Louis D. D’Amico, President & Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA), is leading the effort to defeat PA Gov. Tom Wolf’s Marcellus-killing, 7.5% severance tax. While virtually everyone else looked away in embarrassment and otherwise ignored Wolf’s threat that you either take this tax like a man or you’ll get banned “like New York,” Lou D’Amico is not looking away and not pretending Wolf never said it. Wolf did say it and he meant it–and he must be stopped. Below is an excellent column Lou recently wrote in which he parses the governor’s comments and offers the industry’s response–setting the record straight. By the way, Lou will be the Guest of Honor at this year’s Oil & Gas Awards event in Pittsburgh on March 25…
