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KFTC members bring pinwheels and love to Frankfort
As we do each February, KFTC members brought some love for the mountains to Frankfort on Valentine's Day along with 1,200 homemade pinwheels in a rainbow of colors.
The pinwheels represented the 60,000 additional cases of cancer that studies have linked to mountaintop removal mining. The pinwheels also symbolized the hope of clean energy alternatives.
Rain doesn't dampen I Love Mountains enthusiasm
More than 1,200 KFTC members and clean energy advocates were at the state capitol on Tuesday, Valentine's Day, for the annual I Love Mountains Day. It was a great turnout despite the cold and wet day, and people brought high energy and strong commitment to protecting Kentucky's mountains and helping move Kentucky to a clean energy economy.
Speakers Steve Boyce, Ada Smith, Teri Blanton, Cody Montgomery, Randy Wilson and Stanley Sturgill called out many of the people inside the buildings on the capitol grounds -- from the governor to legislators -- who are responsible for the destruction of the mountains, the poisoning of the streams and working conditions for miners that are more dangerous than they need to be.
Live coverage from I Love Mountains Day 2012
Live video
Our Ustream feed will be online between noon and 1:45 p.m. The rally begins at 12:30 p.m. Coverage maybe somewhat intermittent due to weather, poor cell service, dead batteries, etc. Feel free to leave comments below or to join the conversation on Twitter at #LoveMountains.
Victory on Redistricting! - Let's keep it up.
"Do it right, do it fairly this time"
A couple of weeks ago, Democratic House and Republican Senate leadership passed and Governor Beshear signed legislative re-districting plans that are vindictive against specific lawmakers, leave one incumbent lawmaker without a district to run for re-election, leaves citizens of another district represented by a senator from 200 miles away who they didn't vote for, and creates very oddly shaped districts that unnecessarily divide communities and counties.
Fortunately, the Franklin Circuit Court stepped in yesterday and declared the redistricting plans unconstitutional and restored the district lines to how they were last year, tasking the legislature to come up with new and constitutional plans.
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