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Bravo Zulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 02:50 AM
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Coal mogul gets role with Corbett!
Edited on Mon Apr-11-11 02:54 AM by Bravo Zulu
Governor wants him to expedite permits for Marcellus Shale drilling

For years C. Alan Walker, a coal industry mogul and wealthy donor to Pennsylvania's Republican Party, clashed with environmental officials who tried to regulate his companies. He described them as "vindictive" and "out of control."

In 1981, Mr. Walker argued that the state should let someone from industry influence how environmental regulations were enforced.

Now Mr. Walker himself has been given exactly that role by the state's new Republican governor, Tom Corbett, who has accepted nearly $184,000 in political donations from Mr. Walker since 2004.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11101/1138525-454.stm#ixzz1JCNTi6vx
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 05:52 AM
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1. A really big pollution pig
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 06:08 AM
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2. Putting the 5 year old in charge of the candy jar
And telling them they can decide who gets the candy and what they can do with the wrappers.

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