Fracking measures failed, so why the continued ads?

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I think they know it’s coming back,” Colorado State University political science professor John Straayer said. “The groups that supported those (measures), they came up short on signatures, but I’d be surprised if they didn’t take another run at it. I suspect (oil and gas proponents) calculate that to go silent on it now would be a bad choice because they’re going to face it again.”

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