Colorado officials to allow fracking was voted down, an ugly truth emerged: most of the signatories didn’t know their names were on the paper. The lobbyists behind the bid are now trying to remove the petition from public record.
The petition was filed by the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) and signed by 55 local business owner in the Fort Collins area. Or at least that’s what the lobbyists claimed.
After the city’s lawmakers voted 5-2 to ban hydraulic fracturing inside city limits on February 19, three businesses listed among the signatories voiced their curiosity about how their names, in some cases misspelled, ended up on a petition they never supported.
Further investigation revealed that almost half of the signatures were fabricated or signed on behalf of business owners and not their businesses. Some signatories claimed they never endorsed fracking, knew nothing about the petition, or were misled and didn’t know they were signing it as an individual.
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