Smells more like one corporation looking to get away with murder to me.

Whatever Mr. Bartle has been smelling must have made him extremely dizzy because he’s throwing allegations in the wrong direction.

No wonder Chris Koster think’s the “legislative process has been fair.” He took $1275 from Aquila back in October for his campaign for Attorney General.

http://www.moethics.mo.gov/Ethics/CampaignFinance/CF_SearchResults.aspx?Year=2008&Report=0&Type=0&CD1Type=All&CD3Type=All&Name=aquila&City=&EmpOcc=&AmtBeg=&AmtEnd=&MECID=&ComName=

Who would think that the same guy who was Cass County prosecutor when Aquila illegally broke ground on this power plant would be so cozy with them now?

Since John Coffman’s father, a minister, married my wife and me, I’ll believe John on this one. Republicans like Bartle and Koster should butt their noses out of the judicial process and do what they are elected to do - like find a bridge repair to fund.

I’d rather have Aquila throwing money in the direction of the injured taxpayers (it’s up to the company and the plaintiffs to determine the extent of those injuries and the cost/benefit ratio for Aquila) than have the legislature insert itself in the process. And - correct me if I’m wrong - isn’t Bartle apt to shriek “judicial activism” when he doesn’t like what the courts have done with a piece of asinine (read unconstitutional) legislation? And now he’s one of the first to insist the legislature meddle in the work of the courts? Interesting. Butt out.

The Attorney General is the chief Consumer Advocate for this state. Can we really trust this guy to protect us? I think not. What a sham of a candidacy.

This shows why it is best to keep religion out of politics. (Everybody tries to apply it–most often incorrectly–to their own POV).

This has to be a new page in the “what not to do when elected for dummies” rule book that should be published and be required reading for anyone elected in Missouri, regardless of office.

Just think of the time, money, and effort that could have been saved if Aquila would have simply gone through the zoning process and talked to the people first. They had a city willing to work with them (Peculiar) if the land could have been found in the city limits — if more time was available the City of Peculiar could have worked with Aquila to condem the original option (before the South Harper site was ever identified) and there would have been no challenges or impacts — at least from this group.

The folks elected and that are involved now would do better to agressively put some checks and balances on the PSC after this has been resolved, requiring them to work with the County to confirm all local zoning laws have been complied BEFORE any use permits are authorized. The PSC should unite with the Counties in the future to STOP construction when there is any question — and resolve these issues. Finally there has to be oversite to the PSC — some place the citizens or local governmental bodies can turn-to if they believe a conflict of interest exists to take action before things evolve into another South Harper fiasco.

The idea is NOT to grant reactive approval, basically authorizing companies who unsuccessfully used what they beileve were loop holes and the legal system to violate the laws. If we are to learn from our mistakes the idea should be to close those loop holes and ensure State, County and Local governments work together to ensure construction is legitimate and most importantly prevent massive waste, ensure property rights, and prevent unnecessary costs (manpower and resources)

(The way things are now, can you give any good reasons why any business or families would want to settle in Missouri? High utility rates with no checks and balances to prevent them from going higher? No protection for property rights? )

MO. has the 9th LOWEST electricity rates of all 50 states. We do have low rates in MO.
See the link below for facts.

http://ded.mo.gov/researchandplanning/newsletter/electricrates07.htm