https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/07/30/ioag-threatens-boycott-of-new-martinsville-businesses-in-response-to-drilling-ban/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/07/30/ioag-threatens-boycott-of-new-martinsville-businesses-in-response-to-drilling-ban/#comment-683 Informed Citizen Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:04:18 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=2606#comment-683 And just like clockwork, an article comes out today and the executive director of the Wetzel County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has caved like one of those wet paper bags I mentioned and is begging the Chamber of Commerce to reverse their desicion in the face of these juvenile threats. Apparently she has already forgotten that New Martinsville has done just fine for all these years without the gas workers around. I remember the stories my grandparents told me of strong-willed West Virginians, people with integrity, people who stood up for themselves and didn't back down. Sadly, those West Virginians, like my grandparents, are gone. And just like clockwork, an article comes out today and the executive director of the Wetzel County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has caved like one of those wet paper bags I mentioned and is begging the Chamber of Commerce to reverse their desicion in the face of these juvenile threats. Apparently she has already forgotten that New Martinsville has done just fine for all these years without the gas workers around. I remember the stories my grandparents told me of strong-willed West Virginians, people with integrity, people who stood up for themselves and didn’t back down. Sadly, those West Virginians, like my grandparents, are gone.

]]> https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/07/30/ioag-threatens-boycott-of-new-martinsville-businesses-in-response-to-drilling-ban/#comment-682 Informed Citizen Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:44:15 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=2606#comment-682 It's just one of the many pathetic tactics used by the natural gas industry to sway public opinion. Even more pathetic is the hundreds of thousands of West Virginians who buy into the b.s. about jobs and instantly cave like a wet paper bag. Go out and get the real facts for yourself, folks.....'cause what the industry people are telling you sure ain't the truth. It’s just one of the many pathetic tactics used by the natural gas industry to sway public opinion. Even more pathetic is the hundreds of thousands of West Virginians who buy into the b.s. about jobs and instantly cave like a wet paper bag. Go out and get the real facts for yourself, folks…..’cause what the industry people are telling you sure ain’t the truth.

]]> https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2011/07/30/ioag-threatens-boycott-of-new-martinsville-businesses-in-response-to-drilling-ban/#comment-677 Paul J. Spence Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:14:08 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=2606#comment-677 This is typical of the mentality of the energy industry leadership. If they can't buy or bribe you, they bully you instead. They don't need to drill within city limits. They KNOW that they don't have to drill within city limits. They don't care about your drinking water concerns. They know that you fear for your drinking water, so they think they can make you fear something else even more. Can they even prove that they give their patronage to your businesses in the first place? Do any of them have the integrity or clout to attempt a boycott? Do you even want to do business with people like this? Stand strong, New Martinsville. This is typical of the mentality of the energy industry leadership. If they can’t buy or bribe you, they bully you instead. They don’t need to drill within city limits. They KNOW that they don’t have to drill within city limits. They don’t care about your drinking water concerns. They know that you fear for your drinking water, so they think they can make you fear something else even more. Can they even prove that they give their patronage to your businesses in the first place? Do any of them have the integrity or clout to attempt a boycott? Do you even want to do business with people like this? Stand strong, New Martinsville.

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