The Special (Interest) Session will begin on Monday

UPDATE 8-19-07:  Yesterday, our Land Reform Committee decided to make Tuesday our focus day for the week.  We hope to have a large, visible presence at the Appropriations and Revenue committee meeting that morning followed by a day of lobbying.  If you must choose one day to come out to Frankfort, please come Tuesday.  If you cannot make it Tuesday, we still plan on being in Frankfort every other day, including Monday.  Contact one of our organizers if you plan on attending another day.

Friday evening Governor Fletcher called another emergency session of the General Assembly to pass legislation to subsidize Peabody Energy's building of a coal-to-natural-gas plant in Western Kentucky.  This comes after an agreement on the legislation was reached between leaders in both parties after two weeks of closed-door negotiations.

In response to this KFTC members have decided to hold a teach-in and lobby day in Frankfort on Monday to bring people together in opposition to giving $300 million dollars in subsidies to Peabody Energy.  We will be meeting in room 129 in the Capitol Annex Building in Frankfort at noon to begin the teach-in, where we will learn what the impact of the proposed legislation will be.  Afterwards, we will present visible opposition to the bill by sending out groups of citizen lobbyists to attempt to block this legislation from passing.  We will continue to lobby against the bill through the rest of the week.

If you are unable to come, please visit our Filthy Fuels pages and send an email to Speaker of the House Richards urging him to no pass this legislation.