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February 13, 2018 3:36 PM Subscribe
"A West Virginia resident and House of Delegates candidate was physically removed from a public hearing at the West Virginia House of Delegates shortly after she began reading a list of donations made to delegates by the energy industry, during discussion of a bill aimed at easing restrictions on gas and oil-related drilling on private land." She has posted the remarks she had prepared but did not get to finish on her website.
From the first link "An amended version of HB4268 went on to be approved by the committee and is set to move on to the House and state Senate for a vote; an amendment that was included was one “that would allow non-consenting owners to go to the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to make sure they’re getting the same deal as consenting owners.”
From NYT:“People out here aren’t against drilling and fossil fuels by and large,” she said. “In general, people like the gas. It’s that we don’t want the property invasion. These corporations are trying to force people to give up their mineral rights, force people to take bad leases.”
From the first link "An amended version of HB4268 went on to be approved by the committee and is set to move on to the House and state Senate for a vote; an amendment that was included was one “that would allow non-consenting owners to go to the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to make sure they’re getting the same deal as consenting owners.”
From NYT:“People out here aren’t against drilling and fossil fuels by and large,” she said. “In general, people like the gas. It’s that we don’t want the property invasion. These corporations are trying to force people to give up their mineral rights, force people to take bad leases.”
I sent her money. Anyone willing to go that far deserves support.
posted by kemrocken at 6:58 PM on February 13, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by kemrocken at 6:58 PM on February 13, 2018 [7 favorites]
As if reading it in full would have garnered a tenth the media attention she gained when they decided to stop her.
It's a leitmotif for the era, maybe, but again I'm stunned by how any group of people could be so evil and so dumb, at the same time. How do they dress themselves?
posted by rokusan at 7:26 PM on February 13, 2018 [7 favorites]
It's a leitmotif for the era, maybe, but again I'm stunned by how any group of people could be so evil and so dumb, at the same time. How do they dress themselves?
posted by rokusan at 7:26 PM on February 13, 2018 [7 favorites]
It's a leitmotif for the era, maybe, but again I'm stunned by how any group of people could be so evil and so dumb, at the same time. How do they dress themselves?
In a state where events like the Battle of Blair Mountain took place, and where extraction industry has ruled with an iron and fascistic hand for its entire history, it's also a leitmotif for what it means to be a West Virginian, sadly.
I love West Virginia and it deserves much, much better, but it's a hard place to be optimistic about.
posted by ryanshepard at 7:59 PM on February 13, 2018 [7 favorites]
In a state where events like the Battle of Blair Mountain took place, and where extraction industry has ruled with an iron and fascistic hand for its entire history, it's also a leitmotif for what it means to be a West Virginian, sadly.
I love West Virginia and it deserves much, much better, but it's a hard place to be optimistic about.
posted by ryanshepard at 7:59 PM on February 13, 2018 [7 favorites]
Senator Joe Manchin has a progressive woman running against him in the primary. It looks like West Virginia women are going to push hard in the midterms. Lord knows we need them.
posted by irisclara at 9:29 PM on February 13, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by irisclara at 9:29 PM on February 13, 2018 [8 favorites]
Apparently:
"prior to being dragged away from the mic, she had raised a mere $4,000. Now she's raised $42,987, which is more than anyone has ever raised in a West Virginia race -- more, in fact, than all the candidates for her seat combined raised during the last election."
Also, her name is Lissa Lucas (which I see in the tags on a Ctrl-F)
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 2:45 AM on February 14, 2018 [8 favorites]
"prior to being dragged away from the mic, she had raised a mere $4,000. Now she's raised $42,987, which is more than anyone has ever raised in a West Virginia race -- more, in fact, than all the candidates for her seat combined raised during the last election."
Also, her name is Lissa Lucas (which I see in the tags on a Ctrl-F)
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 2:45 AM on February 14, 2018 [8 favorites]
Lissa Lucas would make a pretty bad-ass Marvel superhero secret-identity name.
posted by valkane at 4:24 AM on February 14, 2018 [9 favorites]
posted by valkane at 4:24 AM on February 14, 2018 [9 favorites]
Hats off to this woman! Signal boosting to my WV friends; lots of them will otherwise miss this story because of the power of extraction industries in the state.
posted by Nancy_LockIsLit_Palmer at 10:52 AM on February 14, 2018
posted by Nancy_LockIsLit_Palmer at 10:52 AM on February 14, 2018
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“independent expenditures do not lead to, or create the appearance of, quid pro quo corruption.”
Except when it happens live on a state house floor?
posted by Max Power at 4:29 PM on February 13, 2018 [13 favorites]