Gas Rush Stories, part 4: Public Servants is a current story of money and politics.
Pennsylvania legislators are currently rewriting the Oil and Gas Act dating from 1984. Gas industry has donated millions of dollars to the legislature since 2001 and nearly 2 million to Governor Corbett. Couple hundred citizens representing several non-profit organizations spent a day in Harrisburg last June lobbying these legislators.
“Politicians really understand two things: organized vote and organized money,” says Tom Hoffman from Clean Water Action.
What does he think of the pending legislation?

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