We had a good number of KFTC members and allies in Frankfort this afternoon.  Today was our first chance to read over the new legislation that came out of the closed-door meetings between members of House and Senate leadership last week.

Our lobby teams were able to meet with several legislators today.  Some of those we spoke with were surprised and dismayed with the content of the proposed legislation.  Despite this it still looks as if stopping this legislation will be an uphill battle for us.

We also learned today that the House Appropriations and Revenue committee will be taking public testimony from 10am until 5pm tomorrow, Tuesday the 21st.  This will be our best opportunity yet to lay out all of the problems with coal-conversion technologies and the proposed subsidies for Peabody Energy.  To make the best use of this meeting, we want be able to pack the meeting room with our supporters while we testify before the committee.

ACTION #1:
Join us for an exciting day of lobbying in Frankfort!  Beginning at 8:30am we will be in the cafeteria briefing folks and sending out teams to do early lobbying.  At 10:00am we will move to Room 154 of the Annex for the A&R hearing.  If you arrive after 10am you can just meet us in room 154.

ACTION #2:
If you can't come to Frankfort, you can still help raise the opposition to this bad bill.

If you haven't done so already, please visit www.No2PeabodyCoal.org to see KFTC's newspaper ad against Peabody and the special session and to take action!

ACTION #3:
In addition, you can also contact Speaker Richards and your own legislators by calling the toll-free message line at 1-800-372-7181.

MESSAGE: “I urge you NOT to give hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies to the coal industry. This is a bad deal for Kentucky.”