Our Lawyer is Going to Albany (1/21/09)- Your steering committee has been sending you messages about a landowner rally in Albany next Monda (January 25th)y. Coalition Bus Trip (1/17/09)- Many of you have asked how we can show Albany that we are the silent majority and that the obstructionist groups are a vocal few. We have organized a FREE bus trip and rally in Albany. This will affect YOU! NY and its citizens can not afford to chase anymore opportunities and business away! Who wants to go! Bring your fellow landowners, family and friends leased or not! The more the merrier! Steering Committee members will be on the buses to give a coalition update and to answer any drilling / leasing related question that you may have. (Details of current lease negotiations and companies will not be discussed) Monday, January 25, 2010 Other coalitions from across NYS will be there with us to support safe drilling. Sign up for a seat with the coalition. Bus stops/locations to be determined. We will arrive in Albany at 10 a.m. and attend at press conference at: 10:30 a.m. at the LCA Room. Capitol Press Room Room 363 (located on the third floor on the Hudson River side of the New York State Capitol between the Senate and Assembly chambers.) Immediately following the press conference we will conduct a rally of our own outside the Capitol building East Park. Take that personal day or watch the obstructionist kill your chance of a lease! This time its up to you! And you don't even have to drive! No Excuses. As you know, while natural gas exploration has been conducted safely in New York for decades, the public and lawmakers have been misinformed repeatedly by these obstructionist groups whose agenda is only to kill new investments in some of the state’s most economically deprived regions. We cannot let them overwhelm Albany and be the only voice that is heard at the Capitol that day! Please join us for this bus trip to Albany: The trip is being paid for by the gas industry but food and drink are on your own dime. Please respond ASAP to this via e-mail (nygaslease@gmail.com) or call Chris Ostrowsky (607) 722-1009 and let us know how many in your party can attend the rally It’s time to tell Albany enough is enough! Natural Gas Exploration can be done safely in an environmentally friendly manner. Below are links with info on what the obstructionists have planned for that day. They are well organized and well funded.http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=153421.0&dlv_id=132501 Help is Needed (1/15/09)- http://www.wbng.com/news/local/81572087.html http://www.wicz.com/news/video.asp?video=01%2D14%2D10+drilling%2Ewmv%2Eflv&zone=News At yesterdays meeting Barbara Fiala said that she was pleased with all the support she has received since she came out in favor of drilling. She has received over 500 emails of thanks. Unfortunately Kevin McCabe from Governor Patterson's office told us that the Governor has received only a handful of positive emails and hundreds of anti-drilling emails. Now we need your help again. A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to send our County Executive a note letting her know that you support her reasonable pro-natural gas drilling stance. The response was overwhelming and has made her understand that she has support. Thank-you. Now, we are again asking you to send an email, this time to Kevin McCabe letting him know that you support safe gas drilling. Kevin is the representative for Governor Patterson for this area. Kevin has requested that you drop him an email at Kevin.McCabe@chamber.state.ny.us He has been receiving many emails from those opposed to gas drilling & it’s time we became pro-active. We believe that Kevin will take all responsible emails to the Governor. Please be certain to make a logical statement as to why you are urging him to do whatever is possible to have DEC complete their SGEIS study as quickly as possible & then begin permitting for Marcellus drilling immediately. He will not accept any anonymous emails, so let him know who is sending it. You may feel free to pass this email along (in fact, we urge you to do so) to any reasonable, pro-drilling advocate. It’s important that our Governor understand the need for this opportunity to proceed. |
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