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Well, listen, I appreciate you sitting

down with me, I know you're busy but I

Oh yeah, yeah.

I just thought it'd be a good idea

for you and I to get together

before the town hall tomorrow so

that we can get to know each other.

Of course, no no, look, as the senior

member of the supervisors board,

thank you for sitting down

with me. I appreciate it.

Pretty exciting all

this natural gas stuff.

It is very exciting.

Whole lot of money down there!

That is also true.

How much do you think? How much

money you think we got down there?

Well, uh, your Global's research team

hasn't finished their analysis yet,

but I think it could be as much

as 15 to 20 million dollars.

Is that right?

I mean it could be, yeah.

Thank you.

Well Listen, I've, uh

I've been doing a little research about

all this, gone online a little bit, and

well, I've read all these

rumblings on Natural Gas

possibly contaminates water sources?

You know, killing crops and what not.

Yeah. You know, I've read

all that stuff too.

There're stories of people

lighting their water on fire.

People getting sick. Steve.

That sounds nasty.

WellWell, there are lost

of scare tactics at play here.

Oh. ButLook, I, uh

I have a responsibility

to protect these people.

To ensure their safety.

Yes.

And to be honest

Well

I'm just not so sure I'm too

comfortable telling my constituents

to allow you folks to come into our town.

No matter how much money you have.

Okay. Well, Mr. Richards, because

Now

I know that you folks have quite

the operation in the works, here.

With plans to set up

throughout the state, huh?

Yeah.

Well, I'd hate to be the guy that

jeopardize all that for you.

To lead this one little podunk

town to reject your company.

To reject natural Gas. Wow!

I can't even imagine what

that would do to you guys.

Especially fore that this got out,

you know, in the papers, on the news, hmm?

It's 30,000.

What's that?

I can offer you 30,000 dollars.

Can I get you anything else?

You know what, Lynn, I think

we're done here. Just the check please.

The Marcellus shale,

estimated at 2 trillion dollars,

with billions in potential tax

revenue to individual states.

Google.

First one that came up, first sentence.

Now you wanna re-think that joke

number you mentioned earlier, hm?

Mr. Richards, I'm-I'm just being

straight with you, it's simple math.

Best case scenario there's 30

million dollars under your town.

.1% of that is 30,000 dollars,

that's what I'm authorized to offer you.

I'm also telling you

it's a one time offer.

Don't get up.

Don't do that.

I've been at this table before

and it doesn't end well.

Look, I don't fault you for trying.

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