Judge says fracking records should be opened

I see a bright light shining. It’s getting brighter every day.

Hearing granted to unseal drilling settlement
By Linda Metz
published dec 19, 2012

On Wednesday, attorneys for the newspapers asked President Judge Debbie O’Dell Seneca to grant an expedited half-day hearing to on their arguments in favor of unsealing the legal settlement between Stephanie and Chris Hallowich and Range Resources, MarkWest Energy Partners and Williams Gas/Laurel Mountain Midstream.

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Before setting a hearing date for 9:30 a.m. Jan. 18, the judge briefly questioned the attorneys on the reasoning behind Pozonsky’s sealing of the settlement when neither the Hallowiches nor the drilling companies had requested it be sealed in its entirety. Instead, attorneys only sought to seal the portion involving Hallowiches’ two minor children.

“My understanding is that everything should be open,” she said. “I don’t understand what happened here.”

If you have no dirty secrets to hide, you do not need a non disclosure agreement and you do not fear the light. Let the light shine.

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