The Colorado Independent will be hosting a free panel on boom-time fracking and local control. The governor’s drilling task force has wrapped up its work. A new election cycle is beginning. Where are we at now, Colorado?

• What can local officials do and not do through zoning power or other mechanisms to control where drilling takes place?

• What is the mood among residents on the ground in the Front Range gas patch?

• Has anything significant changed politically in the last year?
• What kind of change is being contemplated? What kind of change is fair to expect?

The event will be moderated by The Colorado Independent Managing Editor John Tomasic and will feature Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones and Protect Colorado Communications Director/former Denver Post Journalist Karen Crummy