How Low Can Big Coal Lobbyists Go?!?

by: Eileen

Fri Jul 31, 2009 at 09:54:47 AM EST

Just when you think Big Coal lobbyists could sink any lower comes this...

"Letters sent to Perriello called fakes. Area advocates' names forged by D.C. lobbyist."

As U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello was considering how to vote on an important piece of climate change legislation in June, the freshman congressman's office received at least six letters from two Charlottesville-based minority organizations voicing opposition to the measure.

The letters, as it turns out, were forgeries.

Certainly makes one wonder about other forged letters arriving at other congressional offices. This is bad, very, very bad...  

Rep. Perriello Hosts Town Hall with Energy Sec. Chu and Ag. Sec. Vilsack this Sat.

by: Eileen

Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 08:42:37 AM EST

From the office of 5th district Congressman Tom Perriello:

Congressman Perriello would love for you to join him at a town hall meeting with US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this Saturday, July 18, from 1:30 to 2:30. Please come and ask questions, listen to answers and spend some time with your neighbors.

During their visit, the Secretaries will see first-hand the potential our communities have for being on the forefront of the new energy economy. We hope to impress upon them--and upon those who hear about our region through this visit--that we have the vision and the capacity to realize this potential right here. Central and Southern Virginia served as the cradle of American liberty and also the economic driver of the Commonwealth for more than a century. We can be that again as we blaze a trail toward energy independence and a clean technology future.

I hope you can join us. The town hall will take place on the farm of Buddy Mayhew, on Carters Lodge Road in Chatham, Virginia. Buddy's farm is just 1.5 miles off of Route 29 south of Chatham. Turn on Carters Lodge Road, bear right at the fork and his farm will be 1.5 miles ahead on your left.

What's the "Rural Tour"? "The Rural Tour will crisscross the country so that we can listen to residents in small towns and get their thoughts on how to best rebuild and revitalize America", writes Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack. "Our communities, big and small, are struggling, but President Obama and I are committed to doing what we need to to create jobs and stimulate local economies."