Today is Tuesday, 26th November 2024

KS: Dem Governor’s Rejection of Coal Lost Refinery Project

Just by our count (remember Sunflower?) – that’s AT LEAST $14 billion in construction – that’s jobs, homes, and revenue for the state of Kansas – these brilliant Democrat state and local officials have punted away to other states. What great future leaders Kansas Democrats are churning out.

A group of lawmakers, including House Speaker Melvin Neufeld and state Rep. Tom Sloan of Lawrence, on Wednesday blamed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius administration’s rejection of two coal-fired power plants for the loss of a proposed oil refinery project in northeast Kansas.The legislators said Hyperion Resources Inc. chose South Dakota over Kansas for construction of a $10 billion oil refinery and electrical power plant because of “regulatory uncertainty” in Kansas.

“The damage is happening to the state of Kansas,” said Neufeld, R-Ingalls.

Sebelius’ spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran denied the legislators’ assertion.

Read the Rest…

2 Comments

  1. Comments  Brad   |  Friday, 21 March 2008 at 12:07 pm

    um…if you’d like to read, oh, REASONED anaylsis of this particular subject go over to http//leftbrainkansas blogspot com

    you’ll be happy you did.

  2. Comments  Bill   |  Friday, 21 March 2008 at 12:23 pm

    reasoned what?

Leave a Reply


You must be logged in to post a comment.

Share this Story on Facebook

Main Menu

Top