Local Control or No Control for the Denton Fracking Ban?

Economic growth or local control? That’s the shorthand version of the battle cry from the two sides of the lawsuit over Denton’s fracking ban.

 In supporting local control argument, Denton residents point to:

• Denton, a home rule municipality, has approved drilling permits over the years. 
• A Denton approved special use permit for drilling across from a park and hospital percipitated the fracking ban [Texas Observer]