Lawmaker Who Claimed Drilling And STDs Were Linked Responds To StateImpact

House Democrat Mike Sturla sends this email, responding to StateImpact’s look at Department of Health data on sexually transmitted diseases:

“My comments were based on reports from people in the community in the Marcellus shale region. I can only assume that they have the best interest of the communities that they serve in mind.
But this may serve to highlight the difficulty and interrogatories that local communities might encounter in the future if an impact fee is put in place and certain politicians do not agree with the local assessment/impact.
It may also call into question the methodology of data collection and communication/cooperation with local health providers.
In the end, this is one of a multitude of issues to be debated. I hope you scrutinize the claims of job creation as closely as you do STD’s.”

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