Public Officials

Hi Mitch,

I did some searching on OpenSecrets.org, which I've found to be a useful resource for these sorts of questions (money and politics, revolving doors). Here are a couple results which may be of interest:

http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=11830
http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=70233

You may be interested in these blog posts pointing out some of Cabot's many violations:
http://un-naturalgas.org/weblog/tag/cabot/

I also searched for coverage of the public meeting you mentioned. Some of these articles may point you to the information you need:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%3D%E2%80%9CCabot+Oil+and+Gas+Rep.+George+Stark+at+Press+Conf.+Sept.+30%2C+2010&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Good luck!

I can't answer specifically as to numbers of DEP hires by Cabot, but here are some recent news stories about PA state government officials going to work for the gas industry:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100713_Rendell_advisers_getting_jobs_with_shale_gas_firms.html

http://blogs.mcall.com/capitol_ideas/2010/07/report-rendell-admin-officials-headed-to-the-gas-industry.html