Political Opposites Unite to Form Pro-Fracking Group in NY

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The 70,000-member Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY), along with the Broome County Farm Bureau and several Southern Tier labor unions formed a new group (perhaps confederation is a better word) yesterday called Southern Tier Residents for Economic Independence. The new group illustrates how the fracking issue unites groups of people that often are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Many labor unions are pro-fracking, a little-known secret anti-drilling "environmentalist" groups like to hide since labor unions usually swing Democrat/Liberal with their voting block. The fact that unions are defecting to "the other side" on this issue is causing heartburn inside anti-fracking central--places like Citizen Action of New York and the Park Foundation. Such anti-drilling groups haughtily believe they "own" the labor unions. Problem is, rank and file union members didn't get that particular memo. Here's the story of people with different political philosophies reaching across the isle for a righteous cause--shale drilling in NY...

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