Who Doesn't Love a 'Mystery Memo'?
A mysterious, unsigned five-page memo that appears to coach oil lease buyers to dupe landowners into allowing fracking in their back yards deepened the debate over the controversial practice when it was discovered in a crushed binder in a Greene County, Ohio driveway. The shale-rich land of Greene County is a hot commodity, and residents are used to being approached by so-called landmen, who go door to door trying to lease property for drilling. Residents said that that the language in the memo reminded them of Jim Bucher, who represents West Bay Exploration Co. in Traverse City, Michigan. The memo, which isn't on letterhead and has no logo, can't be directly connected to Bucher, according to investigations by the District Attorney. The memo gives instructions to ignore the dangers of groundwater contamination and property devaluation, downplay the controversial natural gas drilling and to describe the drilling process as "radioactive free" — despite the fact that the memo acknowledges that is a lie. Residents in Greene County said the memo repeated many talking points used by Bucher.
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