On Monday, March 2, 2015, President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson appeared before the Board of County Commissioners in Starke to request that they support a state-wide ban on fracking. They were very receptive to this request and decided to pursue the matter by having the county attorney investigate more.
President Malwitz-Jipson gave the commissioners hard copies of the Florida Medical Association draft, the Miami-Dade and Alachua drafts , our draft, and the two ban fracking bills before the Legislature, for their reference.
President Malwitz-Jipson left the meeting with a positive impression that the board would soon approve the resolution.