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Your Comments are Needed!

YOUR COMMENTS NEEDED STILL! Tell the Public Service Commission of WV (PSC) that you still don't want Longview.

Please send comments to the PSC.
Here are some talking points.
Here is a Form Letter to the PSC if you don't have time to write a regular letter.

Please circulate as many copies as you can!

Send your letter to

Public Service Commission of West Virginia
c/o Ms. Sandra Squire, Executive Secretary
PO Box 812
Charleston WV 25323
1-800-344-5113 (in WV)

Case Number 05-1467-E-CN, Longview Power

Please remember to copy Governor Manchin and your local representatives (especially the County Commission) on your letter! Their addresses are below.

WRITE A LETTER, MAKE A PHONE CALL, AND SEND AN E MAIL

Start with your local newspaper, the Mon County Commission, and the Mon County Development Authority. If you do not live in Monongalia County, call or write to your county commission as well. Work your way up from there. Mail to U.S Senators and Representatives in Washington is slow, so please consider writing to their state/local offices or faxing your letter to Washington.

Here are a few tips on writing effective letters to public officials (from the League of Women Voters Guide to Government Officials):

  • Be Brief (one issue per letter)

  • Be Courteous

  • Be Specific

  • Be Original

  • Be Available (include your full name, address, and telephone number)

  • Be Early (don’t wait; write NOW!)

    • WEST VIRGINIA OFFICIALS
    (Scroll down for Pennsylvania)

    MONONGALIA COUNTY COMMISSION

    The Monongalia County Commissioners are elected officials. Most of the members of the Mon County Development Authority are appointed by the Commissioners.

    Mail:
    Monongalia County Commission
    Monongalia County Courthouse
    263 High Street
    Morgantown WV 26505-5491

    County Administrator, Diane DeMedici, Phone: 291-7257

    Commissioners Phone Number Term Ends
    Bob Bell 291-7257 2004
    John Pyles 291-7257 2008
    Asel Kennedy 291-7257 2006

    Assessor
    Rodney Pyles 291-7222 2004

    E Mail: moncom@aol.com
    Ask that a copy of your message or letter be placed in the Longview file so that it will be in the public record.


    MONONGALIA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

    Mail:
    Morgantown Airport
    140 Hart Field Rd
    Morgantown, WV 26505
    Phone: (304) 296-6684
    Fax: (304) 296-6689
    E Mail: info@morgantown.org

    The following information was obtained from the Development Authority’s web site http://www.co.monongalia.wv.us/mcda.html (some of it is dated, for example, Jim Gaston replaced one of the following members, but which one?):

    Name Term Expires
    Don Reinke, Executive Director ----
    Barry Pallay
    Paul DeVore
    Joe Strakal
    Scott Rotruck
    Ed Cosner
    Sally Collins
    Pat Esposito
    Richard Harvey
    Tim Saab
    Tom Witt
    John Spears
    Michael Callen
    Caulton Irwin
    David Marino
    David Yoder
    Dan Boroff (City of Morgantown) Ex-Officio
    John Pyles (Mon County Commission) Ex-Officio
    Allen Sharpe (Star City) Ex-Officio
    Joseph Janco ? (Westover) Ex-Officio
    Bobby Lemley (Blacksville) Ex-Officio
    Patricia Lewis (Granville) Ex-Officio

    The Mon County Development Authority passed the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement with GenPower for Longview Power without any dissenting votes.


    GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA

    Joe Manchin, III
    State Capitol Complex
    1900 Kanawha Blvd, E
    Charleston WV 25305-0370
    Phone: (304) 558-2000
    E Mail: http://www.wvgov.org/contact.cfm or governor@wvgov.org


    WV STATE SENATE (13th District)

    Michael Oliverio, II
    95 Hartford St
    Westover WV 26505
    E-mail: cglagola@mail.wvnet.edu
    Please put "Michael Oliverio'' in the Subject Line.

    Roman Prezioso, Jr.
    1806 Dogwood Dr
    Fairmont WV 26554
    E-mail: cglagola@mail.wvnet.edu
    Please put "Roman Prezioso, Jr.'' in the Subject Line.



    WV HOUSE OF DELEGATES (44th District)

    Robert Beach
    52 Grapevine Village
    Morgantown WV 26505
    E-mail: rbeach@mail.wvnet.edu

    Cindy Frich
    1248 Bakers Ridge Rd
    Morgantown WV 26505
    E-mail: cfrich@mail.wvnet.edu
    (Delegate Frich has publically voiced concerns over NOx emissions from the plant and their impact on future road projects in the area, as well as other concerns about the project.)

    Charlene Marshall
    Morgantown WV 26505

    Barbara Evans Fleischauer
    235 High St Ste 618
    Morgantown WV 26505
    E-mail: barbaraf@mail.wvnet.edu


    UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1st District [North Central WV])

    The Honorable Alan B. Mollohan
    Washington Office
    2346 Rayburn House Building
    Washington, DC 20515
    Phone: (202) 225-4172
    E Mail: none

    Morgantown Office
    Federal Building Room 232
    Morgantown, WV 26507-0720
    Phone: (304) 292-3019


    UNITED STATES SENATE (WV)

    The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
    Washington Office
    311 Hart Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510
    Phone: (202) 224-3954   fax?: (202) 228-0002
    E-mail: through his web site: http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html

    WV office:
    300 Virginia St Suite 2630
    Charleston, West Virginia 25301-2523
    Phone: (304) 342-5855   Best Fax: (304) 343-7144

    The Honorable Jay Rockefeller
    Washington Office
    531 Hart Senate Office Building
    Washington DC 20510
    Phone: (202) 224-6472   Fax: (202) 224-7665
    E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov

    WV office:
    118 Adams St Suite 301
    Fairmont, WV 26554
    Phone: (304) 367-0122   Fax: (304) 367-0822


    PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIALS (Scroll up for West Virginia officials)

    GREENE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

    Dave Coder
    Farley Toothman
    Scott Blair

    Mail:
    Greene County Commission
    93 East High Street
    Waynesburg, PA 15370
    Phone: (724) 852-5210
    E-mail: gccomm@county.greenepa.net


    FAYETTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

    Vincent A. Vicites
    Ronald M. Nehls
    Sean M. Cavanagh

    Mail:
    Fayette County Commission
    Fayette County Courthouse
    61 East Main Street
    Uniontown, Pa 15401-3514
    Phone: 412-430-1201
    FAX: (412) 430-1265


    GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

    Governor Edward G. Rendell
    225 Main Capitol Building
    Harrisburg PA 17120
    Phone: (717) 787-2500)
    E-mail: through his web site: http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Governor/govmail.html


    PA STATE HOUSE (representing Fayette, Greene, and Washington Counties, PA)

    The Honorable H. William DeWeese
    54 South Washington St
    Waynesburg, PA 15370
    Phone: (724) 627-8683   Fax: (724) 627-6043

    PA STATE SENATE (PA)

    The Honorable Richard A. Kasunic (D)
    1192 University Dr
    Dunbar, PA 15431
    Phone: (717) 787-7175


    UNITED STATES SENATE (PA)

    The Honorable Arlen Specter
    711 Hart Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510
    Phone: (202) 224-4254   Fax: (202) 228-1229
    E-mail: casey.senate.gov/contact.cfm


    UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Greene County and Part of Fayette County including most of Connellsville, Uniontown, Brownsville, Dunbar, Perryopolis, Point Marion, and others)

    The Honorable John Murtha
    PO Box 780
    Johnstown, PA 15907-0780
    Phone: 800-289-2642 from Western PA (or 814-535-2642 or 202-225-2065)
    Fax (814) 539-6229 PA Office, or (202) 225-5709 Washington Office

    Write a Letter to the Editor

    Write the Dominion Post
    Include your name, address, and telephone number (so they can verify). Type and double space your letter and send it by electronic mail to newsroom@dominionpost.com or by standard mail to:
       The Dominion Post
       1251 Earl Core Rd
       Morgantown WV 26505

    Write the Herald-Standard.
    E mail you letter to Luanne Traud at ltraud@heraldstandard.com, Editorial page editor, Phone:(724) 439-7635, Newsroom FAX: (724) 439-7559, Toll-free: 1-800-342-8254

    Write the Tribune-Review.
    Letters to the Editor
    Tribune-Review
    622 Cabin Hill Drive
    Greensburg, PA 15601
       or E mail to opinion@tribweb.com
      or fax to (724) 838-5171

    LONGVIEW IS SHORT SIGHTED!