Rochester Poll: Cuomo Wrong to Delay, Begin Fracking Now

Unscientific opinion survey? To be sure. But the results from a recent Rochester (NY) Business Journal poll that asks the question of whether or not Gov. Andrew Cuomo should continue to delay a decision on fracking is enlightening. Some 540 RBJ readers participated in the web-based snap poll that asked two questions about fracking. It will be no surprise to you that the vast majority of RBJ readers believe Cuomo should make a decision now--and that the decision should be to allow fracking to commence. Most people who read the RBJ are small business people--entrepreneurs and managers and people who make things happen. In other words, they are producers--the opposite of the government-dependent leeches we tend to turn out in NY in large numbers. Producers are clear-headed--they know how to evaluate information and come to a logical conclusion. And the conclusion reached in "liberal" Rochester is this: fracking is safe, it's time to start. Get off the pot Cuomo! Here's the details from the RBJ snap poll:

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