Jon Campbell discusses the three candidate’s positions on Marcellus Shale drilling in today’s Ithaca Journal.com. Cuomo appears to have a cautious approach while remaining non committal as stated in his New NY Agenda. Lazio wants drilling with additional study and restrictions. And, Paladino is anxious to see drilling happen yesterday and wants the NYS legislature to get out of the way and let development and resulting economic recovery begin.

The article further discusses landowners’ desire for drilling to begin as soon as the DEC finalizes the sGEIS and that the landowners are watching their legislator’s moves on this issue carefully and will vote accordingly. Landowner coalitions represent thousands of New Yorkers and millions of acres of land and are advocating strongly for drilling to proceed. They are a constituency that should not be ignored.

To read Jon’s story in the Ithaca Journal click here.