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OVEC Action Alert - October 15, 2004

Judy Bonds on C-SPAN Sunday!

Why We Need Clean Elections

Concert Reminder

We Need You Oct. 19


Judy Bonds on C-Span Sunday!
Please tune in this Sunday (Oct. 17) to C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." Coal River Mountain Watch's Judy Bonds will go toe-to-toe with the West Virginia Coal Association's Bill Raney. Tune-in to the cable channel from 9:25 a.m. to 10 a.m. You can call-in during the show: 202-628-0184. Tune in, call in and support Judy! Please encourage your friends and family to watch, too!

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 Why Do We Need Clean Elections in WV?
Brent Benjamin raking in heaviest contributions
Massey CEO gives $1.7 million to anti-Warren McGraw group
As the articles above so clearly point out, campaign finance reform is exceedingly important to environmental work. Special interest money is corrupting the democratic process. The Clean Elections Act would help begin reforming the system.

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Concert Reminder

Please come to our Oct 23 Fun(d)raiser:  Walkin' Jim Stoltz in Concert for OVEC. We need volunteers and we need folks to fund "scholarship" tickets . If you'd like to come, but can't afford the $10 donation right now, let us know. We do have some scholarship tickets available. Call the office at 304-522-0246. 

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Join Us Oct. 19: Refinery Work Again
Ashland Inc., Catlettsburg refining LLC and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet are holding a public meeting. The public is invited to attend a Public Meeting/Public Availability Session at the Old Post Office and Federal Building, 25th and Broadway, Catlettsburg, Kentucky on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting will be to update the public on all of the environmental matters including remedial activities currently underway or planned at the Catlettsburg Refinery related to Agreed (Court) Order Number DOW-19635-056. Carpools leave from the OVEC office at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19. Please call the office, 304-522-0246, for details.
 

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