"People are saying 'we thought we bought our house in suburbia, or at least exurbia, and now someone is drilling an oil well here, " said Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director Matt Lepore.
At the end of June, President Obama announced that Richard Lazarus would serve as executive director of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
Executive Director David Landecker of the local Environmental Defense Center strongly opposes McCain's push for renewed oil drilling, although he does give the senator some credit for making his pitch where he did.