Editor,

The question of what a property owner can do on his or her property may be a simple matter to Mrs. LaTourette as it is to many unconventional drilling proponents. When you ask people who know something about the law, it is anything but that. What these people say is that if the activity is legal and it does not harm or impact anyone else on their land or on other property, there is no problem. This is hardly the case when you are talking about this highly dangerous activity. I know that LaTourette is tired of hearing people like me saying these things; telling lies she says. Because she would never believe me or one of the other faceless critics, I would like to quote something from a statement that Chesepeake Oil and Gas made in 2010 to the Security and Exchange Commission, Oil and Gas companies have to disclose risks that their operations pose to regulating governmental agancies. They have to tell these agencies the truth, unlike what they have to tell their stockholders, leaseholders and the rest of us poor slobs trying to survive in the world.

http://www.chk.com/Media/Publications/AnnualReport/Documents/PDF/2010AnnualReport.pdf

Form 10K page 29

“Natural gas and oil drilling and producing operations can be hazardous and may expose us to liabilities, including environmental liabilities.