Letter: Extend moratorium and consider the 'zero option'

To the Editor:

I am writing to encourage the County Board members to extend the moratorium relative to the frac silica sand mining issue until the people of this area have an adequate time to discuss and be fully informed about the effects of this kind of mining on our environment.

I personally believe that if allowed it will be the end of life as we have known it in this area forever. I personally know nobody who is in favor to move ahead with this project. The people I know want the "zero option."

Recent articles in the St. Paul and Minneapolis newspapers relative to frac sand mining in Minnesota reveal that virtually no local jobs are created and the monies generated go back to the mining companies in the states where they are located.

Jay M. Greenberg

Red Wing

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