Anti-fracking amendment opponents say enough is enough

YOUNGSTOWN — A group of labor leaders and business owners want city officials to not permit a proposed anti-fracking charter amendment to appear on the ballot for a fifth time.

While he opposes the proposal, Mayor John A. McNally said it would violate the city charter and the Ohio Constitution to not permit the measure to be put in front of voters again.

The group, called Voters for Ballot Integrity, spoke today in front of the Mahoning County Board of Elections against the anti-fracking proposal that has already been rejected four times by city voters.

“It’s time for this to stop,” said Bill Padisak, president of the Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO Labor Council.

But those who support the proposal say it’s their right to put the measure on the ballot as often as they want.

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