As mentioned earlier, the breaking story out of the City of Fredericton was Mayor Woodside saying the Public Safety & Environment Committee was going to discuss the ban of shale gas within Fredericton city limits during a meeting today at noon. The topic is something the City has been slow to make a decision on. But it looks like at the regular City Council meeting next Tuesday evening, they will do just that.
Making a short presentation to the committee on the subject of shale gas today was local citizen, Mark D'Arcy, who's been agitating for the city to legislate a ban since last year.
"I hammered one point after another...and cited one healthcare study after another," said D'Arcy.
He implored the committee to adopt a resolution to bring it to a vote at council. Barring that, he suggested to those present that councillors could put it on Tuesday night's agenda themselves.
Mayor Woodside also spoke at the committee meeting, saying, "...it should be dealt with now."
Councillors not presently sitting on the Public Safety & Environment Committee also attended the meeting, including Marilyn Kerton and Stephen Chase. This tweaked D'Arcy that perhaps a shift had taken place on the subject with council.
"It was pretty electric in there," said D'Arcy about today's meeting. "Something changed; something is happening," he said.
