In a message dated 7/9/2010 6:03:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jkotcon@wvu.edu writes:

Would it be appropriate to start labeling this bill as "Manchin's fraudulent Renewable Energy bill". I believe we have already done that, Jim. You helped me write an op ed that said as much.

How did the words "Supercritical technology" get added to the bill when it was introduced in the special session? Jeff Herholdt was the lead on it, as I recall. And the governor's staff assisted. With your help, I did what I could, but it was greased.

Did Governor Manchin know he was lying to us when he told us in January that it would be the most aggressive such standard in the nation, or was he also fooled, or was it a deliberate change that only came up between April and May? Oh, come on now! As a lobbyist I have learned to use the "lying" label very sparingly and carefully. From the moment we walked in his conference room he was "spinning." As was Kelly Goes beforehand. From the very beginning, Governor Manchin's "energy plan" has only been about mining and burning more WV coal. The coal and power company lobby boys are de facto members of his staff. -- don garvin