2 Democrat Commissioners Ban Injection Wells in Fayette County, WV

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In the end it was just two people who decided to outlaw a legally operating wastewater injection well in Fayette County, WV. Two county commissioners, Denise Scalph and Matt Wender (both Democrats), voted to end the right of Danny Webb Construction to operate an injection well in the county, as it has done for over a decade (perhaps longer, we're not sure). Aided by a rabidly leftist group called the Mountain Party (left of Vlad Putin), the so-called county commission attorney, Larry Harrah, crafted the state's first "screw 'em royally" ordinance that he believes is lawsuit-proof. We'll see just how lawsuit-proof it is when it gets tested, as it surely will...

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