Lt. Gov. Cawley Expected for Centre County Visit, to Focus on Natural Gas

UPDATED @ 8:25 a.m. Tuesday: Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley’s visit to Centre County this week will allow him to meet with the Centre County Natural Gas Task Force, said his communications director, Chad Saylor.

Cawley, himself a former Bucks County commissioner, has appreciation for the work of county government and familiarity with the issues confronting it, Saylor said.

Gov. Tom Corbett recently appointed Cawley to lead a statewide Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, intended largely to help guide statewide policies relating to the natural-gas industry. Cawley has found that meeting with county leaders ‘on the front line’ is particularly helpful, as he learns about the particular matters they’re seeing and ways the state government can help, Saylor said. ‘That’s what this is about.’

Commissioners from both Clinton and Centre counties are expected to be part of Cawley’s Tuesday meeting in Bellefonte, at the Willowbank Building.

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Earlier report, posted @ 4:04 p.m. Monday:

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley is expected to be in Centre County on Tuesday.

Cawley is scheduled to appear at 10:45 a.m. for a press conference at the county Board of Commissioners meeting, according to a county statement. It will be in room 146 of the Willowbank Building in Bellefonte.

It wasn’t immediately clear Monday afternoon what has prompted Cawley’s planned visit. StateCollege.com will post more information as it becomes available.