Angelo is still active as an oilman in Midland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mm2fpgn/ernest-angelo-office|title=Ernest Angelo office|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=March 10, 2011}}</ref> He and his wife reside in the same house on Stanolind Avenue that they bought c. 1970. The Minnesota native who was reared in Louisiana is an adopted West Texan describes Midland as "a very open community ... where people can excel in any endeavor." He attributes the political climate in Midland and West Texas to the oil and [[natural gas]] industries: "These are people with a can-do entrepreneurial independence who suiespport a conservative philosophy of government."<ref name="hathorn"/> | Angelo is still active as an oilman in Midland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mm2fpgn/ernest-angelo-office|title=Ernest Angelo office|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=March 10, 2011}}</ref> He and his wife reside in the same house on Stanolind Avenue that they bought c. 1970. The Minnesota native who was reared in Louisiana is an adopted West Texan describes Midland as "a very open community ... where people can excel in any endeavor." He attributes the political climate in Midland and West Texas to the oil and [[natural gas]] industries: "These are people with a can-do entrepreneurial independence who suiespport a conservative philosophy of government."<ref name="hathorn"/> |