not going to re write Mr Hang's letter to you

Dear Governor Cuomo,

I am not going to re write Mr Hang's letter to you. He expresses my concerns in detail and completely.

I own a small home and 10 acres of land with wilderness views. It is 10 miles outside of Ithaca on a hill that is part of the rim of a Piedmont valley. With the exception of an occasional vehicle or falling tree limb, there is no sound on the hill but the wind in the leaves, and the birds. The air is clean and smells differently in all four seasons and with weather changes even throughout the day. I invite you to be my guest with your family and enjoy all the wildlife that can be seen on a regular basis from my new addition. There is a spring below the house and many species of local wild residents take the opportunity to drink there. I also invite you all to a big glass of sweet water from my well which is the only water supply. I will make the same offer if the hydrofracking changes my area, without my consent, coming like a thief underground and destroying my water supply, filling the air with fumes and killing the wildlife with the toxic waste. Which visit would you rather have? Which conditions would you rather live with?

I bought that land in my early twenties with my mother's small life insurance policy in 1974. Regardless of my financial circumstances, I paid the taxes and have steadily built and made improvements on the house. That and my education (which is paid for) have been my major investments. What do you advise me to do if the water becomes flammable, as it has so close by in PA? When the rigs and the short term employment for out - of - towners are gone and I have poisoned water, poisoned land and poisoned air, what do you recommend I do? My property and the property around me will be worthless. The water shed goes to Cayuga Lake which will be toxic. The Fingerlakes tourism and agricultural economy will be gone and the only money being made will be for the gas companies. Please don't do that to Central New York. Watch the documentary Gasland, read the information and make the courageous choice. Wait until science (that will not profit financially) develops a technology is truly safe. Gas is not clean or cheap if it ruins the environment, neighborhoods, home owners and local economies.

I wish the best for you and your family. The invitation to my small home is real. The water is great.....

Very best regards.

Esther H