Yes, that's true. And to be clear, I don't advocate fracking bans. I have inadequate information to have an informed opinion on the issue (ditto for "climate change"), and there's so much money and politics involved that I'm skeptical of what pretty much any expert would tell me. However, that isn't the point and in fact isn't even relevant. To me, local control means the power of the local government to do something even when the state or federal government doesn't want them to. If the City of Denton acquires enough information to act on the issue of fracking on behalf of their citizens, that's their right. If they're wrong to do that, then it's up to the citizens of Denton to show up on Election Day, vote them out, and install a council that will reverse the ban. It's not up to the Legislature to sit as a "super-council" to trump their judgment altogether.
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