From: EcoNews
As reported Sunday, new evidence was released today showing Ohio Gov. Kasich’s involvement in the communications plan that detailed how the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) would “marginalize” opponents of fracking
by teaming up with “allied” corporations—including Halliburton,
business groups and media outlets—to promote this controversial drilling
technique in state parks.
Barkcamp State Park in Belmont County Ohio is one of the Ohio State Parks that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will exercise state-owned drilling rights on. |
Wayne Struble, Gov. Kasich’s director of policy, sent out an invitation on
Aug. 20, 2012 to eight of Kasich’s most senior staffers with the
subject line: “State-Land Leasing—Strategy and Communications.” The
subject line is nearly identical to the title of the original memo, Oil & Gas State Lands Leasing: Draft Outline for Communication Plan (8/20/12), created by the ODNR. The only other invited guests were top officials from the ODNR.
Among the Kasich staff invited to the meeting were: Gov. Kasich
Communication Director Scott Milburn, Chief of Staff Beth Hansen, Senior
Advisor Jai Chabria, former Director of Legislative Affairs Matt Carle
(now Gov. Kasich’s campaign manager) and former Policy Advisor Craig
Butler (now Kasich’s Ohio Environmental Protection Agency director) MORE
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