Youngstown, OH to Commit Utica Suicide with Vote to Ban Drilling

Is it right for a simple majority to strip away the hard-earned property of their neighbors with an up or down vote? The Founding Fathers called it mob rule, which is why the United States was founded as a democratic republic—not a straight democracy. They recognized that up or down votes that allow citizens to take away property (money, use of land, possessions) from fellow citizens is abhorrent and immoral, which is why they cooked up the ingenious document called the Constitution—full of checks and balances to prevent it from happening. But alas, the Constitution has become nothing more than toilet paper in some places, like Youngstown, Ohio...

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