King Coal fundraising for Dan Mongiardo

There was already no question that Dan Mongiardo was in the pocket of King Coal because of his unequivocal support for the travesty that is mountaintop removal mining. Now, Jake brings home the evidence that King Coal is now actively fundraising for Lt. Dan so that he can help do the bidding of mountaintop removers in the US Senate.

From: David Moss <*****@kentuckycoal.com>
Sent: Mon Jun 22 17:39:20 2009
Subject: [KCA MEMBERSHIP] Fundraising Request

Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo is requesting all Coal Industry interests to support his campaign for the Democratic Nomination for the 2010 U.S. Senate Election against Attorney General Jack Conway. Lt Gov Mongiardo has continually fought to keep Kentucky a national leader in coal production regardless of the political retribution received from local papers and environmental extremist groups. He is and will remain a Friend of Coal. He desires to collect a large sum of cash before the 2nd quarter reporting period ends next week (June 30). Please send all checks to his campaign address listed below: Dr. Dan for U.S. Senate P.O. Box 4023 Frankfort, Kentucky 40604
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This guy shouldn't even come near the Senate. And Kentucky Democrats and Independents of all stripes need to make sure that this doesn't happen.

Let's get behind the candidate that isn't a shill for King Coal and mountaintop removal, eh?



UPDATE: From Curt Morrison in the comments at PageOne:

Wow. I thought we were told that “…Daniel Mongiardo’s impressive lead reflects strong support among grassroots Democrats…” (http://drdanforkentucky.com/pr-9.php)

This is not a list of any grassroots Democrats that I know:

KCA Individual Members

AEP Kentucky Coal LLC
Alliance Coal, LLC
Alpha Natural Resources, LLC
Arch Coal, Inc.
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
Black Mountain Resources, LLC
CAM Mining, LLC
Consol of Kentucky
Green River Collieries, LLC
Hazard Coal Corporation
International Coal Group, Inc.
James River Coal Company
Jamieson Construction Company
Lexington Coal Company
Locust Grove, Inc.
Massey Coal Services
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises
Patriot Coal Corporation
Peabody Energy Corporation
Pine Branch Coal Sales
Teco Coal Corporation
Twin Energy, LLC
U. S. Coal Corporation
United Coal Company
Xinergy Corporation

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