It's time for Stephanie Rove - er - Karl Timmermeyer to go
The Charleston Gazette-Mail and Ken Ward Jr. have found the smoking gun in the case of the Marsh Fork Elementary coal silos.
It's crystal clear from the story that the people of Marsh Fork were correct and the state Department of Environmental Protection relied to much on the maps provided by a coal company when it came to permitting two coal silos so close to the elementary school.
DEP people are claming it was an honest mistake. In the real world, honest mistakes can get you fired. I am an example of that, but what I did didn't endanger kids or anyone else for that matter.
It's time for Stephanie Timmermeyer, the DEP director, to go. She has treated the people of Marsh Fork shabbily. Most people in the coalfields who want justice are treated shabbily by government. It's a long-standing tradition in the mountains. But the fact remains that as long as the're treated that way, we all stand a good chance of being treated that way.
It's clear that in Timmermeyer's mind coal comapnies are good and coalfield people are dumb hillbilies who don't know what they're talking about. That attitude is a big part of the reason the southern coalfields are in the shape they're in.
The governor may not be able to solve all the problems that have been created in the southern coal patch. But he can send a strong message to everyone that official mandacity won't be tolerated in his administration.
Timmermeyer must go.
posted by Dave Peyton @ 11:41 AM
4 Comments:
That's the one that's already there. The ones the DEP almost approved would be closer.
Steve, could be photo angle :-)
Dave, don't worry. The midges will take care of her
Don:
Yeah, sure. The Sock Monkey agrees with you.
Could be the camera angle at Gitmo, too.
Steve:
I actually write my column from my home in Huntington. Since I am not a full time employee, I don't have to go to the Daily Mail offices.
But, if I did, I am sure Don and I would spend hours in disagreement, But while he is terribly misguided about a lot of things, he's really a nice guy. I am convinced he will someday see the light.
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