[Jeff Niceswanger]

Big oil has hit our state...Its coming from the northeast and working its way south. Many ,Many meetings @ meeting halls around the state as property owners are lured into contracts with oil company's. Lots of guys that I work with have some decent amounts of acreage and are licking their lips. These company's are paying several thousand dollars an acreage to just lease the rights to the oil.Then if they happen to hit the shale oil/gas,,, its big, big money...Up north some of the banks are going out of business as the first thing the " little guy" does when he gets some money in his pocket is pay his house off. There are going to be many Rich people out of this deal....Its going to take a couple years to get in full swing,but the papers are full of info on it everyday. Halliburton just bought land here in town to move their business into.Here is a clip of some guy in his front yard watching traffic caused by a local drill site. Imagine trying to get out of your driveway........Remember ,we have to keep the Politics OUT of this